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The John Batchelor Show

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Syria with a reignited civil war...

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Syria with a reignited civil war...

1860 Damascus

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR
9:15-9:30
Part 1/2: SYRIA: Who is Abu Mohammad al-Julani? Bill Roggio, FDD; Husain Haqqani, Hudson 
Part 2/2: SYRIA: Continued discussion. Bill Roggio, FDD; Husain Haqqani, Hudson

9:30-9:45
LEBANON: Hezbollah begins reorganizing. David Daoud & Bill Roggio, FDD

9:45-10:00
IRAQ: Ketaib Hezbollah enters the battlefield. David Daoud & Bill Roggio, FDD

SECOND HOUR
10:00-10:15
SYRIA: Turkey backs the jihadists against Assad. Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_pres; Thad McCotter, @theamgreatness

10:15-10:30
LEBANON: Untrusted Hezbollah. Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_pres; Thad McCotter, @theamgreatness

10:30-10:45
UKRAINE: Weapons too late. John Hardie & Bill Roggio, FDD

10:45-11:00
UKRAINE: General Frost enters. John Hardie & Bill Roggio, FDD

THIRD HOUR
11:00-11:30
ICC: The recklessness of the allegations and warrants. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution

11:30-11:45
JAPAN: Arming the Okinawa Island chain. Lance Gatling, Nexial Research; Gordon Chang, Gatestone

11:45-12:00
PRC: Another condemned Defence Minister. Rick Fisher, Gordon Chang

FOURTH HOUR
12:00-12:15
UKRAINE: Rebuilding two badly damaged nations in the challenge. Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Washington Post

12:15-12:30
DOD: The need to fully fund the US military. Bradley Bowman, FDD

12:30-12:45
NEW WORLD REPORT: Mexico and Canada react profoundly differently to border security. Joseph Humire, @SecureFreeSoc; Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil

12:45-1:00 AM
NEW WORLD REPORT: The advantages with Marco Rubio at State. Joseph Humire, @SecureFreeSoc; Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil

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0:00.0

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0:28.4

listening. Terms apply. Good evening. The show begins tonight in Syria, where jihadists out of Idlib province, backed by

0:38.9

Turkey, I'm told, and broken out and overrun parts of Aleppo and are headed for Homa, claiming

0:46.3

they're going to get Assad in Damascus. The man leading this is named Nom Degere, Abu Mohammed al-Julani. Al Jolani has been around for many years.

0:57.6

Bill Raggio introduces him yet again. He was present at the split between what became

1:03.9

al-Baghdadi and ISIS and Al-Qaeda under Zawari at the time. This is deep inside jihad, geekiness for jihadists.

1:14.1

However, making headlines, the Russians have bombed them, always good for PR, and they're

1:20.2

continuing to make the Syrians run away.

1:23.5

I saw a video clip of a bunch of Syrians just surrendering, which reminds me of the early days of ISIS.

1:30.3

However, to be determined, Assad has sworn revenge.

1:35.3

The U.S. and the UAE are said to be making an offer to Assad.

1:39.2

He can refuse.

1:40.8

Come over to our side and will lift your sanctions.

1:44.5

Bill Rajum mentions that if Assad goes over to any side but the Russian and Iranian side,

1:50.7

he will be on his way to eternity.

1:54.5

And then we turn to, well, Turkey I mentioned, we turn to Khadib Hezbollah out of Iraq. They're lending a heavy hand for Assad to defend

2:04.3

himself. Hisbalah of Lebanon is tied down. My scorecards marked up too. I just mentioned that all

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