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journalism. Hello and happy Monday evening. Happy Monday evening one and all. It's all going off in Syria.

It is. It's sort of 11 days that shook the world, isn't it? It's one of those moments.

I mean, so, so consequential, so unexpected. That's the one thing everyone seems to be able to

agree on. The Hemingway line about gradually then suddenly, so unexpected. That's the one thing everyone seems to be able to agree on.

The Hemingway line about gradually then suddenly has come true.

Anne Applebaum did in a very good piece in the Atlantic. But I mean, you know, as everyone I think by now knows,

the Assad dynasty has been overthrown in Syria after half a century.

And there are new forces in Damascus.

And maybe just to get a flavour of the sort of portentousness for a moment,

let's get, there's a quick blast of President Biden,

of course, approaching the end of his presidency yesterday, Sunday, making a statement.

We will remain vigilant.

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