“It’s Syria’s future now”

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Assad’s stunning fall ends a tyrannical 53-year rule in Syria, leaving monstrous crimes against human rights exposed, rocking both Iran and Russia on their heels, and handing the country’s future back to its people. Where next for Syria? Will the rebel fighters coalesce into a working government and avoid the factionalism which would jeopardise the Syrian people’s hopes? And what does it mean for an international community which had turned its back on the Syrian war? Emma Beals explores an awe-inspiring week in the Middle East with Syria expert and open-source investigator Suhail al-Ghazi. • No Longer on Twitter? Follow TINAD and Emma Beals on BlueSky. • Support This Is Not Drill on Patreon to continue by backing us on Patreon. You’ll get early, ad-free editions, merchandise and more. Written and presented by Emma Beals. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.4	The fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad after 42 years of family rule is truly historic.
0:37.2	Syrians have been celebrating their freedom,
0:39.1	and then they've turned to searching the grim detention facilities
0:41.8	that were so common under Assad's rule in order to find their loved ones
0:45.4	and also uncover the true horror of his barbarity.
0:49.5	His fall, followed by his departure to Moscow,
0:52.6	and a relatively peaceful transition of power from
0:55.2	his regime to what is said to be a transitional arrangement led by Hayat Siria, Asham's leader
1:00.7	Abu Mohammed al-Jalani, effectively ended the nearly 14-year battle to overthrow the Syrian
1:06.7	regime.
1:07.7	So what has been going on in Syria over the last two weeks and what is next for Syria
1:12.3	and our role in it? I'm Emma Beals and this is not a drill. Moving quickly past Syrians' own joy and hope for their country,
1:43.3	observers have been quick
1:44.6	to pick up on comparisons to Libya or Iraq, but Assad didn't fall quickly and leave a chaotic
1:50.3	and unprepared population. Syrians have had nearly 14 years of war and suffering,
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