What Next for Syria?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at what the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime means for Syria.
As huge crowds gather at a notorious Damascus prison looking for prisoners held under the Assad regime Adam speaks to Lina Sinjab, the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent. He is also joined by chief Jihadist media specialist for BBC monitoring, Mina Al-Lami, who profiles the rebel group’s leader and legacy.
And, the Kremlin say Bashar Al-Assad has been given asylum in Moscow after fleeing from Syria. Adam speaks to Russia editor Steve Rosenberg about how the fall of the Russian-supported regime is a blow to the country’s prestige.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, here's an example of just how much can happen between the recording of one episode of a podcast and the other. |
| 0:10.7 | So much has changed in Syria since Laura and Paddy were wondering whether Assad's regime was going to survive, |
| 0:18.4 | what was going to happen to him, and whether this was the end |
| 0:21.0 | of the Syrian Civil War. So we will try and answer and get you the latest on all those questions |
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| 0:49.1 | Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. And we're going to get lots of answers today about what is going on in Syria. |
| 0:56.0 | We're going to speak to Steve Rosenberg, our Russia editor to find out why the deposed President |
| 1:01.1 | Bashar al-Assad has ended up in Russia. We're going to learn a lot more about this group that |
| 1:07.0 | overthrew him, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, and the man that leads that group, because |
| 1:12.8 | we're going to speak to our colleague from BBC monitoring, who has been making a podcast about him |
| 1:17.5 | for the last couple of years, because they thought he might end up being a significant figure, |
| 1:22.2 | and that that could be a significant group. But first of all, we're going to get the situation |
| 1:25.8 | on the ground in the Syrian capital, |
| 1:27.9 | Damascus, because my colleague, our Middle East correspondent, Lena Sinjab, is there. Hi, Lena. |
| 1:32.9 | Hi. Do you want to just describe what's happening around you just now, where you actually are? |
| 1:37.4 | Well, actually, this is the, it's almost, you know, eight o'clock, you know, close to eight |
| 1:42.5 | o'clock local time in Damascus. |
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