What's next for Syria after the fall of Assad

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🗓️ 9 December 2024

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The United States is assessing what's next for Syria after 13 years of civil war came to an abrupt end this weekend when Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus, ending the repressive 50-year rule of the Assad family. Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia. Security analyst Jim Walsh talks about what lies ahead for Syria, the Middle East and United States foreign policy. Then, President-elect Trump's pick to head the FBI, Kash Patel, lists officials in his 2023 book that he calls "members of the executive branch deep state." Trump has called it a blueprint "to help us take back the White House and remove these gangsters from all of government!" Former FBI special agent Asha Rangappa joins us. And, police on Monday arrested a person of interest in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The New York Police Department says investigators found a document on Luigi Mangione that indicates "ill will toward corporate America." The killing of Thompson is raising fresh questions about what many people regard as a broken U.S. health care system. We speak with Georgetown University's Sabrina Corlette.

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0:34.1	This is a moment of considerable risk and uncertainty.
0:37.0	But I also believe this is the best
0:39.1	opportunity in generations for Syrians to forge their own future. It's been said that there are
0:44.8	decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen. Just look at the rise and fall
0:51.4	of Bashar al-Assad. It's Monday, December 9th, and this is here and now
0:56.0	anytime from NPR and WBUR. I'm Chris Bentley. Today on the show, President-elect Trump's
1:08.1	pick to head the FBI is on the hill today defending himself to lawmakers.
1:13.1	Critics fear Cash Patel will use the Bureau to persecute Trump's political enemies.
1:19.0	Also, an expert on health insurance reform says one reason Americans pay so much for health care is price gouging by monopolies.
1:27.9	What we have in our country is an industry that has become increasingly focused on revenue extraction,
1:38.5	profit maximization, and not on patient well-being.
1:42.6	That's coming up in about 20 minutes.
1:44.9	But first,
1:47.5	Five decades of rule by the Assad family ended over the weekend when Syrian rebels swept
1:58.2	into Damascus to cheering crowds.
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