What does Bashar al-Assad’s fall mean for Syria and the region? | UpFront

What’s next for Syria? Middle East experts and a former US diplomat join Marc Lamont Hill to unpack the fall of al-Assad.
After more than 50 years of the al-Assad’s family reign over Syria, opposition forces, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, launched a swift and unexpected offensive that overthrew President Bashar al-Assad.
While al-Assad fled to Russia and has been granted asylum, Syria’s future hangs in the balance. A transitional government has been put in place, but uncertainty over who will ultimately lead the country remains.
Will this moment lead to democracy for Syrians after decades of brutality? Will foreign interference and internal conflict undermine a new and independent Syria?
This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill talks to former Arabic-language spokesperson for the US State Department Hala Rharrit; founding director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program at George Mason University Bassam Haddad; senior fellow at the CATO Institute Mustafa Akyol; and Middle East expert at the Russian International Affairs Council Alexey Khlebnikov.
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[@2choosewisely2]

now they are free to build their country and prosper. nothing can stop them now from becoming a great nation

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Lol how utterly utterly naive. The West wants chaos, chaos is the point

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It's a gift to izrael

[@resurrectedone7463]

Netanyahu & IOF need to be held accountable for their terrorism and war crimes!

[@wassum100]

The Russian lackey was completely unconvincing

[@FunkySpaceLord]

Russia : we are fighting all of NATO in Ukraine. Also Russia : Please NATO member Turkey help us escape from Syria 😢😂😅😂

[@kayzar293]

How can you have a State Department official and not mention the Caesar sanctions and how that led to the hollowing out of the Syrian State.

[@galgay1]

There is no guarantee that HTS will be able to control its members. But that’s a concern everyone has spoken about. I haven’t heard anyone say they are certain jolani will be able to back up what he’s saying now. And it’s disingenuous to argue against a position no one has.

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I agree , Syrian deserve freedom from interference with some neutral help with out robbing thier land and oil.

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Chaos that way it means.

[@galgay1]

What absolute bullshit. If Syria wants to have a strong military all they need to do is follow the example of Egypt. Don’t threaten Israel pick up the phone when we call it’s easy. Egypt used to be the hub of anti Israel foreign policy in the region. And now they have over 200 f-16s same thing with Jordan. Syria made its choice and now it can make a new one. They can either continue to play for the loosing team or join the winning team.

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@galgay1 Israel killed Egyptian soldiers without consequences did the same to jordan. What kind of nation can't defend its own people? They punch you in the face and you say thank you sir I'll have another. They are cowards.

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The Druze asked Israel for protection

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