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🚨🚨🚨 The road from Damascus: What next for Syria?
A short bonus episode where Geraldine and Hamish discuss the shock fall of Damascus, and the rest of Syria, to opposition group Hayat Tahir al-Sham. The hardline Sunni Islamic group has its roots in Al Qaeda but has refined its image to be more moderate. With Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and family getting asylum in Russia, Syrians around the world are celebrating. But what happens next?
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Hamish: New Yorker: How Syria became the Middle East's drug dealer
Geraldine: Firas Maksad with the Middle East Institute
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