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Dr Leon Goldsmith: Otago University Professor for Middle Eastern and Comparative Politics on the capture of Bashar Al-Assad

Rebel forces in Syria say they have ended Bashar Al-Assad's rule as the government's troops withdraw from Damascus.

The Assad family has a decades-long reign in Syria.

Otago University Professor for Middle Eastern and Comparative Politics Leon Goldsmith joins Early Edition.

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