What’s subsequent for Syria? Center East specialists and a former US diplomat be a part of Marc Lamont Hill to unpack the autumn of al-Assad.
After greater than 50 years of the al-Assad’s household reign over Syria, opposition forces, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, often known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, launched a swift and sudden offensive that overthrew President Bashar al-Assad.
Whereas al-Assad fled to Russia and has been granted asylum, Syria’s future hangs within the steadiness. A transitional authorities has been put in place, however uncertainty over who will in the end lead the nation stays.
Will this second result in democracy for Syrians after many years of brutality? Will international interference and inside battle undermine a brand new and impartial Syria?
This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill talks to former Arabic-language spokesperson for the US State Division Hala Rharrit; founding director of the Center East and Islamic Research Program at George Mason College Bassam Haddad; senior fellow on the CATO Institute Mustafa Akyol; and Center East skilled on the Russian Worldwide Affairs Council Alexey Khlebnikov.