Before 2011, Syria was a relatively stable country that had decent electricity, one of the best medical sectors in the region and produced much of its own food and medicine. Today Syria has collapsing infrastructure, dire food insecurity, crippling fuel shortages, severe brain drain and only has control over part of the country’s territory. Mainstream US med ... Show More
Jul 27
Terror, Pogroms & Land Theft: Inside Israel's Final Push to Take the West Bank, w/ Jasper Nathaniel
Journalist Jasper Nathaniel just spent a month in the occupied West Bank, and he came back with a warning: while the world watches Gaza, Israel is finishing a decades-long project to dominate the West Bank and drive Palestinians off their land for good.Rania Khalek talks with him ... Show More
45m 10s
Jul 10
Revulsion at Israel Is Changing Everything, w/ Susan Abulhawa
It's been over a thousand days since Israel began its livestreamed genocide in Gaza, and global politics is still shifting as a result. Candidates who refuse AIPAC money are toppling Democratic incumbents across the US, support for Israel has become a political liability and the ... Show More
50m 8s
Dec 2024
The Middle East After Assad
After rebels took Syria’s capital, President Bashar Al-Assad fled Damascus for Russia, ending his brutal 24-year reign. His ouster marks the beginning of a new, uncertain phase for a country that’s been ravaged by 13 years of civil war. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s ... Show More
15m 28s
Dec 2024
Inside The Fall Of Syria’s Brutal Dictator
<p>Syria has been controlled by one family for more than half a century who ruled by repression, devastation and violence.</p><p>But about two weeks ago, the regime began to falter, and then over the course of one night, it collapsed.</p><p>Carlotta Gall, a senior correspondent f ... Show More
25m 9s
Feb 2023
A Crisis Within a Crisis in Syria
<p>When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Syria and Turkey last week, it killed thousands and created a crisis within a crisis.</p><p>International aid began pouring into Turkey, but northwestern Syria, which was also hard-hit, received only a trickle. It was a bitter blow for Syria ... Show More
26m 28s
Dec 2024
Buck Brief - Is Syria Becoming a Total Terrorist Hellhole?
With the fall of the House of Assad, Syria is now under new management—but who’s really in charge? Buck Sexton breaks down the transition with Bill Roggio, Senior Editor at Long War Journal. From jihadist factions to the region's strategic importance, they explore the implication ... Show More
25m 48s
Jul 2019
Syria: The Rise and Fallout of the House of Assad with Sam Dagher
<p>After eight years of civil war in Syria, with hundreds of thousands of its citizens dead and millions more fleeing the country, one question looms large: how did things get so bad? During those early days of peaceful protest, what prompted a shoot-to-kill order from the highes ... Show More
20m 46s