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Jan 5

Why Venezuela Collapsed

Venezuela’s collapse didn’t start with sanctions — and it didn’t start with Hugo Chávez either. In this clip from our Bro History series on Venezuela, we break down how decades of oil dependence, political exclusion, corruption, and institutional fragility created a system that w ... Show More

32m 47s

Jan 2

Maduro Is Now “More Dangerous” Than Bin Laden?

This clip breaks down the rhetorical shift behind U.S. policy toward Venezuela — and why language matters more than missiles. We examine how Washington reframed Venezuela from a collapsing petro-state into a “narco-terrorist threat”, unlocking expanded legal war powers. The cente ... Show More

27m 28s

Dec 29

Venezuela: What’s Coming

In this clip, we break down the 2025 category shift in the Caribbean: the Trump administration’s move to frame maritime interdiction as “narco-terrorism”, and why that legal reframing suddenly makes drone strikes, Hellfire missiles, and a massive naval posture sound “normal” — ev ... Show More

40m 32s

Jan 2025

On the Situation in Syria and its Implications for the Region

Thuraya, Angie, Mohammad, and Edward join Breht to discuss recent events in Syria. Together they discuss what happened, Syria under the Assad government, the hope and concerns of the the Syrian people, the role Syria plays in the axis of resistance, Syria's connections to Palest ... Show More

1h 34m

Dec 2024

The End of Assad and a New Era for Syria — with Kareem Shaheen, Rasha Elass and Faisal Al Yafai

<p>In a momentous week in the history of Syria, New Lines’ Middle East Editor Kareem Shaheen and Editorial Director Rasha Elass join Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede to discuss how the Assad regime’s collapse happened so quickly, the terrible symbolism of the Sednaya prison complex an ... Show More

51m 30s

Dec 2024

End of an era: The fall of the Assad regime

<p>Following more than a year of turmoil and transformative changes reshaping the Middle East, the region witnessed another shock with the downfall of the Assad family's 54-year rule over Syria last weekend. The rapid collapse was triggered by a lightning rebel offensive led by H ... Show More

31m 24s

Aug 2025

Syria After Assad

What are the prospects for democracy in Syria? Is this the right question to ask? What do we need to better understand about Syria’s new leader, its civil society, and the challenges it faces in a new era for Syria? Join Rana Khoury, Daniel Neep, and Emily Scott for this special ... Show More

40m 48s

Sep 2024

Trouble up North: Syria and Turkey look to normalise ties

This week on The New Arab Voice podcast, we look at the potential for a normalisation deal between Syria and Turkey. In recent years, Syria has been welcomed back into the regional fold, and yet Damascus has still not normalised with Ankara, and Turkish troops remain on Syrian so ... Show More

28m 59s

Jul 2023

Narco-Diplomacy: How Bashar al-Assad used Captagon to survive the Syrian War | Lina Khatib

What happens when a dictator uses drug trafficking as a tool of diplomacy? The psychoactive drug known as Captagon has exploded across the Middle East and Europe, leading many countries to clasify it as an ‘epidemic’. The highly-addictive pill used to be made in Turkey and Latin ... Show More

35m 42s

Dec 2024

36. The Assad Family – Rulers of Syria With Sune Haugbølle

When Bashar al Assad’s government fell just a couple of days ago, after a two week whirlwind campaign by opposition forces which surprised the entire world, it signalled the end of more than 54 years of rule by the Assad family and it’s the so called Ba’th-party. While it has bee ... Show More

32m 39s

Dec 2024

Live from the Doha Forum: The Middle East after Assad

<p>Given the turbulence across Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Iran, conversations at this year’s Doha Forum highlighted a Middle East region, and a world order, in flux. Now the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and the upcoming Donald Trump administration will shape American ... Show More

33m 16s

Dec 2024

Rise and Fall of Assad’s Syria w/ Bassam Haddad

Featuring Bassam Haddad on the historical and geopolitical origins of Assad’s rise and fall—and what might happen next. We think through the contradictions: honoring the joy felt by Syrians at Assad’s ouster while simultaneously taking stock of a truly bad geopolitical outcome. W ... Show More

2h 38m

Dec 2024

The fall of Assad in Syria and its impact on the Middle East

Today on the show: after Syrian rebels took Damascus, Fareed is joined by Natasha Hall, senior fellow at the CSIS Middle East Program, and Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss what the fall of Assad’s regime means for Syria ... Show More

41m 14s