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Dec 2024
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Episode 433 - Assad Aside (w/ Rania Khal...

Briahna Joy Gray
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Journalist and host of "Dispatches" at Breakthrough News Rania Khalek returns to Bad Faith to give a comprehensive rundown of the history that led to the ousting of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, explain how the West is rehabilitating former al-Qaeda member Abu Mohammed al-Jolani as a moderate, & discuss the implications for Israel's expansionist goals in the region. Stay to the end for Rania's assessment of AOC's failure to win a key committee chair, and what that means about the viability of the left's "inside" strategy.

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

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