— Middle East · 75 minutes
Israel and the Fall of Assad's Syria
What happens when the Iranian axis cracks, and what grows in its place
For more than fifty years, the Assad regime looked immovable. Then, within days, it collapsed, and the Middle East entered a new era.
What does the fall of the regime mean for Israel? Is this the end of the Iranian axis, or the beginning of something no less dangerous? Who are the forces that seized power in Damascus, and can we still speak of a single Syria, or of a country broken into rival zones of control?
Itai Anghel, who has travelled repeatedly through Syria and documented its civil war at close range, brings exclusive footage from the ground and explains how Syria looks from the inside, far from the headlines. Alongside the reporting, he analyses the new forces at work in the region and their possible consequences for Israel, for Iran and for the future of the Middle East.
A current, urgent lecture on one of the most dramatic developments the region has seen in years.
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