The Threat from Damascus: Can Syrians Prevail?

When the jihadist warlord Al-Jolani took over Damascus last December, he promised to lead a new post-Assad Syria representative of all Syrian communities, confessions and countrymen. Many people in the war-torn nation and the surrounding region chose to give him the benefit of the doubt. Now, almost nine months later, these words ring hollow, as armed gangs perpetrate horrific massacres, attacking the Druze and other minority groups. The onus is now on Al-Jolani, who prefers to be known as Ahmed a-Sharaa, to prove that he can impose his authority, not on the besieged victims of a-Sweida, but on his own Minister of Defense and his henchmen.

Panel:
Host: Jonathan Hessen, Senior Fellow Hudson Institute and Host of TV7 Israel News
Analyst: Amir Oren, TV7 Editor at Large and Host of Watchmen Talk
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center and JISS; Lecturer on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Ben Gurion University
Hazem Alghabra, former Senior Advisor in the US State Department

Studio Jerusalem

Serien ger tittaren en djupare förståelse av aktuella händelser i Israel och Mellanöstern. Expertsamtalen leds av Jonathan Hessen, nyhetsankare på TV7 Israel News.
  • Första sändningen: 2025-08-26, Himlen TV7
  • Avsnitt nummer: 956
  • Längd: 30 min
  • Talade språk:
  • engelska, svenska
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