Sep 10, 2026
Though it has fallen out of the headlines because of the Iran
war, Syria has had a dramatically consequential
summer. Hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj are joined by
MEI Senior Fellow Charles Lister to take stock of recent
developments: the dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic
Forces, Israeli strikes and the friction with Turkey they have
exposed, the standoff in Sweida, as well as Damascus's bid to turn
Syria into a trade corridor between the Mediterranean and the Gulf.
Is the transition consolidating or fragmenting nearly two years
after the fall of the Assad regime?
Recorded on September 9, 2026.