The Syrian Civil War Reignites

EMERGENCY EPISODE In another hugely dramatic turn in the Middle
East, the Syrian civil war has reignited. On November 27th 2024,
Abu Mohammad al-Julani’s HTS reconquered huge swathes of the North
West of the country, including the key city of Aleppo. Conflicted
is here with an emergency explainer episode to try and decipher
exactly what has gone on in Syria over the past week, and indeed
the past decade, to give you the context you need to understand it.
Thomas and Aimen are going back to a country that has felt dormant
and out of the news for years, but where conflict has now
reignited. We’ll go back to the emergence of Julani as a force
initially within Al-Qaeda, tracing his history to explain the
complicated dynamics at play in Syria’s civil war – we’ll discuss
the Nusra Front, its transformation into HTS and break with
Al-Qaeda, plus more background on everyone from the Kurds to the
assortment of other rebel groups, to Hezbollah, Iran and more… And
now, with a temperamental ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel in
force, we’ll examine just how Julani took his chance to seize key
areas from the weakened Assad regime.  But what are the larger
geopolitical forces at play? How will regional powers respond? And
does this spell the end for Assad? New Conflicted episodes will be
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