How power is reshaping Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa & why he’s not ‘a Turkish puppet’

How power is reshaping Syria's President Ahme...

Up next

Friends with some benefits: Why Russia cannot overtly support Iran

Russia has close military and diplomatic ties with Iran but it also has cordial relations with Iran's foes, notably Israel. At the same time, it is bogged down by its own war with Ukraine. So how much actual assistance can it provide to Iran as it seeks to withstand Israel and th ...  Show more

Partnership between Trump, Iran's Kurds still on agenda, says KDPI's Asso Hassan Zadeh

President Donald Trump says he has ruled out plans to ally with armed Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, after previously suggesting he would like them to help overthrow the Iranian regime. However, Asso Hassan Zadeh, a prominent figure in the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Turkey Invades Syria as the United States Abandons the Kurds
Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

Kurdish forces have a long history of siding with the United States. And the United States has a long history of eventually selling them out. 

The latest iteration of this dynamic unfolded when Donald Trump ordered a small US military contingent to withdraw from Kurdish ...

  Show more

Turmoil in Turkey: the people vs Erdogan
The Story

The arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkey’s main political challenger to President Erdogan, has sent shockwaves across the country. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest his detention and express growing concerns over Turkey's shift ...

  Show more

Trouble up North: Syria and Turkey look to normalise ties
The New Arab Voice

This week on The New Arab Voice podcast, we look at the potential for a normalisation deal between Syria and Turkey. In recent years, Syria has been welcomed back into the regional fold, and yet Damascus has still not normalised with Ankara, and Turkish troops remain on Syrian so ...  Show more

Syrie : quel avenir pour les Kurdes ?
L'Heure du Monde

Depuis la chute de Bachar Al-Assad, le dialogue entre les Kurdes syriens et le gouvernement de transition semblait mal engagé. Et pourtant, <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/11/en-syrie-un-accord-historique-entre-damas-et-les-forces-kurdes_6578805_3210 ...  Show more