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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: Decades of dictatorship in Syria end after rebels take the capital - but what comes next?
Description: After decades years of tyrannical rule, and 13 years of civil war, the Assad regime in Syria has fallen. After rebels rapidly closed in on the capital of Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad and his family fled the country and reportedly are now in Moscow. It has cleared the way for rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to take control of the country. Global powers have welcomed the end of the dictatorship, but concerns are now turning towards keeping Syria a united nation. Today on The Front Page, University of Otago’s Robert Patman jo...