The Ramifications of the Fall of al-Assad and the Implications for the Middle East with Ilan Berman and Nadine Epstein

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria took the world by surprise. After 50 years of family rule, including 13 years of civil war, the people of Syria are celebrating, for now. What happened and how did it happen so quickly? What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—the rebel group that may emerge as the ruling party, who is its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Julani and will they be good for the Syrian people? What role did Israel play and what are the implications for the geopolitics of the region? Join Ilan Berman, senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council and Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein, for a conversation about the ramifications of the fall of al-Assad and what countries such as Russia, Iran, Turkey, Israel and Saudi Arabia are thinking.

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