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Fear and euphoria in Damascus

Gideon talks to FT Middle East correspondent Raya Jalabi about what she found when she drove from Beirut into Damascus shortly after the toppling of President Assad. What signs are there that the rebel group HTS will be able to manage a peaceful transition of power and end the country’s civil war? Clip: AFP Free links to read more on this topic:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4gGJXSi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4glYCTd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3ZXsQGC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Now Syria can dream of a future again</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4gGJY8O" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Justice for the victims of Assad’s atrocities in Syria</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4gGJYpk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How the Assad family built an empire of fear in Syria</a> Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/93945d22-263a-4fa5-a57c-515d6475ff4c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.