Syria

Comedian Omid Djalili talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about Syria, Israel, Gaza and the Iranian regime, and why the West should care about the Middle East, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

The leader of HTS has vowed to pursue officials responsible for torture and war crimes during Assad’s violent regime.

Two days after the collapse of the Assad regime, the new de facto government is slowly taking shape.

David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee joins us from New York.

How many millions of people have escaped Syria, and what will happen to them now?

We are joined by Israeli Government spokesperson David Mencer.

The UN has urged Israel to stop its airstrikes on Syria, saying it could impede the country’s transition to peace and stability.

The leader of HTS has vowed to pursue officials responsible for torture and war crimes during Assad’s violent regime.

Joining us is Fuad Sayed Issa – a Syrian activist and founder of VIOLET, an organisation which supports human rights and refugees in Syria.

Two days after the collapse of the Assad regime, the new de facto government is slowly taking shape.

Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus to Russia where Vladimir Putin is reportedly sheltering the former Syrian dictator – for those Syrians who have defied Assad’s brutal regime for years this is a moment of celebration and hope, but also fear.

Foreign Affairs correspondent Pariac O’Brien reached Damascus after travelling by road from the Lebanese border.

Our communities editor, Darshna Soni, has been talking to some of the Syrians in the UK about their reaction to the momentous events of the last few days and whether they have the confidence to return, given that a peaceful transfer of power in the country is far from certain.

Professor Mark Galeotti is an expert in modern Russia and Senior Associate Fellow at the defence and security thinktank, the Royal United Services Institute.

The fall of the Assad regime has led not only to convulsions in the states that neighbour Syria, it’s also causing major global power shifts.