What’s next for Syria after the fall of Assad? | Start Here

After 13 years of war, an offensive by Syrian opposition groups ousted Bashar al-Assad as Syria’s president in just 11 days. What happened? Who’s running Syria now? And what could happen next? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains. Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:27 - Why the fall of the Assad regime is such a big deal 02:40 - Wafa Ali Mustafa’s story 03:32 - How the Syrian war started in 2011 04:22 - How Syrian territory got carved up during the war 05:29 - How HTS dominated the offensive that ousted Assad 06:10 - Who are HTS and its leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani? 07:01 - Have HTS really changed from their al-Qaeda roots? 09:50 - Why the territorial war in Syria still isn’t over 10:17 - Israel’s Golan Heights “land grab” 11:03 - The determination of Syrians to rebuild their country This episode features: Wafa Ali Mustafa | Syrian Activist and Daughter of Ali Mustafa, who was detained by the Assad regime in 2013 Rim Turkmani | Syria Research Director and Senior Research Fellow, LSE Professor Hind Kabawat | Director of Interfaith Peacebuilding, George Mason University Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | Research Fellow, Middle East Forum Qutaiba Idlbi | Syria Lead and Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council Haid Haid | Syrian Columnist and Consulting Fellow at Chatham House Ibrahim Olabi | Barrister and Board Member of the Syrian British Consortium You can find all Start Here episodes here: https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe Al Jazeera so you don’t miss future episodes: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow Sandra Gathmann on Instagram and X: @SandraGathmann #Syria #SyriaWar #SyriaCivilWar #SyriaIsFree #SyriaAfterAssad #Damascus #BasharAlAssad #SyrianFighters #HTS #StartHere #AlJazeeraEnglish