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What Next - The End of Assad in Syria

What Next - The End of Assad in Syria

Rebel forces have taken Damascus, and the country’s dictator has fled to Moscow. Now what?

Slate Daily Feed · Slate

December 9, 202426m 10s

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Show Notes

After more than a decade of civil war, Syrian rebels have toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in just about a week. How was the dictator finally deposed, and what comes next for the war-torn country? 


Guest: Josh Keating, senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy.


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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.


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