Syria - سوريا

Source: Mai El-Sadany.

After raiding his home, Egyptian authorities have arrested Laith Fares from his apartment in Hurghada.

Laith, who is Syrian, had recorded a video inside the Syrian Embassy in Cairo in which he asked the consul to take down the regime flag and to replace it with the revolution flag.

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In this second session of our 2024 roundup we have Sami Hamdi back on the show to discuss Syria in more detail. Syria is in many ways a ray of hope but also raises all sorts of uncertainties. What path will the revolution take? How do we assess Jolani and the rebel movement? What of the demands of regional and global actors, ideological and otherwise. And how does Syria navigate the US and Israel's anxieties about the new government and its Islamic colour.