Phyllis Bennis talks about the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria by rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, along with an umbrella group of Turkish-backed Syrian militias called the Syrian National Army. She also assesses the Lebanon ceasefire, Israel’s ongoing catastrophic war in Gaza and what we can expect from Trump et al. on Middle East policy.
The New Internationalism Project focuses on the Middle East, Palestinian rights and U.S. militarism.