What will western and Syrian spy services be focusing on following the fall of Bashar al-Assad? Is Russia and Iran’s withdrawal from Syria similar to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan? Were the security services predicting that the Assad regime would collapse so quickly?
Join David McCloskey and Gordon Corera as they answer all these questions and more in this emergency episode of The Rest Is Classified.
For further reading, check out David and Gordon’s recommended profiles below:
Razan Saffour - @RazanSpeaks
Aaron Zelin - @azelin
Leila Al-Shami - @LeilaShami
Charles Lister - @Charles_Lister
Synaps Network - @SynapsNetwork
Kim Ghattas - @KimGhattas
Emma Beals - @ejbeals
Steve Heydemann - @SHeydemann
Rim Turkmani - @Rim_Turkmani
Lina Ghoutouk - @linaagho
Sednaya Missing - @sednayamissing
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Assistant Producer: Becki Hills
Producer: Callum Hill
Senior Producer: Dom Johnson
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
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