A lot has happened over the last week in Syria, so we figured we'd gather together, as members of From the Periphery, to discuss the latest developments and provide a historical and political background to help understand the current moment. We discuss a broad range of topics starting with an overview of the what's happened in the last week or so, including: the origins of the Syrian revolution, the counter-revolutionary war, the abuses and crimes of the Assad regime, foreign interventions and regional factors, descriptions of groups such as HTS (Hayat Tahrir al Sham) and SNA (Syria National Army), Kurdish movements and the concerns of ethnic/religious minorities, the racist tankie 'take' industry, and the connections between liberatory movements for Palestine and Syria. We cover a lot but of course we couldn't do everything justice. We will provide links below for further resources, but also plan on doing more episodes in the near future on all these topics as things develop and progress.

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Guests: Leila Al-Shami, Elia Ayoub, Karina Avedissian, Ayman Makarem | Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠ | FTP theme design: ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠ | Sound editor: Ayman Makarem| Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub | Producers: Ayman Makarem

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