Syrian rebels launched the biggest attack in years against President Bashar al-Assad’s government forces, reigniting a bloody civil war - but with Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel Gaza conflict just next door, the world appears to be on the brink.

So, what’s going to happen next, why did the rebels launch their attack now and how will the rest of the world react?

On this week’s episode of the Political Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by Dr Lina Khatib, Associate Fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme, and our International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, who is in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

Produced by Silvia Maresca, Ka Yee Mak, Calum Fraser.

The real reason Syrian rebels attacked Assad now