Jihadology Podcast: Syria Status Update with Charles Lister
Charles Lister comes on the show to discuss a wide range of topics related to the current situation in Syria:
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Charles Lister comes on the show to discuss a wide range of topics related to the current situation in Syria:
- The background and evolution of Jaysh al-Fatah
- What Jaysh al-Fatah has meant to rebel and Jabhat al-Nusra victories in Syria
- The recent formation of a Jaysh al-Fatah branch in the south and what the southern front in the war currently looks like
- How the regime, Iran, and Hizballah have reacted to the changing military dynamics on the ground
- The recent fighting between the Kurds and the Islamic State in northern al-Raqqah governorate
Links:
- Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) on Twitter
- Aaron Y. Zelin (@azelin) on Twitter
- Charles’ forthcoming book “The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency,” which comes out on September 24
The show is produced by Karl Morand. If you have any feedback you can email podcast@jihadology.net or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod You can subscribe to the show in iTunes or with the show’s RSS feed.
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Aaron Y. Zelin is the Richard Borow Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a visiting research scholar in the Department of Politics at Brandeis University, and the founder of Jihadology. He is also the author of the book “Your Sons Are At Your Service: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad” (Columbia University Press, 2020) and the recent booklet “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.”
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