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🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Firas Modad is a geopolitical analyst and Middle East expert, specialising in regional conflicts, sectarian divisions, and global power struggles.
In this interview, we explore the global power struggle over the Middle East, Syria’s ongoing turmoil, and the impact of US, Russian, and Iranian influence in the region. Modad explains why Syria remains a battleground, how sectarian divides shape conflict, and why attempts to build stable nation-states keep failing. We also discuss the legacy of Western intervention, the rise of jihadism, and whether Syria’s future is one of endless war or possible reconciliation.
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0:00.0 | These are the games that he's playing. I think there was a decision to allow a pogrom. |
0:06.0 | We don't know how many people died. The estimates are from 900 to 9,000. We have no idea. |
0:12.0 | And we see Syrians in Europe celebrating this and saying kill more of them. |
0:18.0 | And we see a lot of Sunnis saying, let's go. Let's escalate this further. |
0:21.8 | Let's kill the rest of them. And let's keep going against the minorities because the minorities |
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1:12.2 | All right. Here we go. Welcome back, Fraz. |
1:15.8 | Thank you. Thanks for having me again so quickly. |
1:17.7 | We don't normally do this. But, you know, we made a show. Was it last week or the week before? |
1:24.8 | I can't remember. But it was very popular. Really good feedback. |
1:28.5 | People really enjoyed the show. I've had emails, DMs, all the comments on Twitter. |
1:33.9 | People really like you and really liked the way you honestly laid things out. And then |
1:38.3 | we're sitting here this week reading everything that's happening in Syria. And I feel like |
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