226. Syrian Rebels threaten Russian assets

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

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Saul and Patrick reflect on a week of instability across the globe and in particular the news that rebel groups in Syria, have recaptured parts of Aleppo and are threatening the Russian naval base at Tartus in the eastern Mediterranean. With Russia's influence in the region under threat, they ask what this could mean for events in Ukraine and if this additional pressure on Russia could have a significant impact on the war in Ukraine. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson Twitter: @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.0	Well, it's not been a week of stability across the globe as the President of South Korea
0:53.0	announced martial law in Seoul, only to back
0:55.8	down after furious protests in Parliament.
0:59.2	At rebel groups in Syria, led by the Islamist militants, Hayet Dachir al-Sham, recaptured parts
1:05.8	of Syria's second city, Aleppo, and threatened the Russian naval base at Tartus in the eastern Mediterranean.
1:13.1	These advances pose the gravest threat to the Russian-backed government of Bashir al-Assad in a decade of civil war.
1:19.6	Yeah, and all this isn't good news for Russia, is it, Patrick?
1:23.3	The ISW has cited evidence from satellite imagery that Russia has already evacuated all naval
1:29.0	assets from its base in Tartas, Syria, which you mentioned. And this, in ISW's view, may suggest that
1:36.1	Russia does not intend to send significant reinforcements to support Syrian President Bashir al-Assad's
1:42.7	regime in the near term.
1:44.5	Yeah, I mean, I think this is a very big deal, Saul.
1:47.9	I think other commentators have picked up big time on this as well.
1:52.0	Hamish DeBretton-Gordon, an old friend was arguing in the telegraph on Monday
1:55.8	that by disrupting what he described as Putin's southern flank,
2:00.6	these Syrian rebels may inadvertently be coming to the aid of Ukraine and the West.
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