{"id":202572,"date":"2024-12-09T18:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/assad-falls-should-it-be-a-moment-of-joy-or-fear-for-syria\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T18:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:03:30","slug":"assad-falls-should-it-be-a-moment-of-joy-or-fear-for-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/assad-falls-should-it-be-a-moment-of-joy-or-fear-for-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Assad falls: should it be a moment of joy or fear for Syria?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/OlU_LhlVxYA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Assad falls: should it be a moment of joy or fear for Syria?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OlU_LhlVxYA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus to Russia where Vladimir Putin is reportedly sheltering the former Syrian dictator &#8211; for those Syrians who have defied Assad\u2019s brutal regime for years this is a moment of celebration and hope, but also fear.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Will Syria manage to move on from more than a decade of war to become a democratic state, or will it descend into further chaos and violence like Libya and Iraq did after liberation from their dictators?<\/p>\n<p>On this week\u2019s episode of the Political Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by Syrian filmmaker and journalist Waad Al-Kateab, whose documentary For Sama won numerous awards and was nominated for an Oscar, and Mazen Gharibah who is director of the Syrian British Consortium.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Calum Fraser, Ka Yee Mak, Silvia Maresca<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus to Russia where Vladimir Putin is reportedly sheltering the former Syrian dictator &#8211; for those Syrians who have defied Assad\u2019s brutal regime for years this is a moment of celebration and hope, but also fear. 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