Syrian Analyst and Former al-Qaeda Captive Reveal the Reality in Syria

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This week on Useful Idiots, we’re doing a deep dive on Syria, a foreign policy issue constantly shrouded in propaganda and misinformation. We hear reporting from two sources:

Kevork Almassian, whose family lives in Syria, is a geopolitical analyst and host of Syriana Analysis, and Lindsey Snell, an independent journalist who was taken captive by Al-Qaeda in 2016.

Syria is back in the news because a long-dormant war there has reignited with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, the group formerly known as Al-Qaeda, which has launched a major offensive taking Syrian territory, including the major city of Aleppo.

This is a huge setback for the Syrian government, sparking widespread fears that we're going to see a repeat of the awful years after 2011 when there was a massive war inside Syria fueled by foreign powers, including the U.S.

The group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, is led by Mohammed al-Julani, the founding leader of al-Qaeda in Syria and the former deputy to the founding leader of ISIS, al-Baghdadi. But after multiple name changes and rebrands, HTS is portrayed as “reformed” in western media.

There’s a lot of propaganda to cut through. Kevork and Lindsey are guiding us through it all.

00:00 Intro

00:48 Blinken wants younger Ukrainian boys

03:53 GOP rep wants to cut Medicare (but not defense)

08:39 The View covers for Hunter Biden

14:40 Jesse Watters hates orgies

17:06 Kevork Almassian interview

19:17 What's happening in Syria?

25:01 Why Israel benefits from Syrian rebels

30:11 Is the US backing Al-Qaeda?

39:05 The toll on the people of Syria

44:24 Why is the war so bad?

49:12 Lindsey Snell interview

39:28 Kidnapped by Al-Qaeda

53:43 Who's on whose side?

55:18 What is Turkey's agenda?

56:29 The Israel-Turkey relationship

59:05 Why does the US prefer Al-Qaeda to Assad?

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