Syria And Lebanon: Socialist News And Views Episode # 73 (8/21/2025)

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Socialist News and Views

Nicholas Shillingford

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Syria And Lebanon: Socialist News And Views Episode # 73 (8/21/2025)

Socialist News and Views

31 minutes 8 seconds

2 months ago

Syria And Lebanon: Socialist News And Views Episode # 73 (8/21/2025)

(NOTE: An audio version of this interview on YouTube includes CAPTIONS: youtu.be/V5Pt0VN03UU?si=32pzkag9TMleYyPt)

INTERVIEW with Jihad Jneid (https://www.instagram.com/jeehad.jn/), Journalist and Producer from Tripoli, Lebanon. He entered Syria just hours after the fall of the Assad regime there.

Here we discuss the situation on the ground in Syria shortly after the fall of Assad and later. Then we discuss the release and return of Georges Abdallah to Lebanon and the state of the left in that country.

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LINKS TO ITEMS DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/8/what-happened-in-syria-has-al-assad-really-fallen

Georges Abdallah freed after four decades in French prison: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/georges-abdallah-freed-after-four-decades-in-french-prison

Will Lebanon succeed in disarming Hezbollah?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/10/will-lebanon-succeed-in-disarming-hezbollah

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PREVIOUS SOCIALIST NEWS AND VIEWS PODCASTS ON THESE TOPICS:

EXTRA: Update From Syria - Full Interview with Thomas Schmidinger: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/extra-update-from-syria-full-interview-with-thomas-schmidinger

SNV Special Interview: Discussion On The Developments In Syria: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-discussion-on-the-developments-in-syria

SNV Special Report: George Ibrahim Abdallah Is Free!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-george-ibrahim-abdallah-is-free

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MUSIC (clip) that ends the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzLEbVnywh0