The basic facts about Syria are as simple as the situation there is not. Syria borders Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. It is of major strategic importance for Russia. For the last 54 years the Syrian regime was held by the Assad family, but since 2011 the country has been torn apart by civil war, rebel groups of various affiliations and competing outside forces. Against this backdrop, the rapid collapse of Assad’s army - once the Northeast front was suddenly awakened last week in and around Aleppo - has once again shown the fragility of the Damascus regime and the impacts on other pieces in the regional puzzle, from Ankara to Beirut, and from Jerusalem to Tehran to Moscow.
To capture this dynamic development, we are joined by: Panel: - Host : Jonathan Hessen : Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute and Host of TV7 Israel News - BG (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser: Project Director on Middle East Developments, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs - Prof. Russel Berman : Senior Advisor in the US State Dept; Director of the Middle East Project, Hoover Institute - Amir Oren : TV7 Editor at Large and Host of Watchmen Talk
Jerusalem Studio
The program offers the viewer deeper understanding about current events in Israel. The topics vary from domestic and foreign policy to social changes, archaelogy and religion.
The program is hosted by TV7 Israel News anchor Jonathan Hessen.
