麻豆社

Use 麻豆社.com or the new 麻豆社 App to listen to 麻豆社 podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Episode details

World Service,2 mins

Is President Assad gaining the military upper hand?

The Inquiry

Available for over a year

President Assad鈥檚 forces, backed by Iran and Russia, have made huge gains against the Syrian opposition. Jennifer Cafarella is from the Institute for the Study of War, a military think tank in the US, and explains how the balance of military power could now be in Assad鈥檚 favour. [Image: Syrian volunteers carry portraits of President Bashar al-Assad at the end of paramilitary training. Credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images]

Programme Website
More episodes