December 5, 2024
What they are not telling you about the Syrian Rebellion with Sami Hamdi
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Become a member to get access to exclusive monthly calls: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership The demands of the people were snuffed out by a deranged dictator who decided he would burn his country, before giving up power. We thought the revolution had ended, and the millions of Syrians dispersed around the world were never to see their homeland again. This all spectacularly changed this past week, where, to everyone’s surprise, the opposition was able, for the first time, to take over Aleppo and are now fighting to expand their territory. Many questions remain, and a deliberate propaganda campaign waged by Iran and Russia with the help of their social media proxies has confused many who had not followed the events. They hope to throw out false news to make us believe its all too confusing. To help us untangle the political realities I have back on the show Sami Hamdi who joins us today from the US. Let me remind all viewers that to help us continue to engage critical thought at this time, please consider becoming a member: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate Listen to the audio version of the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762 Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Find us on: Squarespace: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/ Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 1:50- Rebellion – Why now? 8:48 – Turkey – did they know? 17:29 – Is HTS moderated? 24:37 – Division in rebellion groups 30:30 – Is this another Libya? 43:45 – American policy on Syria 52:20 – Kurdish role 1:02:02 – Syria undermining Gaza? 1:10:03 – Did Hezbollah fail? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.