{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/675714dad59c6635ee9d564a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Syrians toppled Assad and why Iran's regime could be next","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/1733764899508-1e8178d1-8fb6-4301-9559-e35320e7e4c3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>With journalist Ruth Sherlock quite&nbsp;literally on the road to Damascus and Tom Tugendhat MP in the studio</p><p><br></p><p>In a whirlwind 48 hours, more than half a century of brutal Assad family rule in Syria came to an end this weekend. Rebel forces entered Damascus after a lightning offensive that forced the Syrian president to flee on a plane to Moscow.</p><p><br></p><p>Kamal and Camilla speak to Ruth Sherlock - who after years of reporting on the Syrian civil war is en-route back into the country - about the chaotic scenes on the streets of Damascus, where armed fighters have descended.</p><p><br></p><p>And Tom Tugendhat MP, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, speaks to the Daily T about his \"deep concern\" at the power vacuum in Syria, whether the UK should still proscribe the leading rebel group as a terrorist organisation, and what Assad's departure means for Iran and Russia.</p><p><br></p><p>Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia Coan</p><p>Senior Producer: John Cadigan</p><p>Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey</p><p>Executive Producer: Louisa Wells</p><p>Video Editor: Luke Goodsall</p><p>Social Media Producer: Niamh Walsh</p><p>Studio Operator: Meghan Searle</p><p>Editor: Camilla Tominey</p><p>Original music by Goss Studio</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}