{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/678557d4c0d3f52051bf8951?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Syria’s new leader, Russia’s quick exit and chemical weapons","description":"<p>The former British Army colonel and chemical weapons expert tells Venetia Rainey about <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/11/bashar-al-assad-syria-middle-east-war-isis-iraq-damascus/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">his recent trip to Syria, </a>his optimism about the country’s future, and the efforts to find the evidence of Assad’s use of chemical weapons. Plus: Can negotiators get a Gaza ceasefire deal over the line before Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Contact us with feedback or ideas:</p><p>battlelines@telegraph.co.uk&nbsp;</p><p>@venetiarainey</p><p>@RolandOliphant</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}