{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7144a390-7a86-440e-9b2e-db712c18368c/676306136ba7599e6487b5f5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fear and euphoria in Damascus","description":"<p>Gideon talks to FT Middle East correspondent Raya Jalabi about what she found when she drove from Beirut into Damascus shortly after the toppling of President Assad.&nbsp;What signs are there that the rebel group HTS will be able to manage a peaceful transition of power and end the country’s civil war? <em>Clip: AFP</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Free links to read more on this topic:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4gGJXSi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4glYCTd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3ZXsQGC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Now Syria can dream of a future again</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4gGJY8O\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Justice for the victims of Assad’s atrocities in Syria</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4gGJYpk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How the Assad family built an empire of fear in Syria</a></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.</p><p>Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/93945d22-263a-4fa5-a57c-515d6475ff4c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}