Lawfare Archive: The New Syrian Government and Its Problems
Lawfare Archive: The New Syrian Government and Its Problems  
Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition
Published On: Sat Mar 28 2026
Description: From March 19, 2025: For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Steven Heydemann, the Director of the Middle East Studies Program at Smith College, to assess the fast-changing developments in Syria today. Heydemann discusses the surge in communal violence in Syria, the deal between the new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led government and Syria's Kurds, Israel's counterproductive interventions, and U.S. policy toward the new regime in Damascus.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.