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Trending News: Elon Musk frozen out of Pentagon’s planning for war with China over fears about his financial ties to BeijingBombshell update after teenager allegedly forced his way onto a Jetstar flight armed with a shotgunTrump revokes legal status of more than 500,000 migrants… but faces fury over uncertainty for Ukrainian refugeesHorror as two shoppers are stabbed at a bus stop outside a packed Westfield centre in Sydney’s eastSadistic serial rapist Graham Harrison makes extraordinary jail demandTreasury Secretary makes astonishing confession about GDP numbers that ruled Biden’s presidencyUnited pilot ‘attacked and dragged passenger out of plane bathroom with his pants down for taking too long on toilet’No austerity in No11! Rachel Reeves admits getting free £600 tickets to Sabrina Carpenter gig but blames ‘security’ issuesInside Britain’s WEIRDEST neighbour row: How a man went to war with woman next door after she erected wooden boards in front of his windows to block sea views for bizarre reasonGrandmother, 81, left for 14 HOURS in agony waiting for an ambulance after bathroom fallNorth Lakes: Bombshell charges for teenage girl, 17, after man was shot in the chest in a carparkTrump’s top team rips into America’s European allies -loaders’: Astonishing text messages are leaked in security shambles that saw journalist added to war plans groupGlamping park is dubbed a ‘field of nightmares’ by neighbours who say they were told ‘party venue’ would be an eco-friendly food-tourism venuePete Hegseth’s blistering response to journalist wrongly added to high-level government group text on war plansBusinesswoman, 27, is caught drunk after stopping her 160mph Porsche for ‘comfort break’ in CheshireWatch cop’s jaw-dropping dig to ‘pedophile’ Catholic Church director arrested during MASSFamily of boy, 15, brain damaged by tombstoning off pier hit out at carers who ‘have left him to rot in bed’White House PULLS nomination for top Cabinet pick Elise StefanikSignal ‘war plan’ leak shows that Trump’s team is willing to ‘play fast and loose’ with the lives of American soldiers, former Obama diplomat Brett Bruen tells new Mail podcast‘Communist’ arrested for bombing of Vegas Tesla dealership that saw five EVs blown upRachel Reeves’ NEW black hole: Chancellor’s plans are ALREADY in tatters ahead of Spring Statement today as watchdog ‘says her benefits cuts won’t save £5bn’Since Bridget Phillipson slapped private schools with VAT eight have closed and as many as 200 more are at riskOutrage over plans for travellers’ pitch  near Henley-on-Thames as part of Angela Rayner’s green belt land grabDisturbing question ex-MP Rory Amon allegedly asked a 13-year-old boy in a public bathroom before he’s accused of sexually assaulting himBritish father who saw family massacred by Hamas stands to receive £10.5 MILLION from Palestine Authority in landmark rulingCongressional Republicans target PBS, NPR funding in contentious hearingFrito-Lay recalls Tostitos chips because they may contain undeclared milkHyundai shows off its new $7.6B electric vehicle plant in Georgia as Trump talks tariffsNTSB chairwoman says reviewing the data after midair crash may prevent the next aviation accidentCon Edison will pay $750,000 to settle suit alleging harassment of female field workersLabour blasted over ‘toothless’ grooming probes: Ministers finally announce ‘local reviews’ into child abuse scandalDOGE’S brutal response to former Obama and Clinton aides attempting to join Elon Musk’s cost cutting machineTrump reveals the real reason the FBI is abolishing its DEI office just days before he takes officeTwo people crushed in Hyde Park, Sydney after tree fallsQuick-thinking fire chief uses milk and beer to save 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tech-fueled gains on Wall StreetAnother massive deal in the building supply sector, James Hardie offers AZEK $8.75 billionWho is jailed Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu?Venezuela accepts US deportation flight with 199 peopleAl Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat killed in Israeli attack in GazaWhat poisoned Fallujah can tell us about toxic risks in Gaza and LebanonFrench actor Depardieu goes on trial in Paris on sexual assault charges23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as co-founder and CEO Wojcicki resignsQuaint US exclave is grappling with Trump’s trade war with CanadaPolice officers are told not to say ‘blacklisted’ or ‘black sheep’ over fears of racismFailed Albanian asylum seeker wins the right to stay in the UKFour million households face council tax rises up to five times the legal limit from AprilChurch of England faces hypocrisy accusations for concreting over countryside to build thousands of homes on its landKeir Starmer is in ‘complete agreement’ with Rachel Reeves 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What’s next after Syrian opposition forces’ surprise offensive?

What’s next after Syrian opposition forces’ surprise offensive?

Fighting around Aleppo and Idlib reaches its most intense level in years.

Anti-government fighters in northwest Syria launch their biggest offensive in years.

The fighting is the most intense since the height of the war almost a decade ago.

So why has the violence flared up again, and why now?

Could it escalate?

Presenter:

Bernard Smith

Guests:

Qutaiba Idlbi – Senior policy adviser at the American Coalition for Syria

Omer Ozkizilcik – Director of Turkish studies at the Omran Diraset research organisation

Caroline Rose – Director at the New Lines Institute, a non-partisan think tank in Washington, DC

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