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Trending News: Iran-US war LIVE: Trump warns NATO faces ‘very bad’ future if allies don’t help him secure the Strait of Hormuz as Dubai airport closes again after drone strikeTimothee Chalamet is brutally SNUBBED for Michael B Jordan after humiliating Oscars night where he was the butt of every joke… and his response said it allTornadoes predicted to hit 12 million Americans as Missouri influencer shows epicenter of megastorm: ‘It’s coming right for us’Starmer refuses to send warships: PM tells Trump UK is ‘not ready’ as US asks for aid to protect the Strait of HormuzGrammar school girl and university student dead in ‘nightclub-linked’ meningitis outbreak in Kent: Eleven more youngsters ‘seriously ill’ in hospitalMan jailed under Australia’s toughest new relationship law after brave mum reported his shocking abuse to policeAlbo may not have started the warCops arrest gran, 68, in child abuse probe linked to award-winning Jasper Jones authorMajor blow for millions of Aussie families as Reserve Bank raises interest rates: How much more you will payHealth chiefs scramble to find thousands potentially exposed to deadly Kent meningitis strain: Questions grow over why officials only warned of cluster AFTER students flocked home for Mother’s DayUS Senate candidate weaponizes a TARANTULA to get Airbnb tenant out of her homeNewsom’s wife rips Trump as ‘vile specimen’ after he says presidents should not have learning disabilitiesNew Mexico Air Force base goes into lockdown after shooter opens fire, leaving one dead and one injuredMajor update in Logan house tragedy after mother, 37, and her 11-month-old baby girl were found stabbed to deathAlbanese government hits back after Donald Trump calls out Australia: ‘We don’t need you’Electric vehicle company collapses in Australia: BossCap is placed into receivershipSpring Break TSA headache laid bare: Live map shows EXACTLY how long you’ll have to wait at major airportsShocking trend sweeps Australia as motorists battle soaring fuel costs driven by Middle East conflictEverything you need to know about Australia’s fuel crisis and how it affects youTrump’s top counter-terror chief breaks silence on shock resignation over the Iran war in explosive Tucker Carlson interview… and reveals what President SHOULD have done insteadTense moment as Anthony Albanese is heckled at Sydney mosque and branded a ‘genocide supporter’Former Lidl worker who was diagnosed with ‘a fear of rejection’ is set to get a £45,000 payout after ‘unfair dismissal’British journalist Steve Sweeney claims Israel was ‘trying to kill him’ in targeted airstrike to ‘silence him’Trump and Netanyahu trade barbs as gas price surge threatens Iran War alliance: US insists they were NOT told of plans to hit fuel plant but Israeli officials deny thatAustralia’s top supplier of petrol and diesel issues a warning as Middle East conflict drags onOne Nation surges ahead in the polls as Aussies queue up for hours to vote in the South Australian electionIran fires ballistic missiles at US and UK military base in the middle of the Indian OceanOne Nation candidate wanted in the UK over sex crime allegations after changing his nameTrump administration pauses sanctions on Iranian oil ‘stranded at sea’ to ease soaring pricesRevealed: Bombshell new ASSAULT charges against the North Shore private school mum who flipped her flash Merc SUVIsrael launches fresh strikes in Tehran hours after scores injured amid Iranian missile attack that pummelled nuclear site: Live updatesMillionaire tech mogul trying to take Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat is mercilessly mocked by locals as he gets drag queen to endorse himWild legal battle breaks out over a tree in one of Australia’s wealthiest suburbs as couple fight to save their $3million home from damageFurious Trump issues chilling threat to Iran demanding Strait of Hormuz is ‘FULLY OPENED’ in hours or America will ‘obliterate their power plants’… and there’s already a key target in sightHorror as gas bottle explosion leaves man with catastrophic injuries in Chester HillThe break-up text that has stunned Australia -lover speechlessFuel price officially hits an unthinkable amount -a-litreMARK ALMOND: This is no time to be asleep at the wheel. Iran’s threat is realCarrie Anne Fleming dead at 51: Supernatural star passes away as cause of death is revealedHuge new rule change that will make it easier for Australians to live and work in Europe: What you need to knowMacKenzie Gunther is identified as second pilot killed in Air Canada crash at LaGuardiaFrosty moment Oliver Curtis is asked about his former best mate who turned him inAustralian households to be hit with $2000 bill shock within days: What you need to knowTop aviation expert had to BEG to get through 3-hour TSA line so she’d make flight to investigate Air Canada disaster at LaGuardia: Live updatesMel Schilling’s final moments: MAFS star passed away in London surrounded by loved ones as her husband reveals she used ‘all of her remaining strength’ to whisper a last message for her daughter, 10Peer blasts police force after it decided artwork ‘showing Jews eating babies’ is NOT antisemiticEx-CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch caught telling prison doctors to find him incompetent amid sex trafficking trialAsian nation flags rescue mission as Australia faces fuel emergencyMan is found dead inside charred remains of home where four-year-old boy and his great-aunty were killed in a house fire three months agoAlbanese government backing pay rise for millions of Aussie workers to help with rising cost of livingAI bot told teen to use a hammer to kill his mother: Loner callously tortured and executed his devoted parent after becoming lost in toxic online world that indulged his brutal fantasiesTSA says it is on verge of closing AIRPORTS as shutdown triggers security shortages and leaves travel hubs at breaking pointDonald Trump continues talks of 15-point Iran peace planSneaky two words that allowed ship to sail through the Strait of HormuzWhy Josh Simons Resigned From GovernmentUS soldiers ‘seriously’ wounded and planes damaged after Iranian missile attack on air baseAnthony Albanese uses new security powers to make a dramatic announcement about Australia’s fuel crisisThe world’s first Gen Alpha dictator? 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What threat does the surge in violence in Syria pose?

What threat does the surge in violence in Syria pose?

UN envoy expresses alarm and urges restraint on all sides amid clashes between security forces,

Civilians have reportedly been among the hundreds killed in violence in Syria, as government forces surge to the country’s northwest to respond to fighters loyal to the ousted leader Bashar al-Assad.

The situation represents the greatest challenge yet to interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has promised accountability for anyone attacking civilians. The UN has expressed alarm, while appealing for calm from all sides.

So what’s the risk of escalation?

Presenter:

Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Marie Forestier – Senior adviser at the European Institute of Peace

Ammar Kahf – Executive director of the Omran Center for Strategic Studies

Hind Kabawat – Professor of conflict resolution at George Mason University and former deputy head of the Syrian Negotiation Commission

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