Backgrounder on Syria

That's the headline, but in fact Patrick Seale gives a far more balanced account of what is driving events in Syria – including foreign funding for opposition groups that are divided and include radical Jihadist groups such as al-Qaeda.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR BASHAR AL-ASSAD?

Radio New Zealand

Sometimes know as modern Syria's biographer, historian Patrick Seale talks about the political status quo in the country, and about the potential consequences of the suicide bombing which succeeded in killing three members of the President's inner circle.

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