Syria: What’s really happening there

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Following the seizure of Damascus by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), U.S. officials met in Syria with the leaders of HTS. HTS has long been designated as a ‘terrorist organization’ by the U.S. and other Western governments. After meeting with HTS officials in Damascus, the U.S. government lifted a $10 million bounty that it had placed on the head of HTS’s leader, Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani.

Dimitri Lascaris discussed these developments on Green Planet Monitor with Dr. David Kattenburg. Lascaris argues that the concept of ‘terrorism’ is now so politicized that it has become meaningless. Governments cynically manipulate the term ‘terrorism’ to pursue a hidden agenda. Lascaris and Kattenburg also discussed the trajectory of the wars in Syria, the state of the resistance to U.S. hegemony, and the policies that the Trump administration is likely to pursue in Syria in 2025.

This video was produced by Reason2Resist and published on their YouTube channel on the 28th of December, 2024. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.

To read the transcript of the interview: Syria: What’s really happening there

VIDEO: Syria: What’s really happening there

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ABOUT DIMITRI LASCARIS

Dimitri Lascaris is a journalist and lawyer. As a lawyer, he specializes in class action litigation, international law and human rights. He was a member of the shadow cabinets of the Green Parties of Canada and Quebec. In 2020, he ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada and came in second. He is also the founder and editor of the YouTube channel Reasons 2 Resists with Dimitri Lascaris.

ABOUT DAVID KATTENBURG

David Kattenburg has a PhD in Health Sciences from McMaster University. He’s created global environment, development, social justice and science stories for CBC Radio, DW Radio, PRX/The World and others. David is also the publisher and editor of greenplanetmonitor.net