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The Evan Bray Show - Jon Allen - December 11th, 2024

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Syrian dictator, President Bashar al-Assad, has been overthrown and Damascus has fallen as rebels took control of the middle eastern country earlier this week. What is the significance of this global political move and what is still to come? Jon Allen, former Canadian ambassador to Israel and senior fellow with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, joins Evan to discuss.

11 Dec 2024 9AM English South Africa News Commentary

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