Chrome360 | SYRIA | Briefing | Jasmine Gani

Welcome to this month's podcast series, a collaboration between ChromeRadio and the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. The Syrian conflict has now entered its eighth year.  What began as a series of peaceful protests in March 2011, has now become an international proxy war. Thousands of Syrians are fleeing Eastern Ghouta, currently under attack from regime forces supported by Russia, and Afrin, where NATO member Turkey is fighting the YPG, a Kurdish militia backed by fellow NATO member, the US. DR JASMINE GANI, Lecturer in International Relations, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, and Associate Director of the CENTRE FOR SYRIAN STUDIES explores Syria past and present, the role of the al-Assad family in shaping modern Syria, and how the actions of other states have often directed the country's domestic agenda. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.