Damascus v Ankara: The Syria conundrum

The leaders of Syria and Turkey are not, in fact, identical twins. Erdogan has been in power for more than two decades already and suffers no challenges to his autocratic regime. A-Shara has ruled Damascus and some other parts of the country for less than five months and has difficulty in holding sway over all the provinces and ethnic groups. What they do have in common, however, is their Sunni Islamist ideology, which Erdogan is pushing with a militant and vehemently anti-Israeli passion, while a-Shara is going for the more discreet approach in order to gain foreign recognition and relief. Can the Ankara-Aleppo axis, having one of its poles now in Damascus, keep going without the buildup of unbearable tension?

Panel:
- Host : Jonathan Hessen : Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute and Host of TV7 Israel News
- Analyst : Amir Oren : TV7 Editor at Large and Host of Watchmen Talk
- Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak : Researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center and JISS; Lecturer on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Ben Gurion University
- Col. (Res.) Dr. Anan Wahabi : ICT Research fellow at Reichman University, Lecturer at Haifa University, former Strategist for PM Office

Studio Jerusalem

Serien ger tittaren en djupare förståelse av aktuella händelser i Israel och Mellanöstern. Expertsamtalen leds av Jonathan Hessen, nyhetsankare på TV7 Israel News.
  • Första sändningen: 2025-04-08, Himlen TV7
  • Avsnitt nummer: 930
  • Längd: 30 min
  • Talade språk:
  • engelska, svenska
  • Översättningar:
  • finska

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