After Aleppo?
Fri 23 Dec 2016
What should we make of the growing influence of Iran in the politics of the region? Along with Russia, Iran has been a key ally to President Assad in turning the tide the Syrian conflict. So is it right to cast this as the growing dominance of Shia powers and their allies over their Sunni rivals, or is this an over-simplistic interpretation of a complex regional power struggle? Join Owen Bennett Jones and his guests as they discuss the changing fortunes in Syria and the prospects for a better 2017 for the region.
Programme: Newshour Extra.
Presenter. Owen Bennett Jones.
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04knmcg
The panellists: Voices from the Region
Mohammed Alyahya: (Coming through from Bahrain), Non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council.
Hayder al-Khoei (In London): A Researcher at the Centre for Academic Shi'a Studies, and a visiting fellow of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Ariane Tabatabai (In Washington): A Visiting Assistant Professor of Security Studies at the Georgetown University.
Basileus Zeno – (In Amherst): A Syrian Archaeologist and a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Standalone interviews [Post-Show Additions]
Jeremy Bowen – BBC Middle East Correspondent.
Amr Moussa – Former Head of the Arab League.
Amb. Dore Gold – Senior Israeli Foreign Policy Advisor.
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