The battle for Damascus (part 2)

A game changer in Syria? After a bomb strikes at the heart of power, Laura Baines' panel discusses whether the battle for Damascus sounds the death knell for Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Mahmoud GABASH. Syrian activist;
Radwan ZIADEH. Member, Syrian National Council (from Washington);
Luis PERAL. Research Fellow, European Institute for Security Studies;
Borzou DARAGAHI. Middle East Correspondent, Financial Times (from Beirut);
Jonathan PARIS. Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council of the United States (from York, UK).

Produced Laura Baines, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

Watch the first part here.

Presenter

François Picard

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press

15/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

I spy, you spy

And you thought the Cold War was over. Beyond cloak-and-dagger tales of blonde wigs and bags of money, the expulsion of an alleged US spy highlights the continued and unabated mistrust between Moscow and Washington.

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14/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Riots in Paris: why Paris Saint-Germain title celebrations turned sour (part 2)

A case of poorly-anticipated hooliganism, or were Monday's Right Bank riots symptomatic of a deeper-rooted problem in France that goes well beyond football? François Picard's panel looks at how Paris Saint-Germain's past could haunt its new Qatari owners.