After 54 years, the Assad's brutal reign in Syria is over. Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia with his family as rebel forces swept into the capital of Damascus. President Biden called the fall of the Assad regime a "moment of historic opportunity." But he also warned of the potential risks. And President-elect Trump gave his first network TV interview since winning the election. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by James Hider, Andrew Sussman, Roberta Rampton, HJ Mai and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott and our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
After 54 years, the Assad's brutal reign in Syria is over.
Bashar al Assad fled to Russia with his family as rebel forces swept into Damascus and Syrians emerged into a new reality.
What kind of Syria is born in this moment?
I'm Leila Fadel.
That's Michelle Martin.
And this is up first from NPR News.
President Biden called the fall of the Assad regime a moment of historic opportunity, but he also warned of the potential risks.
Were clear eyed about the fact that.
ISIS will try to take advantage of any vacuum.
With the Trump administration coming in, how will he approach a new Syria?
Trump also gave his first network TV interview since winning the election.
I'm looking to make our country successful.
Retribution will be through success.
What did we learn about his approach for his second term?
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