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Preview: Season 2025 Episode 8 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa.
FRONTLINE examines Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, correspondent Martin Smith travels the country tracing al-Sharaa’s rise to power and the emerging threats to the country’s stability.
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"Syria After Assad" - Preview
Preview: Season 2025 Episode 8 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
FRONTLINE examines Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, correspondent Martin Smith travels the country tracing al-Sharaa’s rise to power and the emerging threats to the country’s stability.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> The dictatorship of Bashar al Assad is crumbling.
>> NARRATOR: Correspondent Martin Smith investigates the rise of Ahmad Al Sharaa, from Al-Qaeda commander to Syrian leader.
>> I don’t know of anyone who accurately predicted he was likely to pose a real threat to the Assad regime.
>> NARRATOR: And the country’s uncertain future.
>> You can’t say for us, “Oh, today I am angel and forget my history.” >> There are still extremist elements, Mr. al Sharaa is walking a tightrope.
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