Syria has a new strongman

With the stunning success of HTS and its leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani in bringing down the Assad regime Syria enters a new era. How al-Jolani chooses to structure the country and how Syria's neighbours in the Middle East respond will determine whether instability and new war fronts emerge or whether the Syrian people finally secure lasting peace and a government answerable to them. As the aftershocks of an Islamist victory in the Levant continue to reverberate Arab Digest editor William Law is in conversation with the Syrian analyst Malik al-Abdeh. Sign up NOW at ArabDigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & weekly podcasts.