The UN’s Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen has met the new administration now in control in Damascus and called on them to create a political transition that includes the “broadest range of Syrian society”. Mr Pedersen added that there is now hope we can see “the beginnings of a new Syria”.
We spoke to Dr H.A. Hellyer, senior associate fellow in Middle East studies at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, and started by asking him how inclusive Syrians believe their new leader can be.