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# The MERIP Podcast Episode Four: Syria at the Crossroads I
- URL: https://www.merip.org/2025/09/the-merip-podcast-episode-four-syria-at-the-crossroads-i/
- Published: 2025-09-16T01:30:59.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-16T01:30:59.000Z
- Author: James Ryan
- Tags: The MERIP Podcast, Syria, Palestine, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, International Relations, Revolution, counterrevolution, Civil War

This week on the feed is the audio recording of our zoom event "Syria at the Crossroads: Popular Revolt, Counterrevolution, and Regional Transformation" featuring Leila Al-Shami, Wafa Mustafa, and Djene Bajalan. Syria at the Crossroads is a special event series co-produced by MERIP and SPECTRE: A Marxist Journal. This event took place May 7, 2025 and was co-moderated by James Ryan (MERIP) and Shireen Akram-Boshar (SPECTRE).

Listen on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-4-syria-at-the-crossroads-i/id1823259361?i=1000718672614)

Listen on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/00KVQUPSgVrHP3r3oBP6Ba)

Listen on [Amazon Music](https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d73ad16e-0e22-4ca4-80f1-cf61dade333e/episodes/639868fc-6f30-4a42-80bc-2f8250d362f8/the-merip-podcast-episode-4-syria-at-the-crossroads-i)

The MERIP Podcast features exclusive interviews with contributors to the Middle East Research and Information Project from the present and past about their work for MERIP, as well as audio from events we've conducted online and in-person that examine contemporary issues in the politics, economy, society and culture of the Middle East. Hosted by James Ryan, MERIP's Executive Director. Visit our website, www.merip.org, to read all of our work without paywalls.