
Newshour
Newshour
Newshour in Syria: Can Islamist rulers govern for all?
May 5, 2025
47 minutes
Available for 6 days
Five months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, can Syria overcome immense problems under its new Islamist rulers?
Also in the programme: an army reservist speaks about the plan by Israel's government to send more troops into Gaza; and Donald Trump says he could hit movies made in foreign countries with a 100% tariff - but how?
(File photo: A drone view shows people waving flags adopted by the new Syrian rulers during celebrations in Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 20, 2024. Reuters/Amr Alfiky/File Photo)