A year after Assad: How did the Assad family rule Syria ‘like a mafia’? | Joshua Landis | Real Talk https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/f5e5b585-ef70-4700-bb42-17c20b7e25be “[Bashar al-Assad] lacked imagination. He didn’t change very much of the structure of the regime… and he thought he could do that forever.” Following Bashar al-Assad’s fall in 2024, Joshua Landis spoke to Mohamed Hashem how the Assad family ruled Syria “like a mafia”. In this Real Talk episode, Hashem takes a look at Syria’s history under Hafez al-Assad and unpack how Bashar continued his father’s authoritarian rule after his death in 2000. Watch the full interview on YouTube.Support stories that matter. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR0fZh5SBxxMNYdg0VzRFkg/join Catch previous episodes of MEE LIVE, our biweekly news programme exploring the stories shaping our world through breaking coverage, expert analysis, and hard-hitting interviews. Originally airing Tuesdays & Thursdays at 12pm ET | 5pm BST Got a story tip or question? Reach us at MEELive@middleeasteye.org Subscribe to our channel: http://ow.ly/AVlW30n1OWH Subscribe to MEE Telegram channel to stay up to date: https://t.me/MiddleEastEye_TG Middle East Eye Website: https://middleeasteye.net Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@middleeasteye Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/MiddleEastEye Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/MiddleEastEye Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:15:54 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube A year after Assad: How did the Assad family rule Syria ‘like a mafia’? | Joshua Landis | Real Talk https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/f5e5b585-ef70-4700-bb42-17c20b7e25be All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.