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	Podcast:		What A Day
	Episode:		What Happens When Rebels Take Over Your Country?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:29:50
	Publish Date:		2024-12-14 08:30:00
	Description:		It’s been a week since Syrian rebels overtook the country’s capital and forced out the longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. This has all been a long time coming, but now a lot is happening very quickly. In this week’s How We Got Here, Max takes a look at the handful of other countries whose governments have also been overthrown by rebels to understand what it means for Syria that the guys with guns are now in control. Will they be tolerant and pluralistic — or despotic and cruel? Will they govern wisely or capriciously? How will they align Syria within the politics of the Middle East, and what will that mean for the rest of the world?
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