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Syrian rebels make surprise advance

A review of the week with the latest news.

Rebel forces in Syria are reported to have captured the outskirts of the strategically important city of Homs. This puts further pressure on President Bashar Al-Assad鈥檚 regime, whose future seems even more unclear.

Also on the programme: we speak to a South Korean MP ahead of the Presidential impeachment vote, and; on the week that France looks forward to opening the Notre Dame cathedral again, the country is thrown into a political crisis. We speak to two French MPs.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss all this and more are Zoe Gardner, an independent researcher and campaigner on migration policy joining him in the studio, and Yannis Palaiologos in Athens, journalist with the daily newspaper Kathimerini and Inside Story, an investigative news online publication.

(A rebel fighter gestures, after rebels led by HTS have sought to capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in the north and Hama in west-central Syria by pressing onwards to Homs, in Hama, Syria December 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hasano)

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