African Perspective on Al Qaeda takeover in Syria

After holding out for 13 years, Syria's Bashar al Assad's government fell to al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, with the capture of Damascus and subsequent exile of Assad. It is a culmination of years of Western machinations for the country that now sees a terrorist figure with a $10 million bounty paraded by Western media as some young Fidel Castro.

What does all this have to Africa, Libya and AES?

Should African states be weary of Russia following the fallout on Syria?

We did a special live edition of Pan-African Attitude on X (Twitter), where we unpacked all of the above and more. Please let us know what you think. If you agree or disagree with analysis.