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We dedicate this week鈥檚 programme to special coverage of the collapse of the Syrian regime after 54 years of Al-Assad family rule. A coalition of rebel groups has captured the Syrian capital Damascus after they swept most of the country in a swift offensive.

The whereabouts of the former president Bashar al-Assad are unknown. Syrians are celebrating this a victory for their revolution, while some minority groups in the country harbour concerns of what is to come.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss significance and the impact of this historic day are Joshua Landis, head of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, in the US, and Adela Suliman, a breaking news reporter for the Washington Post, here in London.

(Photo: Two women in Qamishli use mobiles to capture a destroyed image of Bashar al-Assad. Credit: Reuters)