News Update

Russia stood by President Bashar al-Assad today as Arab and Western countries sought to pile pressure on the Syrian leader to halt a violent crackdown on his opponents. The Arab League has suspended Syria and given it until the end of the week to comply with an Arab peace plan to end bloodshed that has cost more than 3,500 lives, by a UN count. Tony Badran, Research Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Geoffrey Aronson, Director of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Form for Democracy and co-founder of Save Syria Now, talk more the situation in Syria and how international players are effecting the political situation.

Listen to the full interview here.