The Spectator podcast: Syrian nightmare

The Syrian initiative to retake the last remaining rebel stronghold of Aleppo, following a two week ceasefire, has proved controversial in the international community. Images of children bloodied, bruised and painted with masonry dust have decorated the front pages of British newspapers, but is there anything that can help ease the pain of ‘Syria’s Guernica’? These are the issues raised in Paul Wood’s cover piece this week. Speaking to the podcast from Washington, he said:

“This has been going on for five years now and there have been surges from both sides. We happen to be in the middle of a surge by the regime attempting to take the last bit of rebel held Aleppo. I have a suspicion – which I have no evidence for – that the regime is worried about the US Presidential election and, if Hillary Clinton gets in, she has declared there will be a no-fly zone.