In this episode, Alex starts with a brief overview of what is going on in the United States involving Trump’s picks for different cabinet positions, then he moves on to the Middle East. He talks about how Syria has been a proxy chessboard for many world powers for quite some time and he worries that the worst could be yet to come. Alex breaks down the different opposition groups that allied to oust Assad, he talks about why the Kurdish people are at the forefront of the conflict, and why Israel is on the offensive in the Golan Heights and other parts of Syria.