In this episode of FO° Podcasts, Fair Observer’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh speaks to American voting rights attorney and Washington D.C’s Shadow Senator, Ankit Jain, on US President Donald Trump’s policy of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and federal agents in the nation’s capital. Jain and Singh discuss crime in Washington, D.C. and why it has been a top concern among D.C’s voters. Jai speaks about why Washington, D.C. should be a state and how the national capital suffers for being a federal district. Listen to the full podcast to learn more about what the Trump Administration is doing in the national capital.

In this episode of FO° Podcasts, Fair Observer’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh speaks to foreign affairs analyst William McChesney about the Syrian refugee crisis. They talk about the fall of former Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad, his son Bashar al-Assad, and the current interim government under former Al Qaeda member Ahmed al-Sharaa. They also discuss the role of Turkey in Syria’s politics and why Ankara has backed Ahmed al-Sharaa. Singh and McChesney then dive into the sectarian violence and tensions in Syria which have forced millions to leave the country. Watch the full episode to know more.

The Iranian regime’s network of terror in the Middle East has been greatly reduced to rubble over the past year. With US President Donald Trump back in office the frenzied Ayatollah is adapting to the new reality and Tehran leaping for a nuclear bomb appears to be among the cards. In this episode we talk all that and more.

Note: After this episode was recorded, Trump reinstated the Maximum Pressure campaign from his first term on the Islamic Republic. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reacted by saying that talks with the United States were “not smart, wise, or honorable.”