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José Niño and William Van Wagenen discuss the engineered narrative of the Syrian war and its implications for the Middle East.

In this episode of El Niño Speaks, José Niño is joined by geopolitical researcher and author William Van Wagenen to dismantle the official narrative about Syria and the so‑called “Arab Spring.” Van Wagenen breaks down how the Syrian war was engineered as a regime-change project aligned with the Yinon Plan, using Gulf-backed Salafist militants as Western and Israeli assets to fracture the region and rebrand jihadist proxies as a legitimate “government.” Follow William Van Wagenen: Book: Creative Chaos: The Syrian War and the Origins of the Modern Middle East Twitter: @WVanwagenen Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/author/wvanwagenen/ NEXT: If you liked the show, feel free to continue supporting my work. Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/josenino This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.josealnino.org/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: José Niño

Guest: William Van Wagenen

Topics covered

• geopolitics
• Syria
• Arab Spring
• regime change
• Yinon Plan
• Middle East

Keywords

• Syria
• Arab Spring
• Yinon Plan
• geopolitical strategy
• regime change
• Salafist militants
• Western intervention

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Libertarian Institute

Books & works: Creative Chaos: The Syrian War and the Origins of the Modern Middle East

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