MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: With the deposed Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, now exiled in Moscow, Syria's new leadership is still taking shape. That's in part because the rebels who toppled the regime ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to be hearing different perspectives about the president's decision to pull troops out of Syria. Our next guest may surprise you.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to begin today by focusing on Syria, where the regime's army, backed by Russia and Iran, is on the verge of retaking the province of Idlib.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mouaz Moustafa of the Syrian Emergency Task Force. He says president Trump's decision to leave Syria will have dangerous consequences. Throughout this weekend, we ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: First, though, to Syria, where rebels have overthrown one of the world's longest ruling dictatorships. Former president Bashar al-Assad left the country for asylum in Russia.

michel martin, host: As we mentioned earlier, President Trump spent some time this morning tweeting about the situation in Syria. He suggested there would be a big price to pay for those responsible.

President Trump is expected to meet with Syria's new leader during his visit to Saudi Arabia. The meeting comes on the heels of Trump saying he will lift decades of U.S. sanctions on Syria.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Our next guest is Mouaz Moustafa. He is an American who was born in Syria. He came to the U.S. with his family as a child and later worked on Capitol Hill.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Mohamed Al-Abrash, a surgeon at Idlib Central Hospital, about what it's been like to treat patients in northwestern Syria after last Monday's deadly earthquake.

Host Michel Martin hears from two members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus about why they're reluctant to approve a U.S. strike on Syria. She's joined by Representative Barbara Lee of ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks Republican Mike Rounds of South Dakota, who's on the Senate Armed Services Committee, how he and his colleagues want the president to respond to the Syrian chemical attack.

Syrian rebels have overturned one of the oldest dictatorships in the world. It has been a long struggle, including more than a decade of civil war. But it all began in 2011, during the Arab Spring.