![The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights) show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/034/254/small/the-current-from-cbc-radio-highlights.jpg)
Summary: Four-and-a-half years into Syria's civil war, the brutal dictator we thought would have been deposed by now is not only hanging on - he's emboldened. And Russia's campaign to keep Assad in power is finding currency as the fight against ISIS seems stalled.