Episode 3

S1 E3: Bashar al-Assad has been president of Syria for a decade. His wife Asma is enjoying her role as first lady, pushing charity drives and encouraging school children to discuss democracy. As a glamorous profile of Asma appears in Vogue magazine, the Arab Spring protests reach Syria. Bashar must decide whether to concede to their demands for greater freedom or follow in his father Hafez's famously hardline steps.