# B1 French News | Why the US Just Reversed a Syria Terror Label

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-b1-with-news-french-listening-practice-7793132/b1-french-news-why-the-us-just-reversed-a-syria-terror-label
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-b1-with-news-french-listening-practice-7793132/b1-french-news-why-the-us-just-reversed-a-syria-terror-label.md
Podcast: [Learn French B1+ | Today's News, Slowed for Intermediate Learners](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-b1-with-news-french-listening-practice-7793132)
Published: 2026-08-25T03:17:42+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/learn-french-b1-with-news/episodes/6a8d0957ec72659474e39903
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a306ae5252d86e8466f67d0/e/6a8d0957ec72659474e39903/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-french-b1-with-news-french-listening-practice-7793132/episodes/b1-french-news-why-the-us-just-reversed-a-syria-terror-label
Duration seconds: 463

## Resource

Learn French through today’s real news. Natural-pace French at B1, with a full transcript and English translation. In this episode: The US removes Syria from its state sponsor of terrorism list, and Syria says the move could help recovery after 14 years of civil war. Also: China's factories and schools are quietly training the next wave of robots, with more than two million machines already at work. Aujourd'hui : Les États-Unis retirent la Syrie · La révolution discrète des robots en Chine. Today’s French focus: ont retiré = they removed. Vocabulary: L'aide (aid), La reconnaissance (recognition), Le retrait (removal). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/french-b1-2026-08-25 Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-french-b1-with-news-french-listening-practice-7793132/episodes/b1-french-news-why-the-us-just-reversed-a-syria-terror-label/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-b1-with-news-french-listening-practice-7793132/b1-french-news-why-the-us-just-reversed-a-syria-terror-label.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.