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Dec 2024
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘This Needs to Stop’ - UN Spe...

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In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Geir Pedersen, the UN’s top official on Syria, to discuss the fall of Assad, Israel’s seizure of Syrian land, the role of Jolani, and whether the UN failed the Syrian people.

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