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Dec 2024
25m 7s

ISIS 2.0?

THE TIMES
About this episode

As a new leadership emerges in Syria, disparate groups remain in control of different parts of the country. In the midst of the fluctuating situation, what dangers might return?

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Guest: Mark Urban, Writer and Columnist, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producers:

  • Edith Rousselot.
  • Edward Drummond.

Clips: BBC News, AP, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, CNN.

Photo: Getty Images. 

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