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Dec 2024
48m 37s

Syria: Inside the fall of Assad

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Richard and Yalda meet in rebel-held Damascus after the fall of one of the world’s most brutal dictators.   
 
With gunfire echoing across the Syrian capital, they ask what the future holds for the country after his family’s 50-year reign of terror.   
 
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