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Bashar al-Assad’s decade of destruction in Syria

Today in Focus

English - June 02, 2021 02:00 - 26 minutes - 29.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 649 ratings
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Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, has presided over a devastating civil war that has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Martin Chulov describes a man who came back from the brink of defeat to strengthen his grip on a country deeply scarred by war. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus