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Is A Free Syria Still Possible? (S01E126)
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Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, Paris
A Syrian court just sentenced former dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over his role in the country’s 13-year civil war. His brother Maher and cousin Atef Najib were also convicted and sentenced to death by a Syrian court.
Assad fled to Russia in 2024 as rebel forces seized control of the country after a years-long conflict which left more than half a million people dead.
In the second part of Syrian-British author Robin Yassin-Kassab’s interview with badlands, we…
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