48 Hours In Syria
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
4.7 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Kassem Eid had spent two years living in a city under siege. After he and his neighbors took part in the protests during the Arab Spring in 2011, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad began to punish towns like Kassem’s. His forces bombed them, surrounded them, and starved them. That’s when Kassem decided to fight back.
Season 9 Episode 35
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| 0:42.5 | Cossum Eed. |
| 0:52.4 | It's been two years looking in a city under siege. |
| 0:56.0 | After he and his neighbors took part in the protest on the air spring of 2011, the Syrian |
| 1:00.5 | President, Bashar al-Assad, began to punish towns like Cossums. |
| 1:06.3 | His forces bombed them, surrounded them, and starved them. |
| 1:12.2 | Because of listeners should know, this story contains graphic scenes of war. |
| 1:17.0 | Here's Cossum. |
| 1:19.0 | I started looking into trash. |
| 1:23.8 | I started looking for food in the streets. |
| 1:28.7 | I started eating grass. |
| 1:33.4 | One time me and my friend were really, really hungry, and we went out at night to look |
| 1:39.6 | for anything to eat. |
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