The Maldives, where you can relax on white sand beaches,

under gently swaying coconut trees,

and dive into crystal clear waters to swim with the local wildlife.

Or...

You can dive into the beach parties,

bonfires and cocktails of the local nightlife.

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This is CBSI in the world.

I'm John Batch with Bill Rochev,

the foundation for the defense of democracies.

He's a senior fellow.

He and his colleagues keep the long-word journal.

And we go now to a helicopter assault in Syria.

Syria is a... is darkness visible.

It's a civil war that's reached since 2011.

With no end in sight,

the central government doesn't much exist.

The Assad regime is a client state of Iran,

and the tangle of international affairs

leads to Moscow, Beijing, Tehran.

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