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You know, It's Wednesday, 8 January. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. Let's get briefed. Today, we begin in Syria. As the country struggles to return to normalcy,

Iran has largely withdrawn, signaling a major setback for the Iranian regime's regional ambitions.

We'll have all the details ahead. Later in the show, trouble for Ukrainian President Zelensky, his approval ratings have plummeted

to their lowest point since the Russian invasion began, as doubts continue to grow among Ukrainians.

Plus, the latest from South Korea, where an ongoing standoff between rival government forces

continues outside the presidential compound, as the nation's impeached

president remains inside, refusing to comply with detention and search warrants.

And in today's back of the brief, a new United Nations report reveals an alarming rise in

executions in Iran last year, including about 40 in a single week in December.

But first, today's PDB spotlight.

We'll begin with an update out of Syria, where some semblance of normalcy appears to be returning to the war-torn nation

following the overthrow of Iranian-backed dictator

Bashar al-Assad in early December. Officials from the rebel coalition, now governing the country,

announced that international flights in and out of Syria's main airport in Damascus would resume

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