Life in Syria after Nearly Five Years of War
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
What five years of civil war, regional strife and international terrorism has wrought in Syria. We hear dispatches from the humanitarian crisis that may well be getting worse.
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. |
| 0:06.4 | The twice-monthly podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices. |
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| 0:33.1 | this is To the Point. A portrait of life and survival in Syria. |
| 0:42.4 | I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public |
| 0:46.0 | Radio International. A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. This week, the |
| 0:50.9 | civil war in Syria reached new levels of violence, despite talk of an international |
| 0:54.9 | commitment to a ceasefire. |
| 0:57.0 | What is life like in a country strafed by bombs, looted by war profiteers, in cities |
| 1:01.7 | subject to siege and families divided by politics? |
| 1:05.7 | Today we talk to reporters and aid workers about the unique toll terrorism, civil strife, |
| 1:10.2 | and violence take on Syrians |
| 1:11.7 | who cannot or will not leave their country. And on today's talking point, what three days |
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| 2:01.7 | Just ahead, what five years of civil war, regional strife, and international terrorism |
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