Peace from pieces: Syria after Assad
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
President Bashar al-Assad has been run out, his regime in tatters. As Syrians awaken to a new era, how can they put their broken country back together peacefully? Australia has passed a law that will ban under-16s from social media: a bold move, but a tricky one to implement (10:21). And how “Dungeons & Dragons” jumped from nerd culture to popular culture (19:38).
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| 1:25.8 | Australia's teenagers are about to have one more reason for angst. |
| 1:30.3 | In a year, under 16s will be banned from using social media, for their own good, of course. |
| 1:36.3 | It's a bold bit of legislation, but it's not easy to see how it can be enforced. |
| 1:42.3 | And the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons is turning 50. |
| 1:48.0 | We ask how it made the jump along the way from nerd culture to popular culture. |
| 1:53.0 | But first... |
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