Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes
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The Economist
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🗓️ 2 December 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
The country’s civil war never ended—it became a fragile stalemate that fell out of the news. A surprise rebel advance reveals how the war’s international players are busy facing their own challenges. Our correspondent found it so difficult to disappear from the internet that she gave up (10:30). And who were the stockmarket winners as “Trump trades” fired up again (16:54)?
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| 1:10.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:15.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:24.6 | One of our correspondents wanted to remove traces of herself from the Internet for security reasons. |
| 1:30.8 | Then she found out just how hard it is these days to disappear. |
| 1:36.3 | And stock markets surged after the decisive re-election of Donald Trump, but the windfalls were not evenly spread. |
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| 2:03.6 | But first... In Syria, over the weekend, rebels opposed to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad |
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