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Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 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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The Economist.

1:08.1

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:11.4

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

1:13.2

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:22.0

One of our correspondents wanted to remove traces of herself from the internet for security reasons.

1:28.3

Then she found out just how hard it is these days to disappear.

1:33.3

And stock markets surged after the decisive re-election of Donald Trump,

1:38.3

but the windfalls were not evenly spread.

1:41.3

Our data journalist digs into who made out best as the next generation of

1:45.6

Trump trades began. But first... In Syria, over the weekend, rebels opposed to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad broke a stalemate in a civil war that dates back

2:18.9

to 2011. A coalition of groups overwhelmed government troops and captured much of the northwestern

2:25.5

city of Aleppo, among smaller cities and towns. The movement was celebrated by insurgents

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