The rehabilitation of Bashar al-Assad

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🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad became a regional pariah after brutal crackdowns on his own citizens. But on Friday, the most powerful men in the Middle East welcomed him back into the Arab League. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Matt Collette and Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if you waited all week for a big get together on Friday, you hopped on a plane
0:05.1	first thing in the morning, touched down, put on your best fit, arrived, and then boom!
0:10.9	Literally, one of the worst people in the world walks into the room.
0:17.7	You might have been at the Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia where Bashar Al-Assad made
0:23.3	his big return on Friday.
0:25.6	It's with pleasure today, the Dr. Bashar Al-Assad, the president of Syria, is present here
0:31.0	as the League of Arab States has handed down a resolution, allowing Syria to resume involvement in our meetings.
0:37.8	And we hope.
0:38.6	And it's not just the Arab League, he's been invited to COP28 in Dubai later this year.
0:43.4	The rehabilitation of Syria's war criminal chemical weapon using President,
0:50.7	coming up on today's plan.
0:55.5	A live-action remake of a Little Mermaid hits theaters this week with a black princess
1:05.1	Ariel, which good, right?
1:09.5	It is very much giving the skin of diversity but not the root of it.
1:15.6	It doesn't feel fully integrated into the movie.
1:20.0	Disney and black princesses and the racial politics of fairy tales.
1:24.8	This week on Into It, Vulture's Pop Culture Podcast.
1:33.3	I'm Karrie Swisher.
1:34.7	And I'm Scott Galloway.
1:36.3	And this week on Pivot, we're talking to Chastin Buttigieg, about his new young adult
1:40.6	memoir, I Have Something to Tell You.
1:43.2	And we'll hear about his nationwide book tour, which will take him through areas where
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