The Syrian Civil War: How It Started
Dan Snow's History Hit
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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Dan is joined by the Defence Editor for The Economist, Shashank Joshi, to explore the origins of the brutal Syrian civil war that has left the country in ruin and with an uncertain future. They unravel the complex political and cultural history of the region to explain why we're seeing turmoil today and what sense it could give us about what might happen now that the Assad regime has fallen.
Written by Dan Snow, produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Max Carrey
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