Asma's Syria We call her Emma Ep6

Sweet Bobby by The Observer

Aug 10, 202659:25Society & Culture

Eighteen months ago the Assad regime suddenly collapsed, and the first lady and her family fled to Moscow. A regime insider tells Chloe just how powerful Asma had become in the final years and what was happening inside t...

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