225. Bashar Al-Assad – Syria (2000-24)

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Nov 24, 202536:14Society & Culture

Iain Dale talks to former Conservative MP Brooks Newmark about the rule of the Syrian dictator who eventually fled to exile in Moscow. Brooks met Assad on nine occasions.

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