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Syria seeks to build government after fall of Assad

Season 2024 Episode 345 | 5m 31s

After 13 brutal years of war, Syrians breathe free after the fall of the autocratic Assad dynasty. Bashar al-Assad and his family are now in Russia, which extended them asylum. The seizure of the nation by insurgents rocked the region and the world. But for many Syrians, the task after the fall of Assad was to take stock of the catastrophic damage and what the future holds. Nick Schifrin reports.

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