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Support for the new Syria; South Korea’s president defiant, and more
Ep. 20241216
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Britain and America reported having “contact” with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, one of the groups that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria, though both consider it a terrorist organisation.
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