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World Service,22 Feb 2025,26 mins

Syria after Assad

The Fifth Floor

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In December 2024, rebel forces took control in Syria, and former President Bashar al-Assad fled the country. What's happened since? Salma Khattab from BBC Arabic has just come back from Syria and she'll share what she's seen on the ground. Plus, a profile of Peruvian artist singer Chacalón, by Santiago Vanegas from BBC Mundo, and how young people in Tunisia and Algeria are trying to detoxify from social media, with Saifeddine Rebai from BBC Arabic's Xtra TV show. Presented by Faranak Amidi. Produced by Alice Gioia, Caroline Ferguson and Hannah Dean. (Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)

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