There are no easy answers. It's a very difficult question, morally, politically, diplomatically. Donors are not lining up to put money into an extremely corrupt country that has been decimated by war. So I think what we're probably going to see is a political rehabilitation of the regime,. But that is not going to unlock the sort of help which would make any difference for people living in regime held areas.
The country’s war-torn north-west has been getting far less aid than it needs in the earthquakes’ aftermath. We investigate the dilemma of lifting long-running international sanctions. Housing prices are slipping across the rich world, but South Korea’s unusual property market makes that slide far more perilous. And what three decades’-worth of data reveal about crafting a pop hit.
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