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Part Two: Bashar al Assad: The Eye Doctor Who Murdered a Nation

Behind the Bastards

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Bashar Al-Assad's Barrel Bombs Are a War Crime

Assad's favorite target for his barrel bombs outside of the crowded apartment buildings is hospitals. He also loves bombing elementary schools. In one 2014 attack, he killed 25 small children with a single bomb. Do we know how many people are left in his army? No, I mean, at this point, he's conscripted a lot more and it's it's up to a higher level. At this point, they were essentially militias and gangs that were allied with the regime.

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