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

Behind the Bastards

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The Syrian Civil War Is the Deadliest Civil War of the 21st Century

Lesh: It's crazy that these kids had no idea what they were about to literally like domino effect into. Lesh: A single act of childish graffiti and Dara wound up being the spark that started the Syrian civil war. On March 24, 2011, Bashar al-Assad addressed his nation over the continuing unrest. He promised vague reforms, which he could not actually deliver upon.

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