In Syria, this is a horrific tragedy that country has been devastated by civil war for more than a decade. The hospitals that people are being delivered to now are hospitals that were deliberately targeted by Russian airstrikes during the Civil War. Even areas that are actually held by the Syrian regime have extremely limited infrastructure and governance at this point.
Amid unthinkable destruction and loss of life, we examine the factors that will frustrate relief efforts following earthquakes in an already troubled region. As President Joe Biden prepares to welcome a new chief of staff, we speak with the author who literally wrote the book on America’s second-most-powerful government job. And Argentina’s newest musical export repurposes an American genre born three decades ago.
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