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Meet the Syrian regime’s trusted friend

The next phase in Syria’s brutal modern history will likely see more Khaled al-Ahmad type figures propagated by the regime, repackaged and sold in western media as ‘fixers’.

By Samia Haddad
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Photo published by Syrian presidency on August 8, 2018, announcing the Syrian 'First Lady' was fighting a breast cancer. Picture by Balkis Press/ABACA/ABACA/PA Images.

All rights reserved. In the past few weeks, much has changed in Syria. The people of Daraa, the cradle of the Syrian revolution, used to look up and see regime warplanes; now they see the regime’s red, white, and black flag fluttering triumphantly over their city for the first time in seven years.

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