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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: The significance of Syria’s return to the Arab League
Description: Syria’s devastating civil war has raged for more than 12 years.
In that time, Half a million people have been killed, by some estimates. Three million have been left with a disability. And half of the country have been forced from their homes, including many now living in refugee camps in neighbouring countries.
The economy has collapsed and the infrastructure has been shattered - 70 per cent of the electricity system is damaged, one in three schools is in ruins and only half of hospitals are working fully. A decade of war has cost the country ov...