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Podcast: State of the World from NPR
Episode: A Syrian Jewish leader returns from exile to a sanction crippled country
Description: During the Assad regimes, Western nations placed crippling economic sanctions on the country. Some have been lifted, but most are still in place, so how does a country shattered by civil war rebuild? And we follow the return to Damascus of one US Syrian Jewish leader, after decades in exile.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy