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After 32 years and 5 days, a father and son reunite after Syrian prisoners are freed

NPR

By Emily Feng

Published December 14, 2024 at 8:44 AM EST

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has freed at least thousands of people detained in Syria's notorious prisons. Some of them have made it back home. Other families are still looking.

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Emily Feng

Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.

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How Syria's 'musician of the revolution' feels after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime

Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali about the fall of the dictatorship in Syria and his hopes for his homeland's future.
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The International Rescue Committee warns 'the world is on fire'

Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the group's 2025 Watchlist, which warns that more than 300 million people require humanitarian assistance.
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South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

Anthony Kuhn

South Korea's parliament impeached Presisdent Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law, the first time such a measure had been imposed on the nation in more than four decades.

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