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Syria's ousted dictator relied on a brutal army, and powerful allies. What changed?

NPR

By Leila Fadel

Published December 18, 2024 at 5:17 AM EST

Stories from men conscripted into the Syrian military help explain why it collapsed.

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Leila Fadel

Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race.

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Iconic children's TV show Sesame Street and Max are going their separate ways

Elizabeth Blair

MAX will no longer distribute new episodes of "Sesame Street" after 2025.
What we can learn from Ukraine's assassination of a senior Russian general in Moscow

Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a residential building.
Suspect is charged with murder as an act of terrorism in health care CEO's death

Steve Inskeep

Luigi Mangione was indicted in New York Tuesday on eleven counts related to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. They include three murder charges.

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