Episode 1
: Syria, the genesis of a conflict
Nearly 400,000 dead, half of the population displaced and a quarter left abroad ... Syria sank into a destructive war that began in March 2011. From revolution to repression, back on genesis of this never-ending war.
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02:46
Episode 2
: Bashar al-Assad against all odds
Ten years of civil war in Syria will not have wavered Bashar al-Assad, in power since 2000. During the Arab Spring, he successively witnessed the fall of Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Muammar Gaddafi in Libya or Omar al-Bashir in Sudan, but he remained at the head of his country, at the cost of unlimited repression.
Who is this man, who was not yet promised to power and who, for a time, lived in the shadow of his father and brother before becoming dictator?
Portrait.
02:33
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