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Syria: The World's War
Lyse Doucet tells the story of one of the biggest humanitarian crisis of our age: the Syrian civil war - seven years of brutal conflict, surpassing the length of World War II.
Lyse Doucet tells the story of one of the biggest humanitarian crisis of our age: the Syrian civil war - seven years of brutal conflict, surpassing the length of World War II.
In this new two-part series, Lyse Doucet, who has reported on the conflict from the start, explores how peaceful protest for change spiralled into unspeakable savagery; half a million people killed, millions of lives shattered, and so much of Syria in utter ruins.