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It Is Always An Eerie Experience To Sit Among Bashar Al-assad's Soldiers.
-Robert Fisk
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It Is Always An Eerie Experience To
Robert Fisk
It Is Always An Eerie Experience To Sit Among Bashar Al-assad's Soldiers.
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