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After 50 years of Assad cruelty, Syrians search for dead loved ones - and closure
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Jeremy Bowen: Assad's palace, once a symbol of power, now an empty shell. Video, 00:02:03
The BBC's international editor returns to Bashar al-Assad's presidential palace, where he interviewed him in 2015.
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After 50 years of Assad cruelty, Syrians search for dead loved ones - and closure
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After 50 years of Assad cruelty, Syrians search for dead loved ones - and closure
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After 50 years of Assad cruelty, Syrians search for dead loved ones - and closure
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