Ending Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria was almost unthinkable just a couple of weeks ago, but rebel fighters have made a big push against the regime, taking Aleppo and now the capital of Damascus. So to help you get your bearings, we’ll give you a quick reccy on Assad and his brutal regime. 

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Listening/reading: If you’d like some more background to the rebel uprising in Syria, we did a Shortcut last week on the civil war…

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