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Life in Syria after Nearly Five Years of War

What five years of civil war, regional strife and international terrorism has wrought in Syria. We hear dispatches from the humanitarian crisis that may well be getting worse.

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KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Feb 18, 2016 • 52m Listen

Guest host Barbara Bogaev looks at what five years of civil war, regional strife and international terrorism has wrought in Syria. We hear dispatches from the humanitarian crisis that may well be getting worse.

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Photo: A man selling pastries walks past the rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel held al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, February 10, 2016. (Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters)

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    Barbara Bogaev

    radio journalist

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    Christine Detz

    Producer, 'To the Point'

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Gideon Brower

    Independent Producer

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