An economist’s role in the fall of Syria’s government : The Indicator from Planet Money

A crowd gathers exterior of the infamous Sednaya Jail, the place one in every of Karam Shaar’s colleagues may go away after the jail’s liberation

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A crowd gathers exterior of the infamous Sednaya Jail, the place one in every of Karam Shaar’s colleagues may go away after the jail’s liberation

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In 2012, Karam Shaar needed to go away his residence nation of Syria because of the civil struggle. However he nonetheless wished to make a distinction. Via his financial evaluation, he uncovered regarding patterns about how the Assad regime and its cronies had been siphoning cash from humanitarian support. At the moment on the present, the story of how one Syrian exile contributed to the resistance whereas on the opposite aspect of the world.

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