Malik Abder
Syrian journalist and conflict mediation practitioner, Executive Director of Syria Direct and Managing Director of Conflict Mediation Solutions, based in London.
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Aug 11, 2026
19:13
I took one of them for lunch in a Syrian restaurant not far from Along Way.
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But he was very much aware of the dynamics to do with the fact that the president's in-laws lived opposite us, you know, and he found it all very funny.
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And on the day that Assad fell, he sent me a message saying, well, now we know who's won in that sort of Alan Way standoff.
20:12
Asma wasn't close to her cousins across the road, but even so, Malik used to see her around.