Aug 11, 2026 · 47 min · 12 segments
Chloe travels to Damascus to meet people close to Bashar and Asma. One source tells her that Asma took a drastic decision in the early years of the war - she tried to leave Syria. Only it’s not for…
Jihad YazigiGuest
Ayman AbdulnourGuest
Ibrahim HamidiGuestSarah DardoushIt gives credence to what people like Brooks and Maria have told me, that Asma was trapped by the regime with no way out.
So when Ayman first told me this, I made an assumption that she'd tried to escape because she couldn't accept the violence being perpetrated in the regime's name.
But it turns out her issue was less about her husband's politics and more to do with their relationship.
For now, those hacked emails also contained several flirty exchanges between Bashar and young Western-educated ambitious Syrian women.
Back at the start of the war, they were working as aides to the president, and they'd send emails in which the tone isn't...
Well, it isn't what you'd normally expect between a boss and his junior advisors.
They called him the dude and went on about how loved he was by his people and told him they missed him.
Look, I mean, uh- Even in terms of, uh, Bashar's relation with ladies, with ...
It gives credence to what people like Brooks and Maria have told me, that Asma was trapped by the regime with no way out.
So when Ayman first told me this, I made an assumption that she'd tried to escape because she couldn't accept the violence being perpetrated in the regime's name.
But it turns out her issue was less about her husband's politics and more to do with their relationship.
For now, those hacked emails also contained several flirty exchanges between Bashar and young Western-educated ambitious Syrian women.
Back at the start of the war, they were working as aides to the president, and they'd send emails in which the tone isn't...
Well, it isn't what you'd normally expect between a boss and his junior advisors.
They called him the dude and went on about how loved he was by his people and told him they missed him.
Look, I mean, uh- Even in terms of, uh, Bashar's relation with ladies, with ...
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