Syria Video Special: Undercover With Those Challenging the Regime

See also Syria Audio Special: How Does This End?

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Reporter Ramita Navai recently returned from Syria, where she worked undercover to film a documentary for the US Public Broadcasting Service and Britain's Channel 4. No free press or foreign journalists are allowed in Syria, so Navai snuck in by claiming that she was on a romantic holiday with her cameraman. This is arguably the best look at the realities and struggles of day-to-day life for those challenging the Assad regime.

Syria Audio Special: How Does This End?

"What we haven't seen yet is large-scale political defection. But those who have defected have talked about the fact that there are many others who are willing to defect, who are beginning to question whether or not Assad can survive this. And, you know, the economic impact is just incredible on the country. And it's really only a matter of time before the defectors or before more leaders decide to jump ship on Assad."

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