The Facebook posts gripping Syrians
A president, a billionaire, and a very public rift in Syria’s top family
Rami Makhlouf, one of Syria’s richest men, recently took to Facebook to air his grievances against his cousin. As his cousin is President Bashar Al-Assad, the whole country took note. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic’s Mahmoud Ali Hamad takes up the story.
Covid-19 from Belarus to Kenya
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Russian’s Tatsiana Yanutsevich reports from Belarus, where there’s no lockdown, and where President Alexander Lukashenko describes fear of coronavirus as a 'psychosis'. And ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Africa's Sharon Machira talks about her new TV programme The Breakdown, which covers everything from online criminal justice to haircare during the pandemic.
Picture: Rami Makhlouf's Facebook post
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