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The Facebook posts gripping Syrians
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:23:55
Publish Date: 2020-05-15 08:30:00
Description: 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. BBC Arabic’s Mahmoud Ali Hamad takes up the story. Covid-19 from Belarus to Kenya BBC 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 BBC 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 Credit: AFP/Getty Images
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