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DRC & the Thai-Cambodia border wars, Syria a year after Assad & Trump finally gets his peace prize... sort of

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Ceasefires are collapsing from Southeast Asia to eastern DRC, with civilians once again bearing the brunt of diplomatic failure. Plus, one year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime, are Syrians any better off? And FIFA honours President Trump – but is the prize an own goal?


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Ceasefires are collapsing from Southeast Asia to eastern DRC, with civilians once again bearing the brunt of diplomatic failure. Plus, one year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime, are Syrians any better off? And FIFA honours President Trump – but is the prize an own goal?


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Claudia Farhart, SBS International Correspondent

Bob Bowker, Former Australian ambassador to Jordan, Egypt and Syria & Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies

Producers: Nick Ludlam, Ali Cheevers, Billy Dahlenburg


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