{"id":203606,"date":"2024-12-12T21:04:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-assads-stole-syrias-riches-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T21:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:04:22","slug":"how-the-assads-stole-syrias-riches-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-assads-stole-syrias-riches-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Assads stole Syria&#8217;s riches | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Pa67dMfupjQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How the Assads stole Syria's riches | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pa67dMfupjQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Syra\u2019s ruling family is out of power. Can a new government now keep the economy going and even improve it for normal Syrians? 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