{"id":204890,"date":"2024-12-18T12:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T12:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/assad-regime-destroyed-a-generation-of-athletes-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T12:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T12:03:47","slug":"assad-regime-destroyed-a-generation-of-athletes-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/assad-regime-destroyed-a-generation-of-athletes-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Assad regime &#8216;destroyed a generation&#8217; of athletes | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WH8LeE93BpA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Assad regime 'destroyed a generation' of athletes | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WH8LeE93BpA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ghada Shouaa won Syria&#8217;s first and only Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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