Bye, cell: inside a notorious Syrian prison

再见,牢房:臭名昭著的叙利亚监狱内

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2024-12-11

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As Syrians awoke to a new era, thousands rushed to fling open the dark, filthy prisons where Bashar al-Assad locked up dissenters. Our correspondent followed along. The first of our two-part series on spirituality reveals a lucrative nexus of DIY enlightenment and tourism (9:13). And the stumbles of Manchester City, a once-invincible side in England’s Premier League (15:27). Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

  • I'm Jason Palmer.

  • And I'm Rosie Blore.

  • Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world.

  • On average, the world is getting less religious.

  • But there's a countervailing trend.

  • More and more people identify as spiritual.

  • Less about faith, more about individual enlightenment.

  • And the first of our two part series shows people are ready to splash out for it.

  • And after an extraordinary run of Premier League titles, Manchester City Football Club is now struggling.

  • So what does this mean for the team's much heralded coach, Pep Guardiola?

  • First up, though.

  • Look at the celebrations that 24 hours Bashar Al Assad fled the country.

  • These are all bullet casings.

  • In the squares of central Damascus, people rushed to celebrate the fall of the regime of Bashar al Assad.

  • Gareth Brown, our Middle east correspondent based in Beirut, has been reporting from Syria.

  • The celebratory gunfire is just unreal.

  • But thousands of people also rushed to the overcrowded prisons of Assad's regime.

  • They were desperately looking for relatives.