w. coventry. hello and welcome to focus on europe liz show the corona crisis has been dominating headlines for months so much so that it has overshadowed all other topics like the ongoing war in syria the conflict began 9 years ago and there is still no end in sight years of heavy fighting and bombing have left many cities in ruins around the $6000000.00 syrians have fled their country international observers accuse president assad's regime of bombing its own people and torturing thousands of members of the opposition. president assad is still in power but now an unprecedented trial is underway in germany 2 of his alleged helpers have been charged with supporting a subsystem of torture and oppression syrians around the world are closely following the trial among them would in berlin for her the court proceeding opens up old wounds but also offers hope for a long awaited justice. fatwah mahmoud in her apartment in the german capital of berlin the opponent of the regime in syria lives here on her ow

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