Syria's Ticking Time Bomb

*9.0

Status

Released

Production

WDR

Aired

2023-04-12

Syria's Ticking Time Bomb

The severe earthquake in February 2023 has also brought northern Syria back into the international spotlight, a region that has long gone largely unnoticed. Yet a conflict has been smouldering here for years that could escalate at any time and have international repercussions: The terrorist organisation known as IS, which had its stronghold here and has been defeated militarily, could regain strength from here.