In exclusive, leaked 2018 footage aired by Al Arabiya, ousted Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad is seen driving with former adviser Luna al Shibl as he mocks a destroyed mosque in Eastern Ghouta — an area where his forces committed some of the civil war’s worst atrocities, including a chemical weapon massacre. He cursed the region, calling its people the “worst" of society, while blaming them for building mosques despite struggling for money, comparing them to irresponsible "pharaohs." | TRT

The last 12 years of the Syrian civil war have devastated the country and its people. But Bashar al-Assad, the man in power, had not always been intended for the top job. 🎧 The Explanation: https://bbc.in/3Jk7Txq | BBC World Service