Criminal enterprise in the country is not new, but the past decade's unstable landscape has created the perfect conditions for it to flourish. Al Majalla explains how Syria became a drug lord.
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The renowned German-American philosopher's analyses showed how governments deploy deceit for political gain and blur the lines between truth and lies
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