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Explainer 118: Why is Bashar al-Assad going to North Korea?

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6 June 2018

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When North Korean state media announced this week that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was to visit Kim Jong-un the world reacted with a collective ‘Huh?’ But the two leaders have plenty in common and, as Andrew Mueller explains, this won’t be the first time the countries have co-operated.

6 June 2018

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