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How the British Got Suckered By Assad and Almost Deported a Dissident

Unmistaken Identity

As the UK tightens its borders, it relies on the Assad regime to tell it which Syrian passports are legit. Famed war reporter Zaina Erhaim almost got caught in that trap.

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