This week, shocking images of Syrian refugees who died in Lebanese military custody, allegedly during or after torture, have received widespread coverage. The majority of Syrian refugees are living in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. Who’s telling their stories?
We’ll also discuss a recent New Republic investigation exposing three decades of Donald Trump’s business ties to Russian mobsters and oligarchs.
Guests:
Michael Petrou, award-winning journalist and historian, and author of Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post-9/11 Islamic World
Craig Unger, contributing editor at Vanity Fair, and author of House of Bush, House of Saud
Web Resources:
New Republic: Trump’s Russian Laundromat
National Post: The Greatest Exodus of Our TIME