Syria after Assad: Journey through a war-ravaged nation in transition

Seven months after the fall of Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr gained rare access to sites across the war-ravaged nation, some of which have long been inaccessible to journalists. From Aleppo to the remote desert city of Deir ez-Zor, via Manbij, Damascus and ancient Palmyra, he recounts a country in the throes of profound change, faced with the daunting challenges of reconstruction and preserving national unity.