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Ayman Asfari

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News Middle EastLatest broadcast: on BBC News Asia Pacific

After four years of civil war Syria is all but destroyed. At least 220,000 killed and half of the entire population forced from their homes and still the world's great powers argue over a response. Stephen Sackur talks to one of the world's wealthiest Syrians; Ayman Asfari is an exile based in Britain and founder and boss of the Petrofac oil services corporation. Behind the scenes he has lobbied hard for a more effective international intervention in his homeland, but what would that look like? Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:
Ayman Asfari

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