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Syria endgame approaches

02/01/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The World This Week, Syria endgame approaches

The Syrian government and rebels swap trapped fighters as the battlefield is cleared.

Rebels and government in Syria have been swapping fighters trapped behind enemy lines - as the Assad regime renews its attacks in the South.  It looks as if all sides are getting ready for a final push ahead of possible peace talks later this month.  Also in this programme/podcast: Japan and South Korea try - again - to end their quarrel over women forced into military brothels during the war; how oil-rich Saudi Arabia is feeling much less rich than it used to; and why so many of us are going to feel much less rich than we would like to when and if we retire.
Photo: Red Crescent ambulances and buses evacuate Syrian opposition fighters and their families from Zabadani
Credit: SANA via AP

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