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Wednesday 26 December 2012 Syria , World

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Alex Thomson
Alex Thomson Chief Correspondent

What 2012 taught me, by Alex Thomson - video

What did we learn from 2012? Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson says that the war in Syria taught the world that the Arab Spring is much more complex that everyone thought.

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