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The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding

World | 2026-08-07 at 23:23 UTC | Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding
How we tracked down "The Spider" who was once one of the most-feared men in Syria.
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