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Economist
a day ago
- Politics
- Economist
The hunt for Austin Tice
On December 8th, 2024, rebels swept into Damascus and ousted Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad. One of the first things they did was open up the prisons. Syrians who disappeared years earlier began to emerge from their grim detention cells. Would missing American journalist Austin Tice be among them? In a new three-part series on The Weekend Intelligence, Middle East correspondent, Gareth Browne investigates what happened to Austin. It's an attempt to shed some light on a decade of darkness, in one of the most mystifying and oppressive dictatorships of the modern era. A story that could only be reported since the fall of Assad. In episode one, Gareth tells the story of Austin's time in Syria leading up to his capture.
Economist
31-05-2025
- General
- Economist
They had names
10 years ago a migrant ship sank off the coast of Libya, killing over a thousand people from forty countries. Countless such ships have been lost to the sea over the last decade of the migrant crisis but only one – 'Il Barcone', has been lifted from the seafloor, full of the dead, and given a second life. On the Weekend Intelligence senior producer Barclay Bram tells the story of the boat, its resurrection, and the ten year long investigation to name the people who died the day 'Il Barcone' sank.
