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Hassan Akkad on the time he faced off against 'torturous' Bashar al-Assad | James O’Brien on LBC
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13:38Now PlayingHassan Akkad, who fled Damascus in fear of his life during the Syrian civil war, shares harrowing details of his experience while talking to James O’Brien.
Reflecting on a chilling moment when he was forced to plead his case face-to-face with Bashar al-Assad, the very man responsible for his torture, Akkad underscores the horrors endured by Syrians under Assad’s brutal dictatorship.
“We’ve been telling the world what’s happening in Syria for 12 years,” he laments, expressing deep frustration with the international community’s failure to respond meaningfully to their cries for help.
Describing the ongoing crisis as “the Syrian holocaust,” Akkad makes an emotional appeal for greater global support, emphasising the urgent need for assistance “on every front.”
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