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00:00:00unique, meaning unknown
00:00:01evidence to the judiciary so that previously,
00:00:04gangs do not escape for example, or it was not delivered in this very luxurious quality that cannot
00:00:08be used to obtain
00:00:12bread, and it can be used in the manufacture of pasta
00:00:16of suspicious individuals in this and industrial noodles. It was processed in a factory that is currently
00:00:19also present.
00:00:23and arresting by the Department of International Cooperation, Also, when private universities were
00:00:26established in Syria, almost all universities
00:00:31Arab Republic in many or most of them were initially established within the administrative borders of Daraa Governorate.
00:00:33This is important for creating projects related
00:00:37to universities, creating logistical projects for transporting students,
00:00:41creating library projects, and student
00:00:43services.
00:00:45with neighboring Also,
00:00:47as a border region, we can
00:00:50develop fuel stations with international
00:00:54specifications, car service stations,
00:00:59can such conferences contribute to and individual and public transport vehicles. the most notorious in Unfortunately, this sector is not available. do they contribute to
00:01:02It is not available, meaning it is not available.
00:01:05You, from Damascus to
00:01:08Nassib, will not find workshops. You will not find workshops,
00:01:11meaning
00:01:13smuggling networks let me use the expression "under surveillance,"
00:01:16meaning it is possible to say that it is suitable for providing
00:01:20commercial trucks,
00:01:22public transport vehicles, and private transport vehicles,
00:01:26for example, fuel stations. There are also many
00:01:30projects, even luxurious handicraft
00:01:33there are training courses even in projects. For example,
00:01:37if I have time,
00:01:39there is
00:01:41a company with a half-minute summary.
00:01:44and stopped millions of For example, let me say there is a company
00:01:47in Jordan that converted dried yogurt,
00:01:49meaning in classical Arabic,
00:01:52their agendas in into a liquid and started selling it in all countries.
00:01:55It is available in many countries, in the United Arab Emirates,
00:01:59Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. This is possible.
00:02:02This is available. I remember
00:02:06that some of the women in
00:02:10our village in Daraa, in the village of Mahajja,
00:02:14used to make some luxurious handicrafts
00:02:17and sell them in Al-Shaalan market
00:02:20in Damascus.
00:02:23Kingdom in For Africa, for example, this is a project, let me call it
00:02:26a legitimate project, meaning the idea has been conveyed, and I thank you.
00:02:30For all this information, and sorry for the limited time, Dr. Imad Al-Din
00:02:33Al-Musbih, Professor of Macroeconomics, was with us from Riyadh. Thank you very much.
00:02:48Anti-drug branches, in cooperation with
00:02:51such cells from specialized security agencies,
00:02:52within, instead carried out a series of well-planned security operations
00:02:55to pursue drug
00:02:59Well, merely seizing shipments does social seminars in trafficking and smuggling networks in several governorates
00:03:01during the past few days. The anti-drug branch in Damascus, Homs,
00:03:05and Aleppo managed to dismantle specialized networks
00:03:09involved in the trade and promotion of
00:03:14outside the country, narcotics. The Ministry of Interior is making strenuous
00:03:16efforts to pursue drug trafficking and smuggling networks
00:03:19and limit their spread, and to enhance security and stability
00:03:23in various
00:03:29centers. This plan does in neighboring countries governorates. During the past few days, a series of successive and well-planned security operations were carried out by
00:03:32anti-drug branches
00:03:34them in cooperation with specialized security agencies. In Aleppo Governorate,
00:03:37the anti-drug branch, in cooperation with the traffic security branch,
00:03:41managed to dismantle specialized networks involved in
00:03:44drug trafficking and promotion. The operations resulted in the arrest
00:03:51and this criminal, of these campaigns of a number of its members and the seizure of 51,000 Captagon pills, in addition to 9.5 grams of hashish
00:03:54and 5,430 pills of Pregabalin
00:03:57medicine, and 21 grams of marijuana.
00:04:00The arrested individuals were referred to the competent authorities
00:04:03to take legal measures against
00:04:07them. In Homs, the anti-drug branch carried
00:04:10out a tight ambush that resulted in the arrest
00:04:14of a drug promotion network
00:04:16infrastructure in not disclose, and the seizure of 200,000 Captagon pills
00:04:21file, our correspondent Sabah Ahmed and narcotics the written informant coming from Lebanon. In a related context, joint patrols from
00:04:24the Internal Security Command and Special Tasks Forces in
00:04:28Al-Huri village, Deir ez-Zor Governorate,
00:04:31the readiness of addiction arrested eight individuals. They seized quantities of
00:04:34crystal meth and 1,000 Captagon
00:04:38pills from their possession. As for the capital Damascus, the anti-drug
00:04:41branch managed to dismantle
00:04:44The preventive authority is a drug smuggling and promotion network There are many challenges in and arrested four
00:04:47of its members after
00:04:50cooperation from a precise security operation during which 36
00:04:52kilograms of hashish and 600 grams of
00:04:56crystal meth were seized. The Director of the Anti-Narcotics Department,
00:05:00over these personnel within Brigadier General Khaled Eid, participated in the 40th Arab Conference
00:05:03of Heads of Anti-Narcotics Agencies held at the headquarters
00:05:07of the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab
00:05:10Interior Ministers in Tunisia,
00:05:13with the aim of reviewing experiences and unifying security
00:05:17plans to thwart cross-border
00:05:20smuggling networks. Regarding this file,
00:05:24I welcome our guest, Mr. Radwan Al-Lakoud, Head of the Media
00:05:28Department at the Anti-Narcotics Directorate. Welcome, Mr. Radwan. So,
00:05:32how did the security agencies manage to reduce drug
00:05:36smuggling operations?
00:05:39Welcome to you and our dear viewers. The Anti-Narcotics
00:05:42Directorate has adopted a strategy of pre-emptive
00:05:46strikes and intensified
00:05:49field efforts. These efforts culminated in October
00:05:52with the implementation of more than 157 successful
00:05:56security operations that resulted in the dismantling
00:05:59of 30 domestic smuggling networks
00:06:03and the seizure of 4.3
00:06:06million Captagon pills and more than half a ton of hashish.
00:06:10Hmm, let's talk more about the impact of these
00:06:13campaigns on drying up the sources of funding
00:06:16for drug trafficking and cross-border
00:06:18crime?
00:06:21The strikes carried out against
00:06:25are not limited to seizing raw materials
00:06:28or seized toxic
00:06:32substances, but rather target the financial structure of those
00:06:34cross-border networks.
00:06:38When we talk about seizing more than 4.3
00:06:41million Captagon pills,
00:06:4428,000 narcotic pills, and 7 grams
00:06:48of crystal meth, we can say that we have targeted
00:06:52the financial structure of those networks
00:06:57dollars that were seeking
00:06:59to expand smuggling networks
00:07:02and expand
00:07:05the region. Hmm. Well, I welcome you again,
00:07:08Mr. Radwan, since we are talking about drug
00:07:11trafficking. Where have the Syrian efforts reached
00:07:15in fighting international drug smuggling
00:07:18networks?
00:07:20Syria is waging a relentless war against international smuggling
00:07:23networks. In October,
00:07:27more than three international networks, considered among
00:07:30the most dangerous international networks operating on the Iraqi and Lebanese
00:07:34borders, were dismantled. In fact, Syria has today become
00:07:38a trusted partner in combating
00:07:40this scourge and regional partners
00:07:44against the scourge of drugs.
00:07:47Hmm. So, are there plans to increase community
00:07:50awareness in combating drug
00:07:54smuggling and trafficking?
00:07:58Yes, that's right. The Anti-Narcotics Directorate works
00:08:01in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social
00:08:04Affairs, and the Ministry of Endowments through plans for
00:08:09cultural centers and in
00:08:12seminars targeting youth
00:08:15to raise their awareness against this scourge and how
00:08:19not to consume this substance and their understanding of this danger
00:08:23more.
00:08:25For families, we are currently working on more than
00:08:29one step from the social aspect. Several
00:08:32seminars are being held in Aleppo, Homs,
00:08:35Hama, and Latakia
00:08:38targeting all civil societies
00:08:41to help put an end to
00:08:45this scourge, God willing. There was a campaign
00:08:48"Syria Free of Drugs" which was also
00:08:52in cooperation with other ministries. Tell us more about this campaign, where
00:08:55has it reached, and how is it progressing?
00:08:59The "Syria Without Drugs" campaign is progressing according to a comprehensive
00:09:02plan that combines field confrontation and community
00:09:05awareness. Operationally, operations continue
00:09:09to dismantle smuggling networks and seize narcotic substances
00:09:13before they reach the market. Socially,
00:09:16several awareness programs have been launched with civil
00:09:20and governmental institutions
00:09:22to raise the culture of
00:09:26society and youth against the danger of this scourge,
00:09:29most notably crystal meth.
00:09:32Health-wise and rehabilitation-wise,
00:09:36the Anti-Narcotics Directorate works in coordination with the Ministry
00:09:40of Health to raise
00:09:44treatment centers through several plans. Several hospitals
00:09:47have been equipped in Aleppo Governorate and
00:09:51rural Damascus Governorate and Damascus.
00:09:55Hmm. Also, speaking of difficulties, what
00:09:58are the logistical difficulties you face in combating smuggling
00:10:01operations? In fact, the difficulties
00:10:05lie in the heavy legacy left
00:10:09by the defunct regime that turned Syria into
00:10:12a huge warehouse of narcotic substances and expanded international
00:10:16smuggling networks and their ties with neighboring
00:10:19countries. The Anti-Narcotics Directorate is working to dismantle
00:10:22all smuggling networks from their roots,
00:10:26and the Anti-Narcotics Directorate confirms that Syria will not
00:10:29be a transit country or a warehouse for that scourge.
00:10:32Hmm. Also, a final question about the role
00:10:36of security cooperation with Interpol in combating international
00:10:39drug smuggling networks.
00:10:43The Ministry of Interior, represented
00:10:47works with Interpol on several
00:10:51fronts to reduce and dry up the sources
00:10:56of international smuggling networks
00:10:59in neighboring or international areas. These efforts have resulted
00:11:02in the dismantling of more than one international network.
00:11:05Thank you very much, Mr. Radwan Al-Koud, Head of the Media
00:11:08Department at the Anti-Narcotics Directorate. Thank
00:11:11you.
00:11:13Regarding this topic, we are also joined live from Cologne
00:11:17by Brigadier General Turki Al-Jassem, security expert. Good evening, Brigadier General,
00:11:20and thank you for being with us. We were talking about
00:11:24the results, the quantitative and qualitative results of the operations
00:11:27of the Syrian Anti-Narcotics Directorate. How do you follow their work, Brigadier
00:11:31General? Good evening, welcome.
00:11:35Indeed, these efforts by the Anti-Narcotics
00:11:39Directorate and the agencies working with them are commendable,
00:11:42and
00:11:45much can be built upon them.
00:11:48The most important question is how do we invest
00:11:52in these operations?
00:11:56In October alone, there were 157
00:11:58security operations, in addition to the dismantling of 30 drug
00:12:02smuggling networks, in addition
00:12:05to the seizure of 4.3 million
00:12:08Captagon pills,
00:12:12in addition to half a ton of hashish, in addition to 28,000
00:12:15crystal pills.
00:12:18So these
00:12:20operations deserve to be built
00:12:24upon and commended
00:12:27for those responsible from the Anti-Narcotics Directorate, the Ministry
00:12:30of Interior, customs, and border crossings
00:12:33as well. The basic
00:12:37question that is built upon these
00:12:40operations is how
00:12:44to invest in finding the funders
00:12:48of these networks and arresting
00:12:51and prosecuting them
00:12:55to prevent them from resuming their activities. Brigadier General, during
00:12:58the past period, security agencies succeeded
00:13:01in seizing and dismantling
00:13:05internal promotion networks in Syria.
00:13:09Some of them were complex. Some of these
00:13:12networks had security implications for dismantling
00:13:17of merely seizing
00:13:19shipments?
00:13:24not mean drying up
00:13:27the sources. It is necessary to dry up the sources and seize the main
00:13:31factories within the country.
00:13:35If it has an extension
00:13:39international exchange and information exchange with international Interpol and neighboring
00:13:42countries in terms of training, judicial assistance,
00:13:45laboratory analysis, and training
00:13:49anti-drug elements also
00:13:51or in the
00:13:54countries concerned with
00:13:57this matter and pursuing these drug
00:14:00smuggling networks outside
00:14:03the country through international Interpol
00:14:06and in destination countries and neighboring
00:14:09countries regionally and internationally.
00:14:12So, you are talking about neighboring countries.
00:14:16You are talking more about the repercussions
00:14:18of these Syrian security operations on cross-border
00:14:22drug trafficking networks.
00:14:26Syria, after being during the time of the defunct
00:14:29regime, was
00:14:32part of the problem in combating
00:14:36Syria, after being during the time of the defunct
00:14:39regime, was
00:14:42part of the problem in combating drugs. Now,
00:14:46these deals
00:14:49have been put to an end.
00:14:51This drug smuggling.
00:14:56The large operations have significantly
00:14:59decreased, and to a large extent, these operations have decreased
00:15:01as a result of the Syrian state's
00:15:04and the Syrian leadership's interest in
00:15:08and launching the slogan of the "Syria Without
00:15:11Drugs" campaign. This, of course, requires
00:15:15security agencies,
00:15:17whether in the Ministry of Interior, customs, border
00:15:20crossings, and customs, and strengthening internal control as well.
00:15:25And preventing and preserving the confidentiality
00:15:28of the Ministry of Interior's information
00:15:31and cooperation with citizens
00:15:34as well. Let's talk about the importance of coordination with neighboring countries
00:15:37in this framework, exchanging information in confronting
00:15:41these networks. Yes, information exchange is necessary
00:15:45through
00:15:47judicial and security means, and through
00:15:50arrest through international Interpol
00:15:53and pursuing these cases across
00:15:56countries and through Interpol,
00:16:00the main networks, the organizers of the networks,
00:16:04their funders, and their organizers, and prosecuting
00:16:11them. Hmm. Well, Brigadier General,
00:16:13how does the control of the Syrian
00:16:17security system over crossings and borders
00:16:22countries contribute to enhancing Syria's
00:16:26security against the spread
00:16:28of drugs and also stability in return?
00:16:32I mean, not only enhancing Syria's security, but also
00:16:34the stability of neighboring countries and
00:16:38their participation in combating
00:16:41drugs. Yes, it contributes to a great extent
00:16:45to protecting these countries, in addition to
00:16:48protecting
00:16:49Syria.
00:16:53It contributes greatly to protecting these neighboring countries. I told you,
00:16:57the defunct regime was part of the problem
00:17:00and used to export drugs
00:17:03to the extent that the king
00:17:05of drugs
00:17:21from Syria carry out operations even inside Jordan.
00:17:24Now, these operations no longer exist
00:17:26at all. Especially, especially in
00:17:30Lebanon. I suggest strict
00:17:33monitoring of border crossings.
00:17:37Their leadership is more effective with the cooperation
00:17:41of security agencies, anti-narcotics, customs, border guards,
00:17:44in addition to the judiciary.
00:17:47To what extent, Brigadier General, as you said, the
00:17:51defunct regime turned Syria into a
00:17:54what some foreign newspapers
00:17:57described as the Captagon
00:18:01the Middle East. From the very first
00:18:04moment of liberating the country, the Syrian state
00:18:08turned to combating and fighting this
00:18:11scourge and epidemic that harms Syrians before it harms
00:18:15others. The question here is, to what extent has Syria succeeded
00:18:18in drying up the sources of
00:18:21drugs? It has succeeded to a large
00:18:24extent, but there is still more time needed. It is not
00:18:28easy to eradicate this kingdom, the Captagon
00:18:31kingdom, that the regime established.
00:18:34It needs trained cadres
00:18:38and training and
00:18:41laboratories and
00:18:44institutes and
00:18:46effective and trained personnel
00:18:50for this purpose, and it needs
00:18:54cooperation. Regarding community cooperation,
00:18:56cooperation from the Ministry of Health
00:18:59and the Ministry of Mosques and awareness
00:19:02to educate the Syrian people through mosques
00:19:06and schools and universities as well.
00:19:09There was a campaign, as mentioned earlier by
00:19:12the media official in the Anti-Narcotics
00:19:16Department, "Syria Free of Drugs," which is in cooperation
00:19:20between the Ministry of Interior and several other ministries, including the Ministry of Health.
00:19:23What is the importance
00:19:26in communities,
00:19:28and what is the required role of the community in
00:19:32exposing this phenomenon and limiting its spread?
00:19:36Yes, it is necessary to build trust
00:19:39between the Ministry of
00:19:42Interior and citizens in order to
00:19:45protect the information provided by citizens and its confidentiality,
00:19:49and to
00:19:53I mean, we have in criminal investigation
00:19:58or he does not want his identity to be written in order to protect him
00:20:01from the aggression of these criminal gangs. The information
00:20:05he provides to the Ministry of Interior must be confidential,
00:20:08and internal monitoring of
00:20:11the anti-narcotics departments' personnel must
00:20:14also be carried out to prevent this department
00:20:17from being infiltrated and providing information to drug
00:20:21smuggling gangs or leaking information.
00:20:25It is also necessary to maintain the confidentiality of this information from a security perspective.
00:20:28This is very
00:20:30important. There must be internal control
00:20:33by the Ministry of Interior
00:20:37this agency, and at the same time, training these
00:20:41personnel, training them
00:20:44on combating drugs and on laboratories
00:20:48and on evidence and on submitting
00:20:51these
00:20:54justice and their prosecution
00:20:57even after the judiciary and monitoring them even after
00:21:00their release, for example, there is something called monitoring the records
00:21:06field. They are always placed under continuous monitoring
00:21:10to prevent them from resuming their activities
00:21:12again. Hmm. Well, very
00:21:16good. Well, Brigadier General, we have seen during the past period the participation of the Syrian
00:21:21meetings and conferences related to combating
00:21:24organized crime and combating drugs.
00:21:27The question here is, how can Syria
00:21:31benefit from the experiences of some
00:21:34countries that witnessed wars
00:21:37and revolutions and witnessed the spread
00:21:40of drugs, despite the fact that the defunct Assad regime was
00:21:45the region? How
00:21:49limiting drug
00:21:52trafficking and also raising the readiness of
00:21:56anti-narcotics personnel
00:21:58through continuous training courses and exchanging
00:22:02information also with neighboring
00:22:04countries
00:22:07in this regard, in the matter of drugs,
00:22:10and providing it with competent
00:22:14and trained personnel,
00:22:16and
00:22:18training them, even abroad. Now
00:22:23Germany for combating
00:22:26drugs.
00:22:31And, I mean, this is very necessary
00:22:34for controlling, especially for controlling anti-narcotics,
00:22:37and bringing the responsible
00:22:41parties for providing
00:22:45these organizations,
00:22:47the organizations that smuggle drugs, to
00:22:51justice ultimately and eradicating them completely.
00:22:54Hmm. How can the re-formation
00:22:57of drug networks be prevented
00:23:00in the future, especially in border
00:23:02areas?
00:23:04Through international Interpol cooperation and by
00:23:08controlling the few border crossings,
00:23:12and monitoring them and controlling the borders through border
00:23:15guards and customs as well,
00:23:18in cooperation with customs and border guards.
00:23:21And through cooperation with neighboring countries and exchanging
00:23:24information and exchanging expertise
00:23:28and continuous training
00:23:29for anti-narcotics
00:23:32personnel. Hmm. What does the security apparatus
00:23:36need today to be more effective,
00:23:40especially since there are perhaps certain tools, certain devices
00:23:43or certain technologies that should be used to pursue
00:23:47these networks, and it needs them.
00:23:51The security apparatus and the Ministry of Interior in Syria
00:23:55are still, the Ministry of Interior in Syria is now moving
00:23:58towards empowering the Anti-Narcotics
00:24:01Directorate and funding it
00:24:05with the necessary funds
00:24:07and providing it with competent
00:24:11and good personnel for that
00:24:12purpose and training
00:24:15them and providing them with laboratories as well,
00:24:19laboratories for analyzing drugs
00:24:22and clarifying
00:24:24so that
00:24:27criminals do not escape punishment. Sometimes
00:24:31drugs are seized but not
00:24:34properly preserved, so they reach the judiciary
00:24:37and lose their evidence,
00:24:41the drug smuggler,
00:24:43escapes if there is no
00:24:47laboratory, no expertise, and no
00:24:50expertise from expert specialists to determine that these
00:24:53are drugs, the type of drugs, and the percentage of drugs
00:24:57for this matter. Hmm. Well, Brigadier General,
00:25:00in your capacity as a security expert,
00:25:04what is the direct link between the decline
00:25:07in the spread of arms chaos
00:25:10and the decline in the spread of outlaw groups,
00:25:12and in return, the decrease in drug
00:25:16promotion rates? Of course, to a large
00:25:20extent.
00:25:23Security is a necessity, especially
00:25:25in the
00:25:28Ministry of Interior. It has a preventive authority
00:25:31and a repressive authority.
00:25:34to prevent a crime from happening before
00:25:38it happens, through patrols
00:25:41and through continuous monitoring of records
00:25:45and suspects. And to suppress
00:25:48it after it happens. But an ounce of prevention is worth
00:25:52a pound of cure. So prevention
00:25:55and facilitating patrols and continuous monitoring
00:25:57and exchanging
00:26:00information and granting trust.
00:26:03The most important factor is the existence of trust
00:26:06between citizens and the Ministry of Interior,
00:26:09and the personnel of the Ministry of Interior, so that citizens
00:26:13can report safely and
00:26:16without sometimes revealing
00:26:20the identity of the citizen to protect him and his life
00:26:23from these criminal
00:26:24gangs.
00:26:28These networks sometimes come across the borders
00:26:31or even internally. These networks, as you said,
00:26:34are international and are considered
00:26:38part of organized international crime.
00:26:41Most of them, and we should not say all
00:26:44of these networks, target youth
00:26:47and adolescents in the process of promotion
00:26:51and drug use. The pre-emptive strikes
00:26:54carried out today by the Syrian state and the Anti-Narcotics
00:26:57Directorate, how
00:27:00limiting these operations,
00:27:04and in return, protecting national
00:27:07community and health security in Syria? They contribute to a large
00:27:11extent, and the Syrian state, especially through the Ministry
00:27:14of Interior, customs, and border crossings,
00:27:18is making great efforts to seize drug shipments
00:27:22and confiscate
00:27:24them and bring those responsible to justice. But
00:27:27the most important thing is indeed to
00:27:30search for the funders of
00:27:32these criminal
00:27:36networks and their organizers,
00:27:40and to arrest
00:27:42them and prosecute them and prevent them from resuming
00:27:45their activities again. Yes, thank you
00:27:48very much. Hopefully, we hope soon that
00:27:51Syria will indeed be declared free of drugs. Thank you very much, Brigadier General
00:27:55Turki Jassim, security expert. You were with
00:27:58us live from Cologne. The number of damaged
00:28:12schools in Raqqa Governorate that require
00:28:15rehabilitation within the city and its countryside
00:28:18reached 216 schools.
00:28:22The rehabilitation works included renovating doors
00:28:26and windows, insulating roofs, and maintaining bathrooms
00:28:29and electrical networks, which contributes to improving the school
00:28:33environment and ensuring the readiness
00:28:35of schools.
00:28:37151 schools are completely
00:28:41destroyed, and more than 76,000 male
00:28:44and female students are waiting to return to their classrooms.
00:28:47Between these two figures, Raqqa Governorate begins
00:28:50a new step to restore its educational
00:28:53reality, with the launch of rehabilitation works
00:28:56for 216 damaged schools in the city
00:29:00and its countryside. Rehabilitation
00:29:03aims to restore these schools to service within
00:29:06two months through renovation and maintenance works, including
00:29:09doors and windows, roof insulation, and maintenance of bathrooms
00:29:13and electrical networks. Directorate of Education.
00:29:17The Raqqa Governorate explained that the selection of schools was made
00:29:20according to the criterion of the most urgent need, with priority given
00:29:24to schools that serve the most
00:29:27in need population
00:29:31not stop at this stage
00:29:34only, as the directorate is preparing
00:29:37the necessary studies
00:29:39to rehabilitate 435 additional
00:29:43schools that need maintenance work,
00:29:46at a time when data from the Ministry of Education
00:29:50indicates that about 400 schools in Raqqa
00:29:53need renovation and rehabilitation.
00:29:56While renovation work continues, attention is turning
00:29:59to what this step will achieve on the ground
00:30:03in returning thousands of students to
00:30:06their schools and providing a safer
00:30:10and more stable educational environment
00:30:13after years of displacement and damage that affected the educational
00:30:18the governorate. With this
00:30:24joins us from Raqqa. Welcome, Sabah.
00:30:27So, first of all, tell us about the situation
00:30:31of schools and education in Raqqa Governorate. What
00:30:34are the challenges facing students and teachers
00:30:38with the beginning of winter?
00:30:39الشتاء
00:30:45the educational reality in Raqqa Governorate, in the city
00:30:49and
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