In Syria, facing cholera and corruption

In Syria, the world adapts to Bashar al-Assad’s survival.

Some 650 million individuals, or one in 10 of the world's inhabitants, haven't any entry to secure water, placing them vulnerable to infectious illnesses and untimely loss of life [Khalil Ashawi/Reuters]

When a warfare is forgotten, the issues don't go away. In Syria, a cholera outbreak may threaten the entire area, simply because the World Well being Group is investigating complaints of corruption from inside its ranks. In the meantime, the methods through which the world has tailored to the Syrian authorities’s survival are coming into the highlight, as Syria’s neighbours are beginning to return chief Bashar al-Assad to the fold.

On this episode: 

• Zeina Khodr (@ZeinakhodrAljaz), Al Jazeera English correspondent
• Maria Cheng (@mylcheng), Related Press medical author
• Bassam Barabandi (@BASSAMVA), co-founder of Folks Demand Change

Episode credit:

This episode was produced by Alexandra Locke with Chloe Ok. Li and our host, Halla Mohieddeen. Chloe Ok. Li and Negin Owliaei fact-checked this episode.

Our manufacturing staff consists of Chloe Ok. Li, Alexandra Locke, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei, Amy Walters, and Ruby Zaman. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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