The Latest on Syria

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 12, 2011

Anthony Shadid, New York Times correspondent in Beirut, and Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies, associate professor at the University of Oklahoma and writer of the Syria Comment newsletter, discuss the latest on the uprising and crackdown in Syria.

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director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor at the 
University of Oklahoma. He writes the Syria Comment newsletter.discusses the latest on the uprising and crackdown in Syria.

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