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Syrian president al-Sharaa fostered a 'genocidal culture' against minorities, former hostage says
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Theo Padnos, a journalist who was captured and held for nearly two years in a series of prisons run by Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, says that the current Syrian leadership is like 'a fox in the henhouse' and that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa fostered a 'genocidal culture' against minorities, pursuing indiscriminate killings during his years leading jihadist groups.
