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Syrian TV girl: Mistaken identity?

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During the summer in Syria, a woman who was reported to have been beheaded and mutilated by state security agents has now turned up on Syrian state television.

Nadim Houry, director of Human Rights Watch in Beirut describes the background to the story.


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