Paul Wood

‘If no one helps us, we will turn to the devil’

Syria’s Free Army has no love for al-Qa’eda – but its desperation is increasing

issue 23 June 2012
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Paul Wood was a BBC foreign correspondent for 25 years, in Belgrade, Athens, Cairo, Jerusalem, Kabul and Washington DC. He has won numerous awards, including two US Emmys for his coverage of the Syrian civil war

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