Global Eye — Season 1, Episode 20: 02/02/2026: Russia’s Foreign Fighters and the Struggle to Rebuild Syria

Episode synopsis

In this week’s episode, the foreigners lured to fight on the front line for Russia, and more than a year on from the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Lyse Doucet reports from Damascus on the challenges of building a new Syria.

About Global Eye

Award-winning investigations - revealing secrets, rooting out injustice, and exposing crime, corruption, and abuse. The biggest stories from BBC correspondents all over the world.

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• E1010/11/2025: Wildlife in Colombia’s River Magdalena in Peril as Brazil Prepares for UN Climate Summit
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