What Really Happened in the Town of Jisr al-Shughur
The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse has been trying to piece together what actually happened in the Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughur two weeks ago. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Monday that criminals are behind the deaths of some 120 Syrian security forces. Gatehouse has interviewed a number of witnesses and has a very different story.
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