Syria's information war

The Syrian ambassador to Paris accuses France 24 of disinformation. Beyond her resignation denial, François Picard's panel looks at hoaxes and accusations, big and small, in a country that doesn't allow foreign journalists in.

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Renée Kaplan, France 24 Deputy Editorial Director
Hugh MacLeod, Documentary Filmmaker & Journalist, contributor to Al Jazeera and Sunday Times (from Beirut)
Sadek Salem, Syrian Activist
Ziad Majed, Political Science Professor at the American University of Paris
Khaled Sid Mohand, journalist at France Culture radio

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Produced by Pauline Heilmann, Charlotte Oberti, Salima Belhadj, Anelise Borges, Ruth Hetherington

Presenter

François Picard

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Merkel's next move: Will Germany stick to its guns on austerity?

François Hollande steals the show at his first late-night EU summit but the ball remains firmly in Angela Merkel’s court. Her constituents remain torn between paying for pain they don’t (yet) feel and shouldering the blame for an eventual collapse of the euro.

23/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Egypt's presidential poll: The revolution, Part II (part 2)

Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.