Chloe Hadjimatheou
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3,299 appearances
16 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 27 Aug
Chloe Hadjimatheou’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This feels a long way from Emma, the young woman who left London full of hope.
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Nothing back then could have prepared her for the life she's now living, in a war zone, the wife of a tyrant, and an unfaithful one at that.
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This Asma who brokered a deal to gain more power and influence in her husband's regime doesn't look like a hopeful progressive fighting for change.
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She looks more like someone making a savvy move, keen to exploit the moment to their advantage.
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Asma's father, Dr Fawaz Akraz, didn't want to talk to me.
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But he did reply to an email I sent him to say that at no time did his daughter discover serious infidelities by her husband.
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He said the claim that Bashar had affairs is based on spurious articles which have absolutely no foundation.
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He also said the idea that he brokered a rapprochement deal between the couple is pure fantasy.
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Let's go.
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As he gets up to leave, Ayman has one more thing to say.
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She could have done so much better.
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That's it.
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I've spoken to another source, a regime insider, who confirmed this story.
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They said they remembered it being before the war, but they were sure that Asma did get as far as the runway before being forced to turn back.
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Someone else who used to be close to her told me Asma discussed leaving Syria lots of times during the conflict.
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While all that was playing out at the palace, down below on the streets of Damascus, Osama and Farid, the rebel activist and the military photographer, were being forced to make very different choices.
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For months now, Osama's brother-in-law, Farid, had been collecting photographs of dead bodies, often emaciated with obvious signs of torture.
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Farid's job was to gather the photos for possible use in military forensic cases.
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But after he'd done that, he'd slip a tiny memory card full of photos into his belt or his shoe and leave government-controlled Damascus where he worked, heading back to the neighbourhood where he lived, which was in rebel-held territory.
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It was a 20-minute drive during which he had to pass through both regime and rebel checkpoints.
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