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The five Syrians pulled from their homes by secret police on the same night last year were not insurgents, spies or suspected of being disloyal to the country's president, Bashar al-Assad. Instead, they were targets in a desperate new phase of Assad's battle to survive: the hunt for cash.
Last Updated: Aftermath As Deadly Blast Rocks North-west Syria Aftermath as deadly blast rocks north-west Syria LENGTH: 01:15 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of smoke in the sky 2. Activists from the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as White Helmets, looking under rubble 3. Various of rubble 5. Pan of rubble, White Helmets at work 6. Wide of ambulance coming into a tented settlement, close to the explosion site 7. Wide of settlement STORYLINE: A mysterious explosion rocked northwest Syria Monday killing at least one person and wounding seven others, opposition activists said. The activists said the ex...