S2E5: Destination Europe

In this, the final episode of the season, Fritz catches up with two of the key legal investigators in the Halabi case - Abdallah and Steve Kostas, who have both been an integral part of this season. We find out where the Halabi case currently stands and what we can expect to happ ...  Show more

Khaled al-Halabi might not be behind bars or on trial - but there have been huge developments in the justice for Syria space. Fritz heads back to the city where it all started, Raqqa, which has suffered hugely also since Halabi escaped. He finds out about the cases concerning the ...  Show more

في الحلقة الثالثة من الموسم الأول من بودكاست "الفرع 251: جرائم سورية قيد المحاكمة"، نأخذكم في رحلة عبر تاريخ المخابرات السورية، لنكتشف معا كيف تطورت شبكة المخابرات السورية مع مرور الوقت، وكيف أثّر النظام النازي عليها، وصولاً إلى واقعها القمعي الحالي الذي يثير الرعب، ودور أنور ر. ...  Show more

If you've enjoyed listening to Branch 251, you're in luck! 75 Podcasts has a new podcast. It's called The Syria Trials. Here is Fritz Streiff to tell you all about it.Support for our podcast comes from German Federal Foreign Office funds that are provided by the Institut für Ausl ...  Show more

In this episode we talk about what's happening with Syrian refugees in Turkey. This is part of a two-part series. Next week we will talk about European policies towards Turkey that make Europe complicit in the situation. Thank you to Kit Roberts for suggesting this topic. For tra ...  Show more

Today, an update on a story from the Kerning Cultures vault.Elie was a journalist looking for her next story when she met Ziad at a party in Istanbul. Ziad was a Syrian refugee hoping to travel to Europe and apply for asylum. Elie asked Ziad if she could follow him to Norway, his ...  Show more