Rush to buy metal detectors in Syria as search for gold heats up
by editors@theworld.org (Omar Duwaji ) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6XMB9)
Syrians are rushing to buy metal detectors in the aftermath of the Assad regime's collapse late last year. Many are on the hunt for gold left behind by previous civilizations and empires from Syria's history. Amr al-Azm, a professor of Middle East history and anthropology at Shawnee State University, joined host Carolyn Beeler from Damascus to discuss the gold rush in Syria and how decades of family lore are driving this trend.