
Internal emails discuss the trip of seven AfD members to the civil war-torn Syria in March 2018.
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The AfD members were on a trip to Syria on March 7, 2018.
Dusseldorf. “The last Beck’s is in Reyhanli, just before the Syrian border,” wrote AfD security officer Peter M. in an email to a party politician. After that it will be dry – until Latakia or Damascus.
It is Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 2:35 p.m.: Seven AfD members are in Syria at this time. It is a trip that M. describes from afar as irresponsible and careless.

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