News in Review Crisis in Syria
News in Review Crisis in Syria
What started as a few isolated protests suddenly became a nationwide phenomenon and, the more the movement grew, the more violent President Bashar al-Assad’s army became. Within months, the crisis evolved into an all-out civil war. It was the president’s hope that the military might of the Syrian army would stop the uprising in its tracks. Instead it spawned a spirit of militancy among the common people and caused many members of the armed forces to defect to the protesters' side, thus pitting the extremely well-armed and well-trained Syrian army against a makeshift rebel army consisting of protesters and ex-soldiers.
- 2012
- 00:18:19
- 15-17
- Added on: 10/15/2012
Metadata
- Edition
- October 2012
- Subjects
- Arab Spring, 2010- [LCSH] Syria -- History -- Civil war, 2011- [LCSH] Protest movements -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century [LCSH] Syria -- History -- Civil war, 2011- -- International cooperation [LCSH] Syria -- History -- Civil war, 2011- -- Underground movements [LCSH] Assad, Bashar, 1965- [LCSH] Political science [LCSH] Social sciences [LCSH] World history [LCSH]
- Team
- Michael Serapio (Host), Saša Petricic (Journalist), Neil MacDonald (Journalist), Chris Brown (Journalist)
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NIR-12-10 - Crisis in Syria
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