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January 13, 2023 20 mins

We're breaking up Episode 15 - Crimes Against Humanity (June 24 to July 31, 2011) into four smaller episodes before putting out the full thing.

 

The Assad regime starts to crack under the pressure of increasingly large, passionate, cross-sectarian protests. Millions of people are taking to the streets and voicing dissent for the first time in their lives, putting the regime's legitimacy in doubt for the first time in decades.

 

Sources / Quotes:

 

Civil War in Syria by Baczko, et. al

 

The Impossible Revolution by Yassin al-Haj Saleh

 

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled by Dr. Wendy Pearlman

 

Assad or We Burn the Country by Sam Dagher

 

Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami

 

A Woman in the Crossfire by Samar Yazbek

 

Syria by Dr. David Lesch

 

Shatter the Nations by Mike Giglio

 

“Syrian Revolution Song,” The Arabic Student 

http://www.thearabicstudent.com/2012/02/syrian-revolution-song.html 

 

Syrian Revolutionary Dabke - YouTube (“Yalla Erhal ya Bashar” by Ibrahim Qashoush)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCS8SsFOBAI 

 

“Amnesty accuses Syria of crimes against humanity,” BBC News 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14032765 

 

“Syria: Assad no longer legitimate, says Clinton,” BBC News 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14115762 

 

“At least 30 killed in factional fighting in Syria” by Mariam Karouney and Oliver Holmes, Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-syria-idUKTRE76F26V20110718?edition-redirect=uk

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