The Bloodbath in Syria

For almost a year hundreds of thousands of people have been staging massive protests in the streets of Syria. They are demanding the resignation of the country’s ruler, Bashar al-Assad. But his regime’s response has been a bloody one, and thousands of protesters have been gunned down. In this News in Review story we look at the Syrian revolution and at what’s being done to try to stop the killing. (Length: 14:11)

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NiR Study Modules
Using print and video material from archival issues of News in Review, teachers and students can create thematic modules for independent assignments, and small group study.

Libya and the Fall of Gadhafi, October 2011
The Uprising in Libya, April 2011
Egypt and the Days of Anger, March 2011
The Assassination of Rafik Hariri, February 2011

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