What Happened to Syria‪?‬ whathappenedtosyria

Merry Christmas!
Sadly, the World Food Program has had their funding cut by 60 percent.
Also, we are currently listed among the Top Five Syria-related podcasts on Feedspot.com (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/syria_podcasts/). Check us out there and help us get up to the #1 spot. 
Sources / Quotes:
 
https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-forced-scale-down-operations-syria-donors-gather-brussels-ahead-major-conference
 
https://www.wfp.org/news/tight-funding-forces-wfp-reduce-food-assistance-syrian-refugees-jordan-including-camps
 
https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/venezuela-situation
 
https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/dr-congo-emergency
 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-record-6-9-million-people-have-been-displaced-in-congos-growing-conflict-the-u-n-says
 
https://www.iom.int/news/record-high-displacement-drc-nearly-7-million
 
https://www.cfr.org/blog/catastrophic-displacement-democratic-republic-congo
 
https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/syria-emergency
 
https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/ukraine-emergency
 
https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/rohingya-emergency 
 
https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/afghanistan-emergency 
 
https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/how-many-refugees/2/ 
 
https://www.kiva.org/blog/where-do-refugees-come-from-and-where-do-they-go 
 
https://www.statista.com/statistics/272999/refugees-by-source-country/ 
 
https://www.worldvision.org/refugees-news-stories/forced-to-flee-top-countries-refugees-coming-from
 
https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/
 
https://concernusa.org/news/largest-refugee-crises/
 
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230620-key-figures-record-high-numbers-of-refugees-and-displaced-people-worldwide 
 
https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-44-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-Jerusalem?__cf_chl_tk=jT9ELr.V5lDgrzvo7UkBg1AN_dvJ8Gin0VBYa_LtOR4-1703204552-0-gaNycGzNIVA
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-tent-city-rafah-bombardment-sheets-buckets-rcna129543
 
https://www.worldvision.org/refugees-news-stories/rohingya-refugees-bangladesh-facts
 
https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/rohingya-emergency 
 
https://www.wfp.org/news/rohingya-refugees-bangladesh-face-grim-choices-more-cuts-food-assistance-imminent 
 

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. This prompts Bashar al-Assad to authorize a campaign of repression across Syria, among the earliest of his crimes against humanity.
Also, we are currently listed among the Top Five Syria-related podcasts on Feedspot.com (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/syria_podcasts/). Check us out there and help us get up to the #1 spot. 
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

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.
Also, we are currently listed among the Top Five Syria-related podcasts on Feedspot.com https://podcasts.feedspot.com/syria_podcasts/. Check us out there and help us get up to the #1 spot. 
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

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

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

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