Over on my other blog, I have posted two pieces on Syria, one of several Middle Eastern countries currently facing unrest:
Syria part 1: Before the AssadsSyria part 2: The Hafez al-Assad yearsI have not posted the third part yet, as I am still finishing it.
If you are further interested in these things, I wrote a much shorter summary of things you hear over and over again about Syria back in 2007:
I know all about Syriaimage sourceEDIT: Broken link fixed
your last link ("I know all about Syria") is teh b0rken!
ReplyDeleteplease keep posting these, they're an interesting read and a nice background to the news.
That should be fixed now.
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