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What Happened to Syria?

A look back at what's happened in Syria since 2011.

Episodes

Total: 36

This week, the Syrian Revolution takes a bloody and tragic turn when the Assad regime begins to put

How did the Assad family seize power in Syria? The answer lies in a man named Hafez al-Assad (basica

The regime and its opponents both dig in their heels while each tries to convince the other to give

Fadil al-Mhameed lived right next to the Omari mosque in 2011, when Daraa became the epicenter of t

Protests have broken out across the country and the death toll from state violence against protestor

Hasan al-Kassab (@HasanAlKassab2 on Twitter) was a medical student from Raqqa in 2011, when the pro

They fell in love while risking their lives to protest against a regime that routinely arrests, tor

This is our first "biographical" episode. This week, we're going to look at individuals who risked,

What is one to do after being exiled from your homeland?   That's exactly the situation Mamoun

Damascus to DC tells the story of Mamoun, a Syrian-Lebanese attorney whose life journey took him ac

How did the Syrian Revolution lead to the Syrian Civil War? Why didn't the regime make any real con

Today, we're reaching into the vault and pulling out a pilot episode from mid-2020, before we knew w

What did protestors in Syria want? How does it feel to voice your opinion and show solidarity with

This week, we look at a topic that has dominated the discourse surrounding Syria: media coverage an

This is a prototype bonus episode. Future bonus episodes will feature interviews with Syrians or ex

Here it begins! Our ten-year retrospective look at Syria. This first episode works its way to the 15