Episode 11 - The Last Straw (May 25 to June 12, 2011)

2021-10-22

DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING There is no turning back for Syria after this episode. The Syrian Opposition is nearing its breaking point after months of being massacred, mass-arrested, and mass-tortured by the Assad regime. But all hell breaks loose when the public discovers the torture and murder of 13-year-old Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, leading to the largest protests to take place thus far as well as the first confirmed BATTLE between regime loyalists and armed opposition. Sources: “We’ve Never Seen Such Horror,” Human Rights Watch

DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING

There is no turning back for Syria after this episode.

The Syrian Opposition is nearing its breaking point after months of being massacred, mass-arrested, and mass-tortured by the Assad regime.

But all hell breaks loose when the public discovers the torture and murder of 13-year-old Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, leading to the largest protests to take place thus far as well as the first confirmed BATTLE between regime loyalists and armed opposition.

Sources:

“We’ve Never Seen Such Horror,” Human Rights Watch

Syria by Dr. Samer N. Abboud

The Fall of the House of Assad by Dr. David Lesch

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

My Country by Kassem Eid

No Turning Back by Rania Abouzeid

The Home That Was Our Country by Alia Malek

Assad or We Burn the Country by Sam Dagher

Civil War in Syria by Bakzo, et. al

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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