Know Your News! Understanding the Syrian Revolution in Under 4 Minutes

submitted by kfirebaugh on 02/14/14 2

In which John Green provides some historical context to the current civil war in Syria, discussing Syrian independence, the rise of the Ba'ath Party, Syria's relationship with the rest of the Arab world (and Russia), the Presidencies of Hafez al Assad and Bashar al Assad, the Arab Spring protests in Syria, and the many flags of the Syrian nation. Also discussed, in brief: Ryan Gosling and homoerotic Sherlock watercolors (which I found here: sadynax.tumblr.com/post/8702489306/beautiful-john-sherlock-picture-for-me-from-aura) HERE ARE A LOT OF LINKS TO NERDFIGHTASTIC THINGS: Shirts and Stuff: dftba.com/artist/30/Vlogbrothers Hank's Music: dftba.com/artist/15/Hank-Green John's Books: amzn.to/j3LYqo ====================== Hank's Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankgreen Hank's Facebook: www.facebook.com/hankimon Hank's tumblr: edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com John's Twitter: www.twitter.com/realjohngreen John's Facebook: www.facebook.com/johngreenfans John's tumblr: fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com ====================== Other Channels Crash Course: www.youtube.com/crashcourse SciShow: www.youtube.com/scishow Gaming: www.youtube.com/hankgames VidCon: www.youtube.com/vidcon Hank's Channel: www.youtube.com/hankschannel Truth or Fail: www.youtube.com/truthorfail ====================== Nerdfighteria effyeahnerdfighters.com/ effyeahnerdfighters.com/nftumblrs reddit.com/r/nerdfighters nerdfighteria.info/ A Bunny (\(\ ( - -) ((') (')

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