Civil War in Syria: The Modern-Day Conflict That Has Left More Than 400,000 People Dead

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

The Syrian uprising that began in March 2011 emerged from decades of authoritarian rule, economic inequality, and social tensions that had been suppressed but never resolved under the iron grip of the Assad family dynasty. Bashar al-Assad had inherited power from his father Hafez al-Assad in 2000, inheriting along with it a complex web of sectarian divisions, economic challenges, and regional conflicts that would ultimately contribute to the dev...