Location: Sam Gary Library

Syria              

In December 2024, after more than a decade of periodic civil war in Syria, rebel forces took the capital of Damascus and toppled the government of Bashar al Assad with remarkable swiftness and ease.  Join Active Minds as we seek to understand Syria's complex history and how a five decade long Assad dictatorship could come crashing down in the course of a few days and what it means for the future of an already unstable Middle East.