This nation saw the arrest and later freeing of Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz after she stepped off an airliner in its capital in April 2011.
This nation saw the arrest and later freeing of Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz after she stepped off an airliner in its capital in April 2011. June 2011 saw the deaths of over 120 security personnel in this nation's city of Jisr al-Shughar, which also took part in 1982 in the same revolt which saw the deaths of 25,000 in this nation's city of Homs. The torture and death of 13 year old Hamza Ali-Alkhateeb has inspired revolt in this nation which first saw riots in Daraa and which is torn between its Sunni majority and ruling Alouwite minority. For 10 points, name this country where, as of June 2011, Bashar al-Assad is fighting to stay in power in Damascus
This nation saw the arrest and later freeing of Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz after she stepped off an airliner in its capital in April 2011.
SYRIA