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The Syrian Civil War

Can you answer these questions about the Syrian Civil War?
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Last updated: December 8, 2024
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What European country colonized Syria after the Ottoman Empire's fall?
France
What major series of protests did start the Syrian Civil War?
Arab Spring
What are the first names of the al-Assad family members who ruled
the country between 1971–2024?
Bashar
Hafez
Which party were they members of?
Ba'ath
From what sect of Islam are most of the allies of that leader?
Shia
What group, claiming to be the next caliphate, made major land gains in
northern Syria in 2013?
ISIS
What country does the above originate from?
Iraq
What ethnic group in northern Syria have established an autonomous state in 2012?
Kurds
What R name is given to that state the above established?
Rojava
What ethnic-militia is in control of that region?
YPG
What is the name of the army which the government-opposing members of the
Syrian Army created and now won the war?
Free Syrian Army
What political party and militant based in Lebanon used to deploy
troops to the Syrian government?
Hezbollah
What other two countries were in military and political support of the Syrian government?
Iran
Russia
What type of war is the Syrian War?
Proxy War
Which country has taken in almost 3 million Syrian refugees since the war broke out?
Turkey
Which European country has taken in more than 700 thousand
Syrian refugees after the war?
Germany
What major city did the rebels capture one day before capturing Damascus in 2024?
Homs
What city was the de facto capital of the Syrian Salvation Government?
Idlib
7 Comments
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Level 47
Dec 12, 2024
the assad family are technically Alawhite and not Shia, Alawhite is closer to Sufism more than it is Shiism
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Level 73
Dec 16, 2024
Agreed, that's quite a mistake
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Level 70
Dec 16, 2024
Unless the quiz setter has changed it since seeing this, the question actually asks what sect Assad's allies are from. Iran, Hezbollah and the Iraqi militias are all Shi'ite.
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Level 65
Dec 16, 2024
"What type of war is the Syrian War" is way too open-ended of a question. I tried "civil" and "guerilla," both of which are correct. I never thought of "proxy."
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Level 70
Dec 16, 2024
Yes absolutely. It's a good quiz but this is a bad question. I tried those and 'insurgency' and 'regional'. All of them would have been fair descriptions.
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Level 77
Dec 16, 2024
Please accept "bloody" for that question as well
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Level 71
Dec 16, 2024
I think you could say something like, due to support from the above two countries, what kind of war can the Syrian Civil War be classified as?