We are talking about Syria today.
- Turkey controlled Syria from 1516 to 1918
- France from 1918-1946
- It became independent in 1946
- From 1946 to 1971 the government was unstable.
- In 1971, al-Assad took over in a coup d'etat.
- Bashar al-Assad came to power in 2000.
- In 2011, the Arab Spring started.
- They wanted their rights back.
- They have an army now, the FSA.
- Both of their ceasefire attempts failed.
- On December 17, the vice president "historic settlement".
- He wants a national unity government.
- They have lots of illegal chemical weapons and are planning on making nukes.
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