Around the World in 80 Books discussion

The book we're reading discusses events at the very beginning of the ongoing war in Syria - does anyone have any particularly good resources for a basic grounding in Syria in general or the ongoing conflict there in particular?

A brief search got me Syria's Civil War Explained from Al Jazeera, which may or may not be biased but does have a basic breakdown.

Similarly, there is a pretty recent BBC synopsis Why is there a war in Syria? - again, hard to figure out how either of these are slanted when there are so many countries, sects, and groups with a stake in Syria, but the facts mostly agree from what I saw.

There is also this What's happening in Syria? synopsis from the BBC that is geared towards children... so the tone/vocab is obviously not what we need, but it does break down events - mostly I was just intrigued by this because do any American news outlets provide news coverage like this for kids? It even had a link about what to do when the news upsets you, which I thought was awesome.

Thanks for the links Cait! The Wikipedia page on the Syrian Civil War also has a lot of information broken down year by year, so I found that helpful. Beyond that, I don't have much more intelligent things to say on good resources.

I LOVE Vice News' televised segments and they have done a bunch of really excellent videos about Syria and the broader crisis of refugee migration over the last several years. I've also read a few other books by/about refugees (most recently "A Hope Wider Than The Sea") and many articles over the years- I can't think of a particularly standout piece but I'll put it here if I do.

Yes that reminds me that I recently saw a really good PBS documentary on the refugee crisis called "Exodus." It's available to stream online. It really conveyed the sense of what it is like for these families on their journey to make their way out of Syria to other parts of the world.

In case any of you missed this, the Women's March has declared tomorrow an action day for Syria: https://www.womensmarch.com/womenfors.... They have a few suggestions of resources and twitter feeds to follow, as well as a list of places to donate.