1 |
The Assad family comes from the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam that comprises an estimated _____ of the total Syrian population. |
12 percent
15 percent
18 percent
19 percent
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2 |
In March 1971______ declared himself President, a position he would hold until his death in 2000. |
Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Bashar al-Assad
Michel Aflaq
Hafez al-Assad
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3 |
In ______, another coup overthrew the traditional leaders of the party, Michel Aflaq and Salah al-Din al-Bitar, General Hafez al-Assad, the minister of Defense, seized power in a "corrective revolution" in November 1970, becoming prime minister. |
1966
1967
1968
1969
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4 |
The International Committee of the Red Cross assessed the Syrian conflict as a "non-International armed conflict" (the ICRC's legal term for civil war), thus applying international humanitarian law under the Geneva Conventions to Syria on |
11 July 2012
13 July 2012
15 July 2012
19 July 2012
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5 |
Name the country that recognized the new Syrian Opposition Coalition in the month of November 2012. |
Kuwait
USA
Britain
France
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6 |
Which country recognizes new Syrian opposition on 14th November 2012? |
France
USA
Iran
Isreal
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7 |
Who replaced former Un Secretary General Kofi-Annan as the new Peace Envoy to Syria? |
Lakhdar Brahimi
Ban Ki Moon
Nabil EI Araby
None of these
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8 |
The Organization Islamic Cooperation (OIC) suspended membership of _____in 2012 saying the Muslim world can no longer accept a government that "massacres its people" further isolating the embattled regime.
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Syria
Mali
Somalia
Tunis
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9 |
Syrian Revolution General Commission (SRGC) is a Syrian coalition of 40 Syrian opposition groups to unite their efforts during the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising that was announced on ______ in istanbul, Turkey. |
11 August 2011
13 August 2011
16 August 2011
19 August 2011
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10 |
The Kofi Annan peace plan for Syria is considered the most serious international attempt to resolve the Syrian conflict in the Middle East diplomatically, The peace plan enforces a cease-fire to take place across Syria on |
April 10, 2012
April 13, 2012
April 16, 2012
April 18, 2012
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