Syrian rebels take capital as president flees

Dec. 09, 2024

Q: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime crumbled Sunday as rebels entered the capital that Assad had fled after a 13-year civil war. Where is the Mideastern country of Syria?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: What is the capital of Syria?

A. Amman

B. Ankara

C. Baghdad

D. Damascus

Q: Assad and his father ruled Syria for 53 years before Sunday’s ouster. Assad and his family fled to what country that backed him during Syria’s long, bloody civil war?

A. Russia

B. Qatar

C. Saudi Arabia

D. Turkey

Q: Syria’s civil war often pitted the country’s many ethnic and religious groups against one another. The Assad family followed which of these religious sects?

A. Alawism

B. Antiochian Orthodox

C. Druze

D. Sunni Muslim

Q: The United States Sunday fired airstrikes in Syria targeting the Islamic State to ensure the terrorist organization could not take advantage of the chaos. Which ethnic group received the most U.S. support during the civil war?

A. Arabs

B. Assyrians

C. Kurds

D. Turkmen

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