Bird's Eye View: Syria

If the recent news about Syria just looks like a mess of noise and blurred video, here are a few things to look at:  

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Brief overview (Dec. 29, 2011): http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2011/12/the-arab-winter.html

A perspective from inside the anti-government insurgency (December 29, 2011):
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/12/a-tour-inside-syrias-insurgency/250654/1/

Like father, like son? A look back at the current Syrian President's father (February 4, 2012):  http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/wendell-steavenson/2012/02/hama-rules-again.html

Map of Syria: http://g.co/maps/wssak