Syria History

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    • The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
    • By: Robert Baer
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 740 ratings
    • A veteran case officer in the CIA's Directorate of Operations in the Middle East, Baer witnessed the rise of terrorism first hand and the CIA's inadequate response to it....

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    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
    • Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-17
    • Language: English
    • 2.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • People may know what's going on in Syria today, but how did Syria get to where it is today, at the forefront of the Arab Spring? The history of Syria in the last century is one of turbulence....

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    • The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East
    • By: Eugene Rogan
    • Narrated by: Ronan Summers
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • An award-winning scholar’s account of an ancient city’s descent into unprecedented communal violence—an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East

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    • The Syrian Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance
    • By: Elizabeth F. Thompson
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
    • Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 06-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity....

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    • How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
    • By: Sam Dagher
    • Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
    • Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 264 ratings
    • From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster....

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    • Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege
    • By: Mike Thomson
    • Narrated by: David Rintoul
    • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 08-20-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • The remarkable, improbable story of a small, makeshift library in the Syrian town of Darayya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during the four-year siege they endured....

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    • The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World
    • By: Joby Warrick
    • Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 109 ratings
    • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags comes the thrilling unknown story of America’s mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons and keep them out of the hands of the Islamic State....

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    • Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power
    • By: Yaakov Katz
    • Narrated by: Christopher Lane
    • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 219 ratings
    • The never-before-told inside story of how Israel stopped Syria from becoming a global nuclear nightmare - and its far-reaching implications....

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    • Let's Look at Countries
    • By: Nikki Bruno Clapper
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 2 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Welcome to Syria! Picnic with locals at the ancient ruins of Palmyra. Taste rich foods like kibbeh and fattoush. Learn about the people, places, and traditions of this fascinating Middle Eastern country....

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    • By: Robin Yassin-Kassab, Leila Al-Shami
    • Narrated by: Fergus Nicoll
    • Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • Burning Country explores the complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on new first-hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists....

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    • The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
    • By: Ronen Bergman
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 25 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,559 ratings
    • The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel’s DNA....

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    • Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth
    • By: Avi Melamed
    • Narrated by: Vikas Adam
    • Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
    • Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than 30 years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges accepted perceptions....

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    • A Captivating Guide from the Eblaites and Akkadians through the Arameans and Assyrians to the Seleucids, Romans, and Byzantines
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jay Herbert
    • Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-24
    • Language: English
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    • A pivotal crossroads of trade and culture, ancient Syria was an exhilarating and revolutionary place. Syria has always been a volatile land rocked by forces competing for power. Yet, it gave birth to the world’s first library and the first purely alphabetic writing system.

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    • A Captivating Guide to the Seafarers Who Invaded Ancient Egypt, Eastern Anatolia, the Hittite Empire, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus, Along with the Late Bronze Age Collapse (Exploring Ancient History)
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jay Herbert
    • Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • It is difficult to know the Sea People intimately because the records on them aren’t very comprehensive. But we set out to explore the many questions people have about this mysterious civilization....

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    • The Syriac Text
    • By: Solomon of Akhlat
    • Narrated by: Dennis Logan
    • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-23
    • Language: English
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    • Step into a realm of antiquity and reverence as you delve into the timeless text of The Book of the Bee: The Syriac Text, edited from the manuscripts....

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    • The History and Legacy of the Ancient Syrian City Established by the Seleucid Empire
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Bill Hare
    • Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
    • Release date: 07-20-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • On his deathbed, some historians claim that when he was pressed to name a successor, Alexander the Great muttered that his empire should go "to the strongest"....

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    • Dispatches from Syria
    • By: Janine di Giovanni
    • Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
    • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Doing for Syria what Imperial Life in the Emerald City did for the war in Iraq, The Morning They Came for Us bears witness to one of the most brutal, internecine conflicts in recent history....

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    • The True Story of a Private Military Contractor's Covert Assignments in Syria, Libya, and the World's Most Dangerous Places
    • By: Simon Chase, Ralph Pezzullo
    • Narrated by: Eric Brooks
    • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,022 ratings
    • A dramatic insider account of the world of private military contracting....

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