Posted February 5, 2016
By Bethany Dotson
As the conflict in Syria continues, so does interest in the history of the political situation that led us here. To better understand the context, I’ve traced a small portion of the history of the conflict using historical sources found in primary source collections from Gale. A quick search inGale Artemis: Primary Sources有助于讨论发掘文件。
The earliest source that I discovered related to the Syrian Ba’ath party was from the 1950s. One of these early sources, from theEconomist Historical Archive, outlines the growth of an Arab League now seen as likely to include Syria, after its recent change in government: