Question

While storming this country’s Mezzeh Air Base, members of the Idlib-based Islamist group HTS found large caches of the illicit amphetamine captagon. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country where a December 2024 lightning offensive by rebel groups ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad.
ANSWER: Syria [or Syrian Arab Republic; or al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah]
[10m] In a victory speech, this leader of the HTS rebels said that Assad turned Syria into “the largest captagon factory in the world.” As interim president, he signed a March 2025 transitional constitution.
ANSWER: Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa [or Ahmed ash-Sharaa; or Abu Mohammad al-Julani; or Abu Mohammed al-Jolani]
[10h] Assad loyalists kept resisting for months in Latakia (“lat-uh-KEE-uh”) and this nearby governorate. Al-Sharaa canceled the lease of a Russian naval base in this governorate’s same-named capital, from which ships fled as Assad’s regime fell.
ANSWER: Tartus Governorate [or Tartous Governorate]
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LSEWUSTL B1010020
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MinnesotaHarvard1010020
Chicago ANorth Carolina A1010020
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RutgersUC Berkeley A1010020
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Penn StateWaterloo B10101030
Ohio StateWinona State100010