The Arab Spring began in Tunisia, then swept through Egypt and Libya, among other countries.
In March, the winds of change began to blow in Syria, as pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets in opposition to President Bashar al-Assad.
Thousands of Syrians have fled their homeland amid violence for neighbouring Turkey.
The CBC’s Terence McKenna travelled to the Syria-Turkey border to visit those refugees. Their stories will air Monday night in a special feature on The National at 10 p.m. ET (10:30 NT) on CBC-TV; 9 and 11 p.m. ET/PT on CBC News Network.
Before then, he’ll take your questions about the situation in Syria and the plight of its refugees in a live chat on Mon., Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. ET.
via Live Chat | Faces of Revolution: Syrians in Exile – World – CBC News.