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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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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateFlorida100010E
Chicago ANorth Carolina A1010020EM
Chicago BTexas100010E
Columbia AStanford100010E
Georgia TechMIT1010020EM
Illinois ANorthwestern100010E
Illinois BNorth Carolina B100010E
IndianaToronto A10101030EMH
Iowa StateCornell A1010020EM
LSEWUSTL B1010020EM
MarylandCornell B100010E
MinnesotaHarvard1010020EM
NYUGeorgia State10101030EMH
Ohio StateWinona State100010E
Penn StateWaterloo B10101030EMH
RutgersUC Berkeley A1010020EM
Toronto BJohns Hopkins100010E
UC Berkeley BBritish Columbia100010E
UCFRIT1010020EM
VanderbiltMichigan10101030EMH
VirginiaColumbia B100010E
Virginia TechToronto C1010020EM
Waterloo AWUSTL A10101030EMH
YaleOttawa100010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2417.50100%54%21%