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Round 4: Tossup 3

A volunteer group called this country’s “Civil Defense” was the subject of the first Netflix-distributed film to win an Oscar, 2016’s The White Helmets. (10[1])The creation of the amphetamine Captagon funded the government (10[2])of this country, where 2025 fires hit its Latakia region. Former High (10[1]-5[1])Negotiations Committee member Hind Kabawat serves in this country’s government, hoping to quell tensions with the Druze and the once-favored (-5[1])Alawites. (10[2])HTS rebels (-5[1])in this country’s Idlib region were led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who now heads the government (10[1])after a former ophthalmologist’s late 2024 overthrow. For 10 points, Bashar Al-Assad once ruled what country from Damascus? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Syria [or Syrian Arab Republic or al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah; accept Syria Civil Defense]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Kelvin NiNYU AStony Brook2310
Joe O'ConnorGeorge Mason BNYU B3210
Nathan ZhaoMaryland BRutgers A3210
Jeremy KatenGeorge Mason AColumbia A44-5
Yun LohPennNYU C4410
Suhaan PastakiaMaryland CRowan64-5
Xavier BornhorstMaryland AGeorge Mason C6510
Alex GrigoriadesLehigh AColumbia B6510
Daniel AbramsRutgers BVassar A67-5
Julian Thomson-HarrisVassar ARutgers B8210
Alexander RuttenColumbia AGeorge Mason A10110
John ShellyRowanMaryland C10110

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%20%71.60
UK (South)UK8100%13%59.50
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%82.00
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%50%77.00
Eastern Canada (2)US989%56%70.13
FloridaUS4100%25%78.50
Great LakesUS10100%30%78.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%56.22
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%33%60.56
MidwestUS10100%10%62.30
NorthUS4100%25%59.00
NortheastUS11100%0%50.09
South CentralUS6100%50%73.83
SoutheastUS1283%17%49.80
Upstate NYUS5100%20%70.00