The Syrian Conflict: The Reasons for Instabiluty and Blended Borders Due to Refuges

Introduction

Syria like many countries before them, such as Libya and Egypt has become the epicenter for change in the region, allowing for other countries to follow in their footsteps. The question that is asked, what are the factors behind the instability in Syria and how does the religious conflict within their region have causal relations to the growing instability and the blending of borders due to refugees and displacement of their citizens? Looking exclusively at Syria serious key factors can be represented sociologically with regards to stratification, religion and power that is held by the elite class, which also makes up the religious minority. While roughly 90% of country is Muslim, 74% are Sunni, that makes up a majority of the population and are mainly poor and under privileged, while the Alawaites makes up only 12% percent of the population, that hold power in the country. Another factor in Syria’s growing instability is the median age of its citizens which is 22 according to the CIA World Demographic Statistics. Leaving the country highly impressionable, leading to extremist political groups and irrational decisions lead by charismatic leaders, with such a youthful nation such as Syria stability would be difficult to maintain, which arguably lead to the all-out civil war that is occurring presently. Has led to a mass exodus of its citizens to escape the atrocities committed by the both sides forcing refugees to seek shelter in neighboring countries and estimates put the number of Syrian refugees over 2 million people (according to The UN Refugee Agency) which has caused a blurring of its borders due to so many displaced citizens seeking refuge, and placing a very large burden on Syria’s surrounding countries. Unab...

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...nately the answer is probably no, sense there is such a differing opinion on religious ideology that fosters and breeds contempt for one another, thus history continually repeats itself in the region, and U.S. backed change has only proved to make matters worse, for example the results in Iran, when the United States attempted to intervene in the 1970’s created even greater animosity and hatred for the west, causing the country to become reclusive and be overrun by extremists groups, and implanting harsher stricter laws following religious beliefs.

With the current rise in conflict throughout Syria, and exponential growth of refugees fleeing to neighboring countries creating a massive drain on economic and natural resources. That in time stability can be maintained and governed on its own without international intervention, for example the events of Iran and Iraq.