Syria War Crimes Rough Draft
To understand why Syria is in such bad shape, we have to understand what caused the civil war in the first place. What happened in Syria to motivate the citizens to rebel against their government? First we have to understand the makeup of Syria and its citizens.
As of July 2013 Syria has a population of 22,457,336. Syria is a very divided country ethnically and religiously. 74% of the population is Sunni Muslim, 16% is other Muslims such as Alawite and Druze. The last 10% is Christian. The problem starts with the government. The ruling family of Assad and much of the country’s ruling class is Alawite which is the distinct minority in the country. The median age for anyone living in Syria is 22 years old. One-Third
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He being the youngest child was not expected to take over, but after his older brother died he had no choice but to take control event without any training or experience as a leader. The country is very controlled with media and information. It anyone opposes Al-Assad they are usually imprisoned.
Since Syria has such a young population they are exposed to new ideas and they aren’t afraid to stand up for change. In March 2011, there were protests against the government and al-Assad. While protesting a group of teens painted revolutionary slogans on a school wall, and they were soon imprisoned. This enraged the rest of the Syrian population because the group of teens were being tortured by the government. Once the government released them there was more protesting. The police shot and killed a 4 protesters. While at their funeral the police ended up showing up and killing another person.
Al-Assad still remain in control. He has support from all the major businesses and the minority communities like the Christians. They also have protection from the Russians and the Iranians. Russia currently has a naval base in Syria, while the al-Assad has ties to the Iranian ruling family. Russia has denied all attempts from the UN Council to take action against
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They had shortness of breath, disorientation, runny nose, eye irritation,, blurred vision, vomiting and they all eventually lost consciousness and died. Around 1,300 people have died because of these attacks, not including the people that went to the hospital and later died. Most of these deaths were women and children.
Using Sarin Nerve gas is a huge human rights violation. The citizens have no choice but to breathe in the chemical and die, or not breathe and eventually die. Sarin is considered one of the most deadly agents to use in chemical warfare. It is considered “20 times more deadly that cyanide. It causes death within minutes of exposure because it attacks the nervous system and causes respiratory failure. When the gas was released it is most likely the citizens had no idea that they were getting exposed to this chemical because it is odorless, tasteless and
The authoritarian regimes of the Middles cycled through a pattern of anti-western policy until the globalization effects of economics and information demanded reform. As conservative Arab states try to maintain the autocracy they relied on after gaining independence, their citizens, affected by information and education expansion, challenge their resistant governments as typified by Syria’s unwillingness to capitulate. The proliferation of information and education underscored the protest movements of the Arab Spring because citizens’ contempt for their obstinate governments grew to large under economic pressures, as the current situation in Syria demonstrates.
One of the key factors that fueled violence in the Syrian War was due to foreign influence. In September 2015, airstrikes were inaugurated by both the United States and Russia. These airstrikes were targeted towards terrorists. However, the US and Russia had different views on groups. "Russia includes many US- supported rebels groups in their lists of 'terrorists'" (Document G) The US viewed the Kurdish group as an ally, while Russia viewed them as a terrorist group. Due to the opposing perspectives from both foreign countries on Syrian groups, the conflict of being unsure of who to strike arose. The US attacked who they believed were terrorists while Russia did the same, therefore creating violence all over. The Chart in Document D displays the relationships between foreign countries and Syrian groups. Russia
BACKGROUND: In March of 2011, the unrest in Syria was just beginning, with protests g...
The war in Syria has been going on for six years now, killing more than a quarter million people and forcing over 10 million people to leave their homes. It has started with a peaceful protest and is now a full on genocide of people dying. The protest was for the arrest and torturing of Syrian teens for the graffiti of their anti government on a wall. When people form other people that were tired of the government saw this, they wanted their president to make major reforms of their democracy. He didn't like that, so he responded with a violent reaction. He killed thousands of Syrians and more from starvation. As the war went on, more people came in to play a role in the war. These people were from many different places. It has gotten so bad that politicians don't know what to do to stop it.
The two chemical weapons that were used were: nerve agent and mustard gas. Nerve agent has two main classes that are Class G and Class V. Class V is more new, however less fatal. The specific nerve agent used by the Iraqis is Cyclosarin. Cyclosarin is an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon, which is a member of Class G. Cyclosarin is the most dangerous gas out of both classes. It is known to have a sweet smell and is also flammable unlike other nerve gases. Mustard gas on the other hand is yellow and smells like garlic. Both gases cause death in minutes and have long lasting effects. These can include diseases and other horrible problems. Many of these diseases cannot be cured, for the cells have been damaged and cannot be repaired.
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France currently is at the fourth stage of the demographic transition graph, which means that it is well urbanized, literacy of France population is relatively high, and the medication level is high as well. According to the CIA website’s factbook, 100% of the France population have the access to the sanitation facilities, and there are 6.4 beds per 1000 people. However, Syria is only at the second stage of the graph, so the medical level in Syria is far lower than France. For instance, instead of 100% of the population, Syria has only 92% of its population that are able to access to the sanitation facilities; furthermore, the hospital bed density is only 1.5 beds for 1000 people. As for the education or the literacy in the two countries, France has the school life expectancy of 16 years, but Syria only has 12 years, so as the result, there are only 85% of the total population in Syria can write and read. But in France, this number is over 99%. (CIA
The first poison gas used in battle was chlorine at the start of the Second Battle of Ypres on April 22, 1915 by the Germans. Shortly after, followed the photo. The effects of these gases were ghastly. Chlorine was the most deadly as "within seconds of inhaling its vapor, it destroys the victim's respiratory organs, bringing on choking attacks" (Duffy). Phosgene had similar effects, except for the fact that the effects started kicking in after 48 hours of inhalation.
The freedom in Syria made citizens mad because there wasn't enough of it. So the people of Syria started to protest to gain more freedom. The government wanted this to stop so they used violence so they can stop for good. All that caused was more angry citizens and started to use violence as well. This is one of the fueling of the violence in Syria.
The soviets tested several deadly poisons on prisoners in the gulag like mustard gas, ricin, digitoxin and several others. The soviets wanted and tried hard to find a tasteless and...
There are two groups in Syria that always fight against each other, and they are the Shi’a against the Sunni, also a fact that Bashar Al-Assad is from Shi`a, so all the Shi`a support him, and a certain Sunni group stand for the Sunni people in Syria. Another thing that there are an external parties outside Syria that influenced a lot to this war such as (china, Russia, US, UK, and other countries), and Russia announced its offer for commerce with the mounting chemical weapons crisis on 9 September, as the US Congress was fixing to vote on wh...
An attack on the Syrian state would fall within the boundaries of the international concept of the responsibility to protect. The crisis in Syria has escalated by protests in March 2011 calling for the release of all political prisoners. National security forces responded to widespread peaceful demonstrations with the use of brutal violence. The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad refused to stop attacks and allow for implementation of the reforms requested by the demonstrators. By July 2011, firsthand accounts emerged from witnesses, victims, and the media that government forces had subjected innocent civilians to detention, torture, and the use of heavy weaponry. The Syrian people were also subjected to the Shabiha, a largely armed state sponsored militia fighting with security forces. Al-Assad continually denied responsibility to these crimes and placed blame on the armed groups and terrorists for these actions.
The first twenty-five years of Syrian independence was filled with extreme political instability and p...
There are a lot of women’s human rights violations in Syria. According to the SNHR, the percentage of women deaths has dramatically increased in 2013, reaching nearly 9% of the total number of victims on April 30, 2013, and at this date, at least 7543 women including 2454 girls and 257 female infants under the age of 3 have been killed, including 155 women who remain unidentified at this date. The SNHR documented the killing of 55 foreign women. In 2013, the SNHR estimates that the number of rapes of women approximately reaches 6000, resulting in numerous cases in forced pregnancy. (Sema Nasar) This shows that some families will lose their mother and some husbands will have difficulty with their wives, and maybe there is population imbalanced. Also a young Syrian girl was stoned to death by Islamic extremists in 2014. Cause of it was a facebook account. Fatoum Al-Jassem, aged 14 or 15, was taken to a Sharia court in the city of Al-Reqqah after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants caught her ...
Jarba, Ahmad (PresedentJarba). “Children of Syria are orphaned by Assad’s brutality. 5m children affected by crisis. This number has tripled in a year.” 17 January 2014, 10:05 a.m. Tweet.