As violence continues to shatter Syria, the international community has yet to find a way to resolve the civil war. The rebels want to liberate themselves from the forty year regime of the Assad family. With the help of Hezbollah and Iran, Assad has been able to stay in office and isn’t holding back when it comes to fighting off the rebels. The rebels continue to fight back and will not stop until they liberate themselves. The international community has not stepped in to help the rebels get rid
The United Nations (UN) has estimated that the two and a half year long Civil War in Syria has lead to more than one hundred thousand deaths in the region. The continued conflict in Syria has caused the UN to stop updating the death toll in Syria because they have found that information from Syria and the surrounding region is no longer verifiable (UNCHR, 2014). The UN’s Refugee Agency (UNCHR) (2014) has noted that 2.4 million Syrians have registered as refugees, but they estimate that there are
an upper-class of free men and excluded slaves and women from political participation. At the same token, Syria excludes citizens from political participation also. Authority and rights are ongoing issues in the Middle East, especially in Syria. Therefore, the world is seen as semi-globalized because of the dictatorship seen in Syria, other countries interactions with Syria, and advantages Syria has gained so far as far as weapons. Globalization is the interconnectivity between customs and cultures
Syria’s location, type of government, and current leadership contributes to why the people are fighting in the civil war. Syria is a country that is nestled on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia. Its capital is Damascus which is located on the Barada River. Syria is bounded by many other countries, and the people who cohabitate in these places have many similar as well as different religious beliefs. The bordering countries are Turkey on the north, Lebanon and Israel on
Group, but since taken over by MTN Group), Areeba Syria (formerly Spacetel Syria) launched services in March 2001 via its '94' network. Initially the infrastructure was rolled out to major provinces, but rural areas quickly followed and population coverage and geographic coverage were 98% and 78% in the end of 2007 respectively. In August 2007 the cellco had 14 MSC, 32 BSC, 2035 sites, 2763 BTS. Mobile market in Syria The mobile market in Syria is one of the newest in the region. The country was
As the Arab Spring enters its second year, major uprisings and revolts have occurred all over the Middle East, pushing for an end to the corrupt autocratic rule and an expansion of civil liberties and political rights. Most recently, images from Syria have emerged, depicting the government’s use of force to suppress the voice of its people. One might ask, “Is this the beginning of a revolution? Is the country on the path to democracy?” To assess this question and examine the future trends in the
War in Syria DBQ Essay 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
The French’s mandate over Syria after World Ware One had an irrevocable impact on the nations’s communal factions. The mandate lasted from 1920-1946 and they begun their rule with intentionally made sectarian divisions. They were made in order to prevent Arab nationalism and stifle national independence movements. The divisions were made my religious and national minority. Granting the minorities independent status locations where they make up the majority. For example, there was a large population
Syria is going through a civil war. A civil war is a war with the same country inside their country. Stephen Starr says that the Civil war is between the Sunni Muslim Rebels and most of Syria's 2 million Christians under the rule of Bashar Assad. Bashar Assad is the president of Syria, he is honestly not a bad man he thinks what the government is doing to the citizens is terrible. The civil war is mostly about the Christians not getting the freedom of religion that they want. They have not had a
There is an increasingly growing global controversy about whether the United States should intervene in the Syrian conflict, and whether this intervention should be military or strategic. The U.S. has recently avoided interfering militarily in Syria or providing the rebels with direct support, but admitted the presence of the Syrian opposition. However, the U.S. has been criticized for its non-intervention policy, especially with the rise in the level of violence and the spread of conflict to other
What is Syria? Syria is a country located in the middle-east, and is the main source of refugees that are spreading across the world today. I’ve done a lot of research over the past few weeks over the Syrian refugee crisis. I’ve found the Al-Assad family has led Syria for over 46 years. Hafiz Al-Assad led from 1971-2000, and then Bashar Al-Assad from 2000 to present day. I also discovered that in 2011 many neighboring Middle Eastern countries had revolutions, over throwing their ruthless dictatorships
Genocide in Syria By Albertina a San Jose Peace and Justice Center Volunteer Source Cited/Retrieved 11/21/2017: Syria Map/Geography of Syria -Worldatlas.com Syrian refugees are fleeing genocide in search of safe shores. The people of Syria are Muslims, full or partial Armenian descent, and other ethnicities who fled from wars and persecutions such as, the Armenian genocide, are also fleeing for their lives from the killings taking place in Syria. Millions of Syrian refugees are living in Jordan
Is the conflict in Syria a civil war, an insurgency or a proxy conflict? The Syrian Uprising is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Ba'ath government and those seeking to oust its regime. The conflict has many complex entities with factions present that are seeking their own foothold in the country’s struggle over power. However, this was not always the case and an examination will take place into weather the conflict can be defined as either a civil war, an insurgency
Constructivism Since March 2011, Syria had no longer experienced a situation called peace and harmony. Syrian’s daily life is filled with the events of killing, bombing and torturing of their brothers and sisters. This unresolved conflict began with a revolution to against the government for brook the promise to have betterment in political system (citation). However the government had responded by harsh action. Starting from this point, Syria had slide into Civil War. Based on the brief description
Drought” by Colin Kelley legitimizes the severe drought and its implications. Furthermore, “Five things you never knew about Syria before the war,” by Sara Saleh was used to describe Syria before the current civil
The Golan Heights: A Storied Past, An Unpredictable Future Situated just north of Lake Kinneret overlooking the Huleh Valley in Israel and the Al Raquad Valley in Syria sits a plateau, which rises to between 700 and 1,400 feet above sea level and is perhaps the most strategic piece of land in the Middle East, depending on one’s perspective. (Jewish Virtual Library, 2001) The antiquities left behind by the Romans, Turks, Greeks, and Mongols, just to name a few of the empires that have conquered
The Syrian Civil War The conflict in Syria has raged for 3 years and a month now. This civil conflict began on the 15th of March 2011. The main actors in this conflict are the supporters of totalitarian Ba’ath government and those who overthrow it. At first the demands of the protesters were democratic and economic reforms to be brought in by the Ba’ath government. Although after the military assaults on protesters across the country the protests evolved into an armed rebellion. Thousands
the future of Syria,” says Guterres. "Girls are driven to prostitution by their own families. It’s a tragedy," (Aljazeera). The Syrian civil war was started by the lack of responsibility Assad and the Syrian Government had for their people. Assad wasn’t to be ruler at all though. Assad doesn’t understand the true human emotion that the Syrian people feel. His ruling has only increased the civil war and hatred between the two groups of people, those rebelling and the leaders of Syria, and Enlarged
were in fact justified due to the fact that its intentions were to help the Syrian people. By the standards of the Just War Doctrine, the attacks by the U.S. are justified. In response to a recent chemical attack on the people of Syria, the U.S. launched strikes on Syria to prevent the use of chemical weapons for future use. The
war and spread peace throughout Syria. The United States could cause further problems with Russia because Russia “started bombing what it referred to as "terrorist groups" in Syria. Russia targeted the Islamic State, but also rebel groups backed by the United States.”(Document A). This could be problematic because