There has been ongoing violence in Syria since 2011. This all started when peaceful protesters assembled in the Southern Syrian town of Daraa. They were protesting the arrest and torture of a group of teenagers whose sole crime was writing anti-government graffiti on a wall. The violence is still going on because of people and groups giving other groups and people a reasons to fight. The violence in Syria is ongoing because of President Assad, ethnic conflict and too much sides.
Ethnic conflict is the major reason of the violence in Syria. “Sunnis and Alawites increasingly hold one another collectively responsible for violations real and perceived.” (Document B) This explains the conflict with these two ethnicities, they blame each other for …show more content…
“While all four oppositions groups are fighting against the Assad regime, they have different agendas. Al-Nusra and ISIS used to be part of the same group until they split ni 2013.”(Document D) This quote tells us that there are four groups and they all have different plans, which means more violence is happening if all these groups are targeting different people or different groups. Plus since Al-Nusra and ISIS split up, it causes tension between them. Also in Document D it shows all the different sides (which are too many) and who they are fighting against. “On one hand, powerful regional states such as Qatar, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, adopted a policy of regime change… On the other hand, the regime’s allies, mainly Iran [and] Russia,... have adopted a policy of regime preservation at all costs.” (Document F) This quote lists the foreign countries and what policy they sides with. Also in Document F, it has a table that shows which foreign countries and main combatant groups are friends and which are enemies. This is why having five main combatant groups and six foreign nations is another reason of the ongoing violence in Syria, they cause more
Ethnic conflict is the major reason of the violence in Syria. “Sunnis and Alawites increasingly hold one another collectively responsible for violations real and perceived.” (Document B) This explains the conflict with these two ethnicities, they blame each other for …show more content…
“While all four oppositions groups are fighting against the Assad regime, they have different agendas. Al-Nusra and ISIS used to be part of the same group until they split ni 2013.”(Document D) This quote tells us that there are four groups and they all have different plans, which means more violence is happening if all these groups are targeting different people or different groups. Plus since Al-Nusra and ISIS split up, it causes tension between them. Also in Document D it shows all the different sides (which are too many) and who they are fighting against. “On one hand, powerful regional states such as Qatar, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, adopted a policy of regime change… On the other hand, the regime’s allies, mainly Iran [and] Russia,... have adopted a policy of regime preservation at all costs.” (Document F) This quote lists the foreign countries and what policy they sides with. Also in Document F, it has a table that shows which foreign countries and main combatant groups are friends and which are enemies. This is why having five main combatant groups and six foreign nations is another reason of the ongoing violence in Syria, they cause more