Hafez al-Assad

extreme poverty, even the search for adventure.”(Source E). In such extreme cases we should welcome them with open arms. Like for example the refugees in Syria “Their homes and schools have been bombed out of existence by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad merciless regime. Their lives have been imperiled by ISIL and terrorism. (Source B). Those people are going through devastating times as of now, but providing there people with homes could later benefit the USA with allies when needed with…

The Bride, Groom, and 4,000 of Their Closest Unknown Friends Immigrants and refugees have been in the news for years, but the topic has heated up considerably in the past year. South American refugees have been flooding across the southern border of the United States with illegal immigrant Mexicans. They are often front page news, especially with the presidential debates going on. In Europe, migrants and refugees are dying in tunnels trying to get to England from France where they are stuck in…

The Syrian Civil War has been a controversial issue for a while now. According to CNN Student News, the war has been going on for almost five years. The article, “Syria: The story of the conflict,” on www.bbc.com, states that more than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict, “which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full scale war.” The story of the Syrian Civil War, starts from that point in time. After the protests intensified, and became a full blown civil…

issues and disagree with them on others, thus fighting them at times. This causes much confusion and makes it difficult to decide who the real enemy is. The United States and Russia both play large roles in the civil war going on. Russia sees the Assad Regime as the legitimate power of the state. Russia’s tactics to end the war is to aide the regime with military support. Bombings of Free Syrian Army grounds has been the strongest impact the Russians have had on the war. This ideology is…

the Arab Uprisings began toppling authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. In March of 2011 Syria joined the uprisings by conducting anti-government protests and demonstrations of their own in Daraa, Syria. The government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, was quick to silence the voices of demonstrators and did so by immediately lashing out in violence. Dozens of individuals were…

Imagine a world in which one’s home is always under threat of being bombed. A world where children must dodge sniper fire if they wish to continue to go to school or to even take a walk outside of their own homes. A world where countless people have been forcibly removed from their own homes and no safe place to go. This tragic a is a reality for the millions of refugees desperately fleeing Syria in search of someplace safe. With supplies dwindling and the countries bordering Syria filling up…

250,000 Syrians have been killed, according to Rodgers et al.. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight, as both sides- the Syrian government and the rebels- refuse to ceasefire or compromise. In addition, ISIS is making the situation worse through their involvement and frequent use of the war for recruitment. Because civilians have been subject to bombing, sieges, and chemical warfare, about 4.8 million have fled their country (Rodgers et al.). This has caused tension in the global community,…

outside of Syria, and hundreds of thousands have been left dead after long periods of fighting. Moreover, what started out as just some small protests has led to a full-fledged war, which is still going today. The Syrians who follow President Bashar al-Assad, and those who choose to go against his ways still battle each other…

Since March 15th, 2011, there have been million and millions of syrians refugees who have fled their country to neighboring states, including Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, and Turkey. Many refugees have also gone to Europe, due to a massive Civil war between the Syrian government and the citizens who are called, rebels. The main question is what do we do with syrian refugees? Many of them have nowhere to go. Do we build more camps, or do we leave them on there own. I interviewed six different…

the United States blaming Assad for the attacks. As the fighting continued, more allies came to the region to push their proxy agendas, but also more domestic players appeared as well. The Kurds, an ethnic group who has faced discrimination of decades, began to militarily insert themselves in the fray after being attacked by ISIL. Also becoming a dominant power in the next few years would be the terrorist organization ISIL. ISIL, a branch off from the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, focused on…