History of Syria

2015. The refugees who have arrived from Syria since 2012 have been placed in 130 towns and cities. They are mostly the most vulnerable people in the war, like single mothers and their children, religious minorities, or victims. Some of them have been placed in large cities like Houston. Most…

On September 2, Alan Kurdi, a three year old toddler, drowned after a rowboat, trying to reach the Greek island capsized, while attempting to escape a civil war Alan Kurdi came from Kobani, the city in northern Syria, that was evacuated due to the Kurdish forces war against the Islamic State extremists. On September 2nd Alan, his brother Ghalib and their mother were among a dozen Syrian refugees, including 5 children who drowned. Abdullah Kurdi was among the few people who survived. We…

Syrians are fleeing Syria. They are fleeing to escape undesirable things. They are leaving to escape government, bombing, and bloodshed. They are leaving to escape the tragedies these things left in its wake. Approximately 5, 000 Syrians are fleeing everyday. In 2002 the population was estimated at 22, 530, 756. It dropped to 22, 457, 336 in 2012, while today it is 22, 085, 048. Syria recently was a quickly growing country, but is now dropping. These refugees are escaping to the neighboring…

been going on for so long, and it is starting to get out of hand. First, this war has become very spread over the past 4 and a half years. According to an article published on BBC news, several million people have migrated to other places 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,…

6.5 million people in Syria have been forced to leave their homes. Imagine that you are searching for somewhere to live and someone doesn´t let you because he thinks you are a terrorist. #acceptrefugees. Syria refuge es graffiti are painting graffiti and it is good because it gives a message to the people, also to the people to accept Syria’s refugees showing hoy they suffer and to show that not all of the Syria´s people are bad. It gives a message to the people in Syria. Graffiti gives a…

“It’s a mission for their lives, that’s why they’ll keep trying,” quoted Muhammad al-Kashef, regarding the Syrian’s petrifying voyage to escape harsh conditions in Egypt (19). In the article “Who Will Take In the Syrians?” Priyanka Motaparthy discusses the Syrian refugee’s situation and the dangerous journey thousands make to escape troubles in Egypt. She discusses the government in Egypt, the details of the trip, the routes the migrants take, and where they possibly end up. Syrian’s first fled…

“I don’t want to die in sea. I don’t want to die alone. I would rather die with my family. If I had known all the dangers I would face, I wouldn’t have left Syria, even with the death threats,” says Zizit Abdel Algabbar. Zizit Abdel Algabbar, is a Syrian doctor who fled Syria because she received death threats from the Islamic state, they accused her of helping the opposition because she treated the injured patients at her clinic. A smuggler in Athens agrees to take Zizit and her daughter Maya…

The Armenian Genocide was very similar to other cases of human rights violations because factors such as scapegoating were followed by dehumanization. From the beginning during the Ottoman Empire, Christians were discriminated against as they paid higher taxes than Muslims. During World War I, Armenians were scapegoated because of their Christian beliefs, which supposedly influenced their loyalty to their country. Similarly, in the Holocaust, Hitler blamed the Jews for all the economic problems…

Gunshots. Bombs dropping. The sounds of all-encompassing death and despair. These are the sounds made on foreign soil in the Middle East. With the countless casualties of war and severe political unrest, it seems unlikely that many people would want to remain a part of their local unstable area. In fact, millions of Syrians have fled their homes since the beginning of the civil war in 2011. Many more wish to escape the military terror and flee to more peaceful areas, but currently, multiple…

organizations like WHO and UNICEF are helping Syrians medically and also with children's education. Although all of this aid to the people of Syria has been quite successful, the talks of peace are not as impacting. In February of 2018, the passing of Resolution 2401 demanded a cease-fire and period of peace in order to send medical aid to civilians in Syria. However, these demands went completely ignored. It seems like there is not much anyone can do except to help those who are living in such…