History of Syria

Understanding Syria Background President: Bashar al-Assad: Elected. Assad overtook his father as president, but his father had seized power in a coup. Capital: Damascus To understand Syria is to recognise a highly divided country. Ethnic groups and their religious practices are diverse. Islam is primarily divided into two denominations within Syria, Shia, and Sunni. Sunni Muslims make up the majority of the population. Much of the government practice a branch of Shia Islam and are called…

“ We’re just living on the edge of life. We’re always nervous, we’re always afraid” said Mariam Akash who is mother of nine children whose dad was shot by a sniper (“Syria: The Story of the Conflict”). While the syrian civil war crisis is happening there, people here are just living their lives like nothing is happening which is not right. People need to find out what other things are happening around the world. The solution to Syria’s civil war and refugees is that Al-assad must be removed…

Spring uprising over the Authoritarian Regimes in the Middle East. To suppress the uprisings in Syria Bashar al-Assad used military force to attack the protesters. Obama spoke out about al-Assad’s treatment of the citizens and wanted change, however he didn’t believe that it was his responsibility to get involved. Assad then increased the use of military force, inflicting even more harm on the people of Syria. This caused president Obama to step…

Supporters of letting the Syrian refugees into the U.S debate that “Whether it is an earthquake in Haiti, a tsunami in Asia, or four years of civil war in Syria with no end in sight, the world looks always to the United States. We provide protections for refugees and asylum seekers, especially women and children” (Collins 17). On the other hand, some people are concerned that accepting refugees will hurt the…

Professor Corona Affra Husain FYW 1000C 15 October 2015 This story is about Alan Kurdi, a three year old boy that we learned about on September 2nd, 2015. Young Alan has been living with his family in Syria ever since his birth, after some time war broke out and Alan and his family fled Syria. They were able to reach Turkey, but hoped for Canada where Alan’s aunt lived. Alan and his family started the route to Canada, travelling by cramped plastic boats with other refugees through the…

pillage, destruction, looting, faking and smuggling of invaluable excavated artifacts of “blood antiquities” into western markets from conflicted areas such as Iraq and Syria and its neighboring areas. In the recent past years, Isis destroyed in Iraq museum its precious work of art and destroyed tombs and buildings in Iraq and Syria. Theft of varied antiquities, artifacts, paints, and artwork has prevailed since ancient times up to present. William’s and Coster address blood antiquities and a…

A boat filled to the brim with Syrian refugees beaches onto the shore of the picturesque island of Lesbos, in Greece. The refugees scramble up the rocky shoreline and into the arms of waiting Red Cross volunteers, who give bottles to wailing infants and food to the grotesquely malnourished men, women and children. These migrants have little but the clothes on their back, but yet they feel as safe as a baby bird nestled up to its mother for warmth. They face incredible oppression in their…

most recent news, an executive order in the United States of America was made calling for a temporary ban on visas for individuals from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia; a 120-day suspension of the resettlement of all refugees; and an indefinite ban on the resettlement of Syrian refugees. Since the onset of the Civil War in Syria, over 13 million people have been identified as refugees. Over 13 million people have required humanitarian assistance, and approximately 5…

Introduction: In March of 2011, the nation of Syria plunged into a brutal, costly and deadly civil war when rebel armies formed in response to the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad. Islamic State extremists seized this opportunity to take advantage of the political mess and began to build their Islamic State nation. Since 2011 when the civil war began, the world has seen 12 million Syrians flee their homes and often nation, over half of them children. The global community is split between the…

acts toward human life that violate federal or state law with a minimum sentence of twenty five years with labor. ISIS, a new terrorist group that stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, mimicked the name Isis the Egyptian goddess and ruler of the underworld. The organization started their attacks on Syria and Iraq to gain territory and independence, but later on they pushed their forces to many foreign countries. The organization films, propaganda movies to spread their ideas and…