Syria

Since the beginning of the war in Syria in March 2011, over 400,000 men, women, and children have lost their lives, and millions more have been displaced (Straightforward Answers to Basic Questions About Syria’s War). For many years, Syrians have been begging for a turn from authoritarianism to democracy. In 2011, a group of teenage boys became the spark of a revolution. On February 15, 2011, four boys from the biggest families of Daraa spray painted “Your turn doctor” on their school wall,…

smash the rebel force. Not all those who are attacked or murdered are guilty of rebellion. The war in Syria has caused countless problems for its citizens which has in turn forced them out of their homes, leaving them as refugees, tortured and or even left for dead; the populace should be informed about the violation of human rights occurring and take action to decrease such activities. Keywords: Syria. Human rights violations. Refugees.…

solution to the Syrian civil war. The United States’ continued involvement in battling, providing financial support and assisting specific allies engaged in the Syrian proxy war impacts the coalition between the US and Russia, the affiliation with Syria and dealings amongst middle eastern countries; continual involvement or lack thereof, will result in a worldwide battle or place the US in perilous economic and political positions dependent upon whom we remain loyal and whom we concurrently…

The Armenian Genocide, started on April 24, 1915 and lasted until 1918. It was known as the first genocide of the modern world and contributes to the understanding of the nature of violence in modern history. To understand the nature of violence in this genocide, there must be a clear interpretation of the meaning. The World Health Organisation defines violence as ‘the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or…

Bashar Assad Born 11 September 1965, is the President of Syria. He has served as President since 2000, when he succeeded his father, Hafez, his father, who led Syria for 30 years until his death. Assad graduated from the medical school of Damascus University in 1988, and started to work as a physician in the army. In 1994, after his elder brother Bassel, who was being groomed to succeed his father, was killed in a car crash, Bashar returned to Syria from another college. Assad entered the…

through barbaric punishments. In addition, they are accused of fabricating elections in order to maintain their powers. Social media has played one of its prominent roles in addressing the issues of the Arab spring. Countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria were the most significant in dominating the internet and spreading awareness of the horrific events taking place in their…

The first part of the book deals with Ebla and the Early Dynastic (ED) period in Mesopotamia. At this time period they saw the first empires in the ancient Near East, and Ebla was usefully founded between coastal Syria and northern Mesopotamian cities. Exploiting on this location, rulers of Ebla created pacts with neighboring towns and placed tariffs on goods arriving to the city. Many of the extravagant goods were meant for the royal household; Podany describes the contents and effects of a…

11.3 million people have been displaced by the civil war in Syria and, despite a lack of coverage recently in the media, the number is only growing (World Vision). When asked, people guessed the number of refugees to be in the thousands and one even responded “is that still going on?” (Mason). We, as people of the world, should help out the refugees by all able-countries working together to assist diplomatically, socially, and economically. In addition, informing the masses about this ongoing…

Conflict Background The Syrian Civil War is a multi-sided armed conflict in Syria. The war started in 2011 after President Bashar al-Assad’s government violently restrained protestors requesting his removal. Many countries including the US have tried to intervene. Since then the Syrian government has refused efforts to negotiate with these “terrorist groups.” There were 90,000 casualties by June 2013 and 250,000 as of April 2015. This war isn’t just a battle between those for and against the…

Syrian Crises started. The author explains how it all started with peaceful protest for freedom. How after some time of protest thing became violent, with the sweeping Islam revolution. Syria watched how Libya unfolded and looked to other nations for assistance. In time many nations started to pay attention to Syria if only for their own personal agenda. Some countries backed the Assad Regime as other would back the government. This optimality lead to a difference of opinions, and lead to the…