Syria

The current population in Syria is 22 million people. Over the course of a few years, three million Syrians have become refugees abroad and six and a half million more have fled their homes for other locations within the country. Most of the Syrians have been going to Europe- places like Turkey and Lebanon. A few months ago, the UN reported that the Syrian war is responsible for the number of displaced people. Due to the war, roughly forty-three percent of Syria’s population has fled the country…

ISIS is a terrorist organization which was formed in August 2013 and is still a very active terrorist group. The main headquater of ISIS is in Syria. The leader of ISIS is Abu Bakr al-Bbaghdadi. They have a very strong organizational chain where there are many more positions belowe theor leader. They have a council for finances, a council for legal matters and security and also several councils for intelligence. Many studys and surveys have concluded that most of the members of ISIS are former…

The previous topics provide the baseline for the reader to understand why support for the Kurds is not a cut and dry issue but instead invites an ethical dilemma. The US is forced to choose between established allies, the GOI or Turks, and Kurdish partners, the KRG and Syrian Kurds. The Kurds have made a concerted effort to garner positive international opinion through reform of their ideals and practices. Surrounded on all sides by ethnic groups who have opposed and repressed them over the…

There are three main schools of thought in International Relations and they are realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Liberalism is the paradigm that in short, holds the belief that emphasizes the importance of the international institutions that would serve to check relations with other international state actors. Realism stems from the notion that in this anarchic international stage, each state is out to better itself and the only way to survive is to gain more power. Constructivism is a…

ISIS has taken over Syria and Iraq and has altered the way of life of many Iraqis and Syrians. The people that live under ISIS’ rule have been affected by many different things. If ISIS leaders decide they do not like something you do, you will most likely be beaten, abused, or killed for doing it. They also do not give them enough time for using their water, giving only 2 hours a day for a city to shower at a community shower. The suffering is much greater than what is shown in popular western…

The Struggle of Today’s Arab Youth At a time when the western world and all the freedoms enjoyed in it are a tap or click away; the struggle for Arab youth is an entirely foreign one to previous generations. Arab youth are struggling with a crisis of their learned identity clashing severely with the world they see in mass culture, a free world they desperately want to live in and be a part of. Access to the Internet, technology and the resultant rapidly amplified globalization has made their…

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…

such a cause is often met with the bloodshed of innocent people. The birth of America, even, was done so by taking up arms against tyrannical and unfair rulers. History seems to always repeat itself. In March 2011, pro-democracy protests broke out in Syria demanding the resignation of its nation’s abusive president al-Assad. In face of the threat to al-Assad’s power he began crushing his opposition, opening fire on his own citizens. This struggle for a just, democratic nation has dragged on and…

the worst, since World War II. What caused this refugee crisis? How do the migrants travel from their war zone to the refugees? How do refugees live their life? Here are some serious problems Syria had during refugees. Syria is the country that is having a war. There was a religious conflict around Syria, people wanted to escape from the peril and persecution from the area. The people thought that after leaving the conflict zone, then they come back, they hope that things would be improved. So…

civil war would be over. Nobody has thought it would lead to very much violence and demolition. It has been almost five years since the people of Syria have decided to fight for their freedom. It has been almost five years of destruction, homelessness, and siege. It has been five years of lack of justice just because they have decided they want a better Syria. They want a life that is not threatened. It all happened because they have decided to stand against injustice in their country. Like any…