A Brief Look at the Syrian Conflict

With a death toll in the hundred of thousands, and millions displaced, the Syrian civil war has become a violent mark on the world’s history. What started as a peaceful protest has spread over five years, has evolved into a war with a tyrannical government, a clashing rebellion, and terrorism fighting either side. But what is it that really fuels the immense amount of violence? It can be narrowed down to four groups that are obvious. The government and the rebels are the forerunners in violence in the war, sure, but they aren’t the only ones. There are the terrorist groups, with skewed views to support the destruction of people and things around them, and in itself the stark difference of the religions and ethnicities of Syria. Who causes

The Syrian Civil War has had a profound effect of all Syrians as well as neighbouring countries and the international community. With more than 11 million homeless Syrians comes consequences beyond what most of the world population has ever experienced or anticipated. Of the displaced, almost 5 million are refugees outside Syria and around 6 million have been displaced inside Syria, with half of all displaced Syrians being children. The main causes of displacement amongst the population is the violence committed by all sides of the war, and which often targets civilians or centres of high civilian activity (such as markets, hospitals, schools, workplaces or high density residential areas). One main group heavily affected by the conflict

Syria is currently all over the news regarding what many have to come to see as a civil war. A term like civil war needs to identify the players and the reasons for the war. In this case the players are being identified as pro government or antigovernment with a Sunni or Shia overtone. Sunni and Shia are the two major sects of Islam and both have a historical based conflict going back to the death of the Prophet Muhammad and how Muslims should be governed. This conflict has caused tensions and violence to flare up throughout Islamic history. This conflict has carried into modern times and has becoming a rallying point for Muslim people calling for change with their government and across the Middle Eastern region. The

Many other problems surrounded the occurrence of the central problem as Syria has been in the middle of and part of several Middle Eastern conflicts including the Iran-Iraq war, the Afghan War, the Iraq-US Ware, and the 6-day war. Furthermore, the West, specifically Israel and the United States have been known to support anti Syrian groups attempting to overthrow the political regime in place. In the early stages of the ware, many causal factors occurred, including continuing civilian protests that were met with more violence, Unites States imposed sanctions against President al-Assad and several other officials, United States and European imposed economic sanctions, and Russian and Chinese support of President al-Assad. The adversarial nature and military backing of Syria by different world powers essentially transformed the country into a giant chess board in which developed countries picked different sides some siding with the state and others with the rebel groups. Lastly, in a time in which several other countries where overthrowing totalitarian governments in the Middle East including Egypt, social media was spreading the idea that people could in fact make a difference in choosing how they would be governed and that they could demand

What started out as low-scale anti-government protests in 2011, have now uproared to an entire civil war throughout Syria, as well as involving other neighboring countries and outside nations. Over twelve million Syrians have been forced to leave and over 250,000 have already been killed. Jihadist militants from Islamic State are taking control over almost half the territory of Syria, as well as parts of Iraq, and the public claims that Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad is not taking the right or necessary steps to help find the solution to this chaos, which causes some countries to strongly encourage him to step down.

On March 15 2011 the Syrian Civil War started. The battle is between the government, the extremist group called ISIS, and those who wanted their leader out of the office. This war has not only taken a toll on the once beautiful land of Syria but also on the people. These people were happily living their lives any enjoying life before this event. Once the war started there were mass bombings all over the country and many innocent people were killed. The war started because the leader was not religiously extreme. Many people were angry and wanted him out of the office because he let some kids doing graffiti die in detention. A rebellion started. It evolved into a full-out civil war. Many people had to leave and now more than half the country

The Syrian rebel conflict has been occurring since March 2011 and it started with Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad. The Assad government was known for being very authoritarian as well as restrictive on the people of Syria (BBC). As the protests were occurring Assad send out military force to attempt to crush the rebellion but all it did was intensify their cause. Since the conflict arose there have been as many as 100,000 fighters involved with intentions of pushing the government toward a more democratic state. Over time the violence

Syria, a land that neighbors Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea. Muslim population exceeds 86 percent of the peoples but the ancient language of Aramaic is still used today. Islamic faith is preached throughout the region along with Christianity. The Constitution states that the President and Republic are of Islamic faith. Tension between Syria and the United States have been tensed for a number of years. This paper will discuss the history, religion, social organization, politics and military of Syria.

The recent conflict in Syria encompasses a series of events that have led to a political and humanitarian crisis. Since the civilization origins, Syria has suffered invasions, changes and violence. In the 1900’s and after 400 years of Ottoman’s Empire domain, the Arab army, supported by French, entered in Damascus. Emir Feisal was crowned as king of Syria, but French troops forced him to resign few months later. A new France state has been arisen, and it was divided in three separate regions and dominated by two religious groups: the Alawis and the Druze. The French domain did not last long and faced nationalist’s protests. Finally, Syria gains independence although France had the economic and military control until 1946 when the last French troops left Syria. Since then, military and civilian government interleaved power. The Arab Socialist Baath party was created but a coup d’etat dissolves all the political parties

The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing international armed conflict taking place in Syria. The unrest began in the early spring of 2011 within the context of Arab Spring protests, with nationwide protests against President Bashar al-Assad 's government, whose forces responded with violent crackdowns. The civil uprising phase created the platform for emergence of militant opposition movements and massive defections from the Syrian Army, which gradually transformed the conflict from a civil uprising to an armed rebellion, and

In the time that it will take to finish reading this essay, roughly 24 Syrians will have fled in order to escape the civil war. It has been six years since the beginning of the Syrian civil war and time has not benefited the issue in any way.This conflict began when 15 boys were captured and tortured due to them showing support for the Arab Spring ( Uwire). At first it was just protest that emerged in towns and cities all around Syria. The Syrian  government began to restrict people's ability to protest and began to act violent towards these protesters. This created large anti government sentiment among many citizens which eventually erupted into a war. Although the war has engulfed

The reasons of Syrian can be found in its history. First protests began January 26 in 2011. After this date time by

Syria’s war has morphed from peaceful demonstrations against the administration back in 2011 to a bloody-violent uprising that has flipped in several other countries. What started as a diplomatic response to the arrest and ill-treatment to a bunch of young lads accused of painting revolutionary slogans against the Assad administration by peaceful Arab Spring demonstrators turned out to a trigger-happy occasion, as far as Syria’s government is concerned, at rallies and public demonstrations. Just doing it, the military forces are almost at-will every time they choose to open-fire

With the spread of the Arab Spring, the revolutionary wave of demonstrations, riots, and civil wars in the Middle East that began on 18 December 2010, pro-democracy Syrians rose in rebellion to the existing regime of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s president. Assad’s regime brutally fought back and with the escalation in violence, Syria descended into a civil war, with each side scrambling for control over towns and cities (Rodgers). The Syrian government has committed several war crimes such as torture, rape, murder and the use of chemical weapons, which led to the death of thousands, in an attempt to crush the opposition movement and regain control over Syria. Additionally, the civil war, has aided the rise of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and

Syria’s history dates back farther than 3500 B.C. The country emerged from a place called Sham. Sham included Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. Throughout the years, it has been ruled by various groups and Empires such as the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Chaldeans, and the Persians. At one point in time, Syria was also part of Alexander the Great’s Empire. It then fell to the Romans and later, the Byzantines. Finally, the Arab Muslims gained control of the land. Syria’s struggle of power was not over yet because it soon fell to the Ottoman Empire, where it remained a part of that empire for four hundred years. At last, during World War I, the Syrians revolted against the Turks with the help of British soldiers and the sons of Sherif Hussein(the leader of the Hashemites). The Syrians