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Syria, an important and influential country in the Middle East resides on the four corners of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Syria’s history dates back many centuries and covers the multi-highway of commerce and religion. Both the ancient Silk Road between the Mediterranean and China and the Pilgrim’s Road to Mecca pass routed throughout Syria. Although the country’s population is 86% Muslim, the oldest Semitic language of Aramaic written in parts of the Hebrew Bible is still spoken today.

Land between Empires. Since early history, Syria experienced Colonization, invasion and occupations. The history dictated the path that took Syria from early 1900 to the present. Below is an outline of this paper

Syria has been the epicenter of wars and prosperity for many decades. Whether it’s the Syrian-Franco war that gave their independence, or the flood of Universities that entered in the 1950’s; it’s always been a mixed bag with Syria. Many people will look at the destabilize modern Syria and wonder “How did it get to this point?”, well in reality it was not one event rather a concurrency of events that all led up to Syria’s likely demise.

Within the ever-changing landscape of the Middle Eastern Region, Syria is consistently in the news due to its strategic location and the present set of local and global problems. Located in the northwest portion of the Middle East, Syria is bordered by Turkey to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. Mostly composed of Sunni Arabs, Syria is also the home to a diverse ethnic group that includes Armenians, Assyrians, Kurds, and Turks. The capital of Syria is Damascus and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world (CIA Fact Book). Once a part of the Ottoman Empire, Syria was controlled by France following World War I until it gained its independence in 1946.

For centuries Syria has been fought over by empires, primarily for its geographical location. Syria is located on the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and the

Syria is a small country bordered by Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. The majority of the Western side of the country is bordered by the Mediterranean sea. Most of the land is dry and dusty, with gigantic sand dunes and flat terrain due to the Syrian desert covering most of the country. However, there are oases present. There are two mountain ranges in the 71,998 mile country (which also has the Euphrates river in its borders): The Anti-Lebanon Mountains and abal an Nusayriyah.

For centuries Syria has been fought over by empires, primarily for its geographical location. Syria is located on the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Mediterranean and is slightly larger than the state of North Dakota ("Countries Compared by Geography > Area > Comparative. International Statistics at NationMaster.com," n.d.). Within the 71,000 square miles of its desert terrain, Syria is home to a population of 16,673,282 people (Stanford, 2016). Most of the population, especially the wealthy, resides near the Mediterranean Sea in the country’s capital, Damascus. According to Countries and their Culture,

Syria is a country that may be small in size, but immense when it comes to influence (Hitti, 3). It is known to be the

The modern nation of Syria did not exist until the 20th century, although the idea of Syria has been in existence since at least the time of the Prophet Muhammad. The name “Syria”, was first used by the Greeks, historically identifying the region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean lying between Egypt and Asia Minor. Greater Syria, the larger region (called this to distinguish it from the nation-state with the same name today), located at the crossroads of three continents, possesses a long and abounding history. It was an arena of conflict for centuries, serving as an invasion route for numerous

For the last fifteen years our nation has taken up a major interest in the Middle East. We were attacked due to the civil unrest and the rise of militant groups and more notably, the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. After the events in the Iraq, new conflict has since arisen in Syria. The problem I wish to identify is the ongoing civil war between various parties and the displacement of millions of Syrian citizens across the borders to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan; as well as the internal displacement of the citizens in the nation itself. The main governing problem is the Ba’ath party with Bashar al-Assad at the head which has ongoing support from the nation of Russia. The opposing forces are the Free Syrian Army, Federation of Northern Syria, ISIS, as well as many other small militant tribes.

    First, understanding the way in which the community in Syria was set up and how it worked during the time of modernization is essential. At the beginning of modernizing Syria, was a failed revolution against the French military. This failure morphed popular opinion on how to progress forward as a nation. Rather than attempting to dispel the French from Syria, Syrians decided it was their only option to work side by side with the French through diplomacy. This new found group built strictly on forming diplomatic relationships with the French government became called

The bilateral relationship between Syria and Lebanon provides a great and unique analysis of the factors that influence relationships between Middle Eastern states because of their shared but complicated history. Both these countries used to be one in the same up until the early twentieth century and their relations have gone through various evolutionary stages that have had a greater political impact on the region altogether. In this paper I will examine the relationship between Syria and Lebanon and seek to explain the key factors that influence this relationship.

This paper will examine some of the core sparks of the Syrian civil war and will attempt to connect them to comparative politics. This paper will first discuss a brief relevant history on Syria which is important to the structure of the subsequent arguments, and by looking at the structure of the government and argument will be made about the nature of authoritarian regimes in sustaining social capital in developing countries. Also, this argument will lead to an examination of the suppression of civil society in Syria which contributed significantly to sparking the civil war. Syria has historically been a perpetrator or crimes against their people, even prior to the start of the civil war, and this paper will make the argument that those crimes were the core underpinnings of an opposition against the authoritarian government in control. This paper will also attempt to offer possible differences that Syrian could have implemented which could have helped the country avoid its civil war, specifically by addressing the structure of the government. Also by addressing Syria’s approach to democratization and opposition against the longstanding authoritarian government. The Syrian civil seemed to be an inevitability due to having an authoritarian regime in control and the sustained repression of civil society.

Studies of Syrian politics have traditionally focused on the sectarian, military and economic foundations of the current regime or its opponents. There are early attempts to frame the uprising with generic economic arguments about poverty, and destitution with regional compares to the case of Syria. Arguments about an oppressive authoritarian doesn’t explain why the uprising happened now, why not before? Few studies, however, have paid attention to the cultural basis of this regime and to cultural forms of resistance against it.

Over the past 5 years we have seen Syria join the failed states index at a current position of 9th fragile state in the world. The Civil war that has been ripping Syria apart from the inside has been disastrous to both the people and the state. The government’s state capacity is almost non-existent as show by the fact that they have been unable to stop a civil war within their country. Poverty and employment is now rampant, the education system has collapsed and a large portion of those who havnt already fled the country have been displaced from their homes. The Death toll is still rising and their economy as failing. Syria is not in a stable position. This essay seeks to discuss some of the key challenges the Syrian state is facing and how they are attempting to rebuild their state capacity.