Political Changes In Syria

The Syrian Civil War is no different. There are two opposing views that feel strongly about what they are fighting for and the war is having a major effect on the country’s infrastructure and rate of development. However, only time will tell if any good will come out of the country’s civil war.

of Syria have a lot of struggles in their daily life. Some of the people have no home and they can’t do many things because of the bombings that occur.

As the war continues against the FSA, we fought in the “heart of the main crop cultivation area”, this means that we are fighting in Ghouta, the main location where we grows our crops. The battle on Ghouta affected our fresh food production throughout Syria. The production of food is one of our main income in Syria, and by starting battles in Ghouta this means that the rebels are trying to ruin the economy. While we continue the war against these terrorists, ISIS has been taking over the oil supplies which are 30% of my income. ISIS does this for their own economical reasons as they are trying to make the land they have hegemony over to be official, the way that ISIS is taking over my main income is similar to how Rome’s economy started to stagnate. Rome’s main income was their gold found in their mines or their olive oil found in their crops, the Goths whom they called barbarians in their culture, started to invade Rome. From the invasion, fields were destroyed and trades were paused. This means that their economy to drop. As warfare continue, they did not have the funds to fund schools and schools were forced to shut down. This means that Rome’s income was taken away from enemy forces. Rome is not the only one to lack the economy to fund schools, I myself no longer have monopoly over most of the schools and buildings as our

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

When Hafez al-Assad passed away from a heart attack, hope for Syria arose with promises of reform. On June 10th, 2000, Hafez passed away leaving his son Bashar al-Assad with the power over Syria. Bashar attempted to gain support over his people with promises of reform throughout Syria, including a revolutionized economy. People soon began to protest because Bashar had not been following through with his promises. These protests arose and Bashar chose to fight his people rather than meet their demands. Conflict has risen in Syria because of poor political and geographical systems whether this be through the way Assad governs, or through the destruction of Syria.

After World War I ended (1918), Syria prepared for an independence that was not to be become reality. Through a secret agreement between France and Britain, the territory that is now Syria and Lebanon became a French mandate in 1920. Syria finally became independent in 1946.

Syria has often criticized the United States policy in the Middle East, however, they do have some pros. Syria has been willing to negotiate with the United States over the Arab-Israeli conflict and other regional issues, as long as it

In 1936 the French decided to decolonize the area. Syria and Lebanon would continue as independent states. Ironically, it is exactly where Suleiman al-Assad looked

Syria was granted de jure independence from the French in 1941. However, the country was not truly independent until 1946. For the next twenty-five years, the country would be launched into extreme political instability and

As the humanitarian agencies focus on providing for these basic needs, Syria’s development situation has regressed almost by four decades in four years. Since the onset of the crisis in 2011, life expectancy is estimated to have shortened by almost 13 years (Q4, 2013) and school attendance dropped more than 50%. Syria has also seen reversals in all 12 recorded Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators. The Syrian economy has contracted by an estimated 40% since 2011, leading to the majority of Syrians losing their livelihoods. By the end of 2013, an estimated three in four Syrians were living in poverty, and 54% were living in extreme

The war, which has engulfed Syria, continuously attracts the attention of journalists and diplomats. It has already taken lives of at least 76000 people (Gladstone and Ghannam 4). Moreover, this confrontation has turned millions of Syrian citizens into refugees who need to seek asylum in various countries. To some degree, this conflict illustrates the instability of countries located in the Middle East. One cannot easily identify a single underlying cause of this war. Instead, much attention should be paid to the combination of factors that are related to the political landscape of the country, its religious tensions, economic recession, and

Iraq’s political economy has undergone various changes and was shaped greatly by the wars, sectarian violence and sanctions. However, it has the potential to be one of the greatest, most balanced economies in the Middle East. The economy depends greatly on oil, whereas other sectors like agriculture, services and industries contribute very little to the economy. This dependence on oil has been there since the mandate years, but the nationalization of oil in1972 increased oil production, allowing the Baath party to diversify the economy. For most of modern history, the Iraqi government has been in control of directing and stimulating the economy, Especially during Saddam’s era, where the government was centrally directing the economy. Although

Discoverers found Syria’s large deposits of oil fields in the 1980’s. Following this discovery, the government had decided to form partnerships with the foreign companies ConocoPhillips and Shell Oil. With Syrian economy being vastly socialist, there was a hindrance to most foreign investors. In January 2007, some reform came by way of new investment laws allowing foreign companies to export more of their profits. Therefore intriguing new foreign investors to have increased value in Syria (Unknown, “Background Note: Syria", 2011). The country’s large agricultural field is somewhat crippled due to many variables. Its farming and agricultural goods come largely from its rural areas. These farms and crops are 95% privately owned. Yet the government still controls selling locations for the goods. In addition, the transportation means for shipment of these goods (Raphaeli, 2007). The traditional farming and lack of modern irrigation equipment is a trend that largely hinders this department as well. Farming has crippled during droughts and times of seldom rainfall. Due to the 80% of farmers that depend on rain fed sources rather than irrigation systems (Dougherty, 2004). Much of the Syrian economy stands to need some degree of modern reform with internet, cellular, and credit card services

“As far as I am concerned, Syria has not changed”, proposes Bashar Al Assad, the current president of Syria and the commander of the Syrian armed forces, on July 17, 2014 (“Syrian Civil War” 3). In the opinion of Bashar al-Assad, Syria has not changed since the Syrian Civil War, a war fought between the Syrian government and the Free Syrian Army for human rights and political power, began. However, the Syrian Civil War has gone on for over five dreadful years and the death toll has grown to over 500,000 (“Syrian Civil War” 1). The deaths of 500,000 people and the injuries of over 2,000,000 are clearly significant, and there has definitely been a change to the country of Syria ever since the war began. The Syrian rebels’ goal is to increase

The recent conflict in Syria encompass a series of events that have led to a political and humanitarian crisis. Since the civilization origins, Syria have suffered invasions, changes and violence. In the 1900’s and after 400 years of Ottoman Empire domain, the Arabs army, supported by French, entered in Damascus. Emir Feisal was crown as king of Syria but he was forced to dismiss few months later by French troops. A new France’ state have been arisen, and it was divided in tree separate regions and dominated by two religious groups: the Alawis and the Druze. However, French faced nationalist’s protests and finally Syria gains independence but France still have had the economic and military control until 1946 when last French troops