Comparing The Civil War And The Violation Of Human Rights In Syria

“The community’s blunt outrage over the children’s arrests and mistreatment, the government’s humiliating and violent reactions to their worries and the people’s refusal to be cowed by security forces embolden and helped spread the Syrian opposition.” This notion demonstrates that the killing of the four protestors was only the first of many deaths to occur continuing into an on-going war that has: “…triggered nationwide protests demanding President Assad’s resignation.” Because of this, the Syrian government decided that in order to handle the issue they must crush this nationwide dissent. This in return only allowed the protestors to push harder for a change within the country of Syria, in hopes of it becoming the wonderful country that it was in the years prior to the war. “Syria’s conflict has devolved from peaceful protests against the government in 2011 to a violent insurgency that has drawn in numerous other countries.” “With neither side able to inflict a decisive defeat on the other, the international community long ago concluded that only a political solution could end the conflict in Syria.”

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 move is based on the notion that the current Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad, has waged a war on his own people who oppose him. The Syrian conflict has killed more than 100,000 Syrians and has forced millions to go abroad. Despite these harrowing facts, before the United States and its allies consider an intervention into the country, a number of details have to be examined deeply and using numerous schools of thoughts and perspectives. There is a lot at state in the country and one cannot afford to overlook in calculating the decision to intervene. In order to do so, one must first consider the dimensions of the ethical dilemma faced by the West in deciding what actions to take against ISIS. The self-proclaimed Islamic State occupies around 30% of Syria and rules according to harsh Islamic law and commits mass murders and horrendous human rights violations. The jihadist organization claims that its acts of terror against foreigners are retribution for the American drone-oriented bombings of ISIS in Syria. The moral philosophy, ethical thinking and deontological rights of Syrians have to play a role in whether the United States intervenes or not. What should be done, if anything, about the impeding human rights catastrophe that has resulted from the Syrian conflict? What does the mainstream debate about Syria and the

Moreover, human right violations are occurring all around the world. In Syria, the civil war occurring since 2011 has killed tens of thousands, pushed some into poverty and internal displacement. Additionally the war has restricted goods citizens need

“More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict.” (Syria: The Story of the Conflict). These horrific killings began when the anti-government protestors. After a short while, civil protesting became a full

Bashar al-Assad could technically be arrested for war crimes according to expert lawyers, but they need a powerful court to do so. Syria is protected too much by other countries, such as Russia. Furthermore, although this issue has not been focussed on as much, the way the war in Syria is negatively impacting the west’s relationships with China and Russia is very crucial also. Russia has heavily supported Bashar al-Assad’s totalitarian regime, launching bombings and assaults on not only facilities related to jihadist groups but also on rebel strongholds. Russia is also the mighty force protecting the Syrian President from being prosecuted, as mentioned before. Another way that the Syrian conflict has shaken the globe is allowing the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. In the chaotic, disordered state the country was in, a barbaric cell of the notorious al-Qaeda jihadist group was thriving, eventually growing into the richest and most powerful terrorist network in history. The Islamic State (ISIS) has pulled in more than two billion dollars from trafficking weapons and humans, collecting ransoms to release hostages, and taxing the people in their territories, and it is liable for the death of thousands and thousands. “It was in the vacuum of the deteriorating Syria conflict that a little-known and terrifically violent branch of al-Qaeda grew into the foremost terror group on the planet.” (Phillip). Syria has truly been irresponsible in ignoring the issues shaking the world an relying on other nations to pamper it

There were many factors within Syria that would work against the change into nonviolent resistance. In contrast to Tunisia where the departure of the president who was seen as a liability did not threaten the establish on a larger scale, in Syria, the cohesion and societal linkages meant that many more interests would be threatened if the Assad were to step down. The heterogeneity of the Syrian society has long undermined collective action among the opposition, and the intense links between Assad and the regime core prevented the elites from abandoning the president as many did in Tunisia. Syria had additionally enjoyed some degree of Nationalist legitimacy from decades of opposition to Israel and western imperialism, a blatant contract to the leader of Tunisia who was an ally of the West. The dynamics of Syria’s slide into violence illustrate a number of features of the politics of resistance, and insight into the causes and consequences of resistance. Strategies of violence often follow the perception that actors have no choice but to engage in violence. Violence is a reaction shaped by the immediacy of state

“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

Inspired by the Arab Spring, revolution was on the horizon in Syria. Fed up with the government control, rebels have rallied against the government. In nearly five years of armed conflict the civil war in Syria has claimed nearly 470,000 lives: 400,000 through direct violence and an additional 70,000 as an indirect result of the war. A governmental regime which uses terrorists tactics is one that should be looked at as a threat. The president of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, has carried out a siege against his own civilians in Aleppo trapping them from the rest of the world. Depriving nearly 250,000 people of food, water, and supplies while bombing them on a daily basis is simply inhumane (UN News Centre). The government has gone to the point of using chemical weapons on their own civilians, killing many men, women, and children. The bloodbath is more than just those who support the Ba’ath Party Government and those who want a revolution, but includes many groups and world powers. Although they

Throughout history, many countries and states have gone to war and fought each other. These conflicts could have a laundry-list of reasons as to why they are occurring, such as natural resources, attempts to gain land, and access and occupation of highly regarded religious sites. War and battling for resources and other materials has been no new topic to us all, but there is one conflict that has blown the lid off everything that world has ever seen. This war has two names, the Syrian Civil War, and the War in Syria. The atrocities that have been witness and or inflicted upon others is absolutely unacceptable, and must be stopped.

400,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting and over 10 million Syrians have fled the country or moved to other regions of Syria. The United States and 19 Arab League countries have imposed sanctions on Syria. The United Nations Security Council has passed resolutions. (4) Through all of this, most of the western world is oblivious to what is going on in Syria. That changed on the night of August 18, 2016. The Aleppo Media Center posted a video of Omran Daqneesh, a five year old boy who lived with his family in Aleppo. Omran’s house was destroyed in an airstrike and the video shows him being carried, confused, bloodied, covered in dust to an ambulance to await help. His little feet barely extending past the seat, he rubs some blood off his face and then wipes it on the cushion, as some other child, not in Syria, might do with chocolate. The image of this boy drew global attention to Aleppo. Less than four months later, in December, 2016, after four years of fighting, Syrian government forces had taken back control of Aleppo. On December 29th, a ceasefire deal had been reached between the Syrian government and rebels. It is backed by Russia and Turkey and if it holds, peace talks will be held in early 2017 in Kazakhstan. (5) Is Omran the only reason for the ceasefire? Surely not, but the intense global spotlight shining on Syria and the heartbreaking images of how war affects the most innocent among us most

In March of 2011, BBC News reported that Syrian authorities arrested and tortured teenagers for vandalising a school wall with revolutionary propaganda, which soon led to pro-democracy protests. These protests were interrupted by security forces that opened fire on the protesters and killed several. Soon the political unrest triggered demands for President Assad’s resignation. The government used force to stop the protests, but this only ensured more anger from the demonstrators. This was the beginning of the brutal war that is still occurring today. The violence escalated tremendously and has caused over 250,000 deaths as of August 2015 (Asare, Gritten, Offer, & Rodgers, 2015). Asare et al. (2015) reports that his number includes the deaths of more than 6000 civilians killed by barrel bombs alone. The battle is no longer

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

Syrian civil war started in 2011 was the outcome of the opposition against the President Bashar al-Assad regime. The uprising emerged as a response to the Arab spring movement that lead to regime change in Tunisia and subsequently turned into mass unrest rooted into the discontent with long-term dictatorship and poor economic situation in the country (Manfreda, n.d.). The number of Syrian citizens killed in the civil war reached 140000 since March 2011 (SBS 2014). The European Commission (2014, 2) reports approximately 9.3 million civilians “in need for humanitarian assistance”. The scale of armed rebellion between government and opposition that lead to an increasing number of casualties among civilians did not remain unnoticed by the

One is left with many questions to answer when she/he tries to figure out if there exists any relationship between Sharia Law and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) human rights record. The world has experienced a series of killings in the name of religion and political interests that have given the human rights watch a hard task to take. Most human rights violations are rampant in certain regions of the world dominated by the Islamic religion. The world has also experienced wars between Islamic and non-Islamic states. In order to get to the root cause of human rights violations, it is important to understand what the Sharia law is and the human rights reports on the ISIS.