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Essay On Syrian War

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Although it may upset anti-government groups, negotiations should be made with leading officials to allow food aid into areas that need it most. Food aid, where food is supplied to starving people, is needed to prevent people from not only starving to death, but also to protect the country from further economic collapse.
Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria from the year 2000 to present and has denied free elections and basic rights from the people for too long. LifeGate, an Italian journal that covers the Syrian war and its effects, reported how Syrian citizens reacted to being repressed by the president. In response to their freedoms being restricted, people have begun protesting against the government. These protests were provoked by the …show more content…

Oxfam, an organization that works to combat famine, says that famine is caused by a “catastrophic breakdown in government capacity or willingness to do what [is] necessary to prevent famine’” which is currently happening in Syria, as the president is not responding to the problem. His lack of reaction is clear because the Syrian government has continued to attack civilian cities and refuse food aid. War crimes against innocent civilians continue unstopped (Syria’s Legacy of Famine) and cities, such as Mouadamiya, are bombed regularly with “heavy artillery, mortars and massive barrel bombs dropped by regime aircraft” (Helmuth). This adds to the increasing famine because while cities are being attacked, food and humanitarian aid cannot be delivered. The famine would be resolved faster if the attacks stopped, because “the planes that drop bombs on hostile targets could also deliver much needed humanitarian aid to starving civilians” (Syria’s Legacy of Famine). Although the Assad regime eventually allowed food aid to reach Yarmouk, it was only allowed in one town and was distributed by pro-Assad factions to make sure it was delivered only to civilians. “There are still humanitarian blockades set in place” by the Syrian government that keep food from getting to all the places it’s needed. (Lambers) The famine is continually worsened by the civil war because it keeps food away from the people who actually need it.
A war can’t be ended

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