Free Syria Pro-Democratic Protests

Syria is a Middle Eastern country located on the Mediterranean Sea, bordered by Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. To people in the West, Syria is most likely known for violence, terrorism, and conflict because that is what the media portrays. However, it is one of the oldest inhabited regions in the world and is rich with culture and history. From Bible references noting, “The road to Damascus” to Ottoman control in 1516 to Bashar al-Assad taking control in 2000, Syria has seen periods of peace but has been plagued with many years of instability throughout its history and especially in recent years. This essay will discuss the events leading to the uprisings, the current situation, and possible peaceful resolutions.

Syria’s civil war is the worst humanitarian crisis of modern time. The “Syrian Civil war Began in March of 2011, between rebel brigades and government force; economy and infrastructure is destroyed” (Library, 2016). “Divisions between secular and religious fighters, and between ethnic groups, continue to complicate the politics of the conflict” (Corps, 2016). Additionally, the Syrian civil war has taken a significant

The Syrian war is a multi-problematic situation that started within Syrian borders. The Syrian war began in 2010 with something called the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring is a chain of events where people caused aggressive and non-aggressive situations such as protests which created harm in the Middle East. In 2011 people started a non-aggressive protest because children were being abused after spattering graffiti that stated how they agreed with the Arab Spring. The president during this time was Bashar al- Assad. Assad would torment and imprison the people of Syria who protested. The Syrian People wanted to end Assad’s brutal actions so they created a Free Syrian Army which led to a civil war (i.e. the Syrian war). There are several countries

Assad has been manipulating its own country and making its people be afraid (“CNN”). Genocide has occurred and is ongoing,” Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, chairman of the panel, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, said in a statement (“Bruce”). We also have heard that the commission on Syria has repeatedly recommended referral of the crimes to the International Criminal Court, but no action has followed from the Security Council, where Russia, a permanent member and the closest ally of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, wields a veto (“Bruce”). Also the US strikes inside Syria an effort to “degrade and ultimately destroy the U.S intervention because of the chemical attack and the deaths of hundred civilians (“BBC”). Hezbollah, Iran’s ally and Israel’s enemy, is now fighting alongside Assad’s forces (“HuffPost”). What moscow insists to only have peace in syria and settlement because of all the violence and stop terrorizing pure Syrians(“Huffpost”). Russia has about 6 million muslims in their country (“Huffpost”). Well Russia (and China) insists that humanitarian interventions should rightly be authorized by the U.N. Security Council (where Russia wields a veto). But the U.N.-sanctioned, NATO-led war against Mu’ammar Gaddafi's Libya the prime minister

On March 18, Bashar al-Assad (Syria's dictator) security shot and killed hundreds of demonstrators and capturing hundreds more. They were protesting when this happened because 15 boys were tortured for writing graffiti, in a way as the government saw fit to support of the Arab Spring. After 6 years of war, there is nearly more than half a million dead and 10.9 million fleeing their homes. Revolution has taken place in Syria because the people or colonist of Syria have been revolting against Syria’s government and against their president or dictator Bashar

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.

Central idea: Toward the end of the speech, the listeners should have a brief understanding on how the civil war started in Syria, who is involved, and the significant events that have occurred so far

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 Assad Regime, which is the governing party in Syria, has taken full power in the country and has established Assad as the dictator of the people. Assad has proven to the country that democratic rule was out of sight when he was suppressing basic human rights and counteracting protesters that were not in favor of his rule, even by using chemical weapons on his own people. Outrage swept through the country and multiple small groups of rebels formed fighting the same leader, but for different causes. ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, originally was established in Iraq and eventually moved into Syria and other neighboring nations. ISIS does not have any allies in the region and is an independent group because it does not have the same beliefs as other rebels but is also against Bashar al-Assad and will overthrow him when giving the chance. The Kurdish forces are in southern Turkey and northern Syria, and they are fighting against Assad as well. Other countries from afar have also been included in this crisis such as the United States of America joining the rebels against Assad and Russia joining Bashar al-Assad's side and aiding him in the conflict. There is no end in sight with all the alliances and different motives of these

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

The rebels at first started protesting peacefully and the president attacked them with deadly weapons. The president has attacked civilians with tanks, helicopter attacks, and he has even executed children. Syrians are terrified of how dangerous their country is turning, they are forced to migrate to a better place due to its hard conditions. About 11 million Syrians are fleeing and many have been killed. Their movement has caused one of the largest refugee movements in our recent history. The U.N estimates that about 6.1 million people are internally displaced. About half of their population has vanished. Syria is a low developed country and the civil war is causing a major impact towards their economy. The Assad regime is attacking schools and health centers with deadly bombs. Many are being killed and losing their homes. Many kids are not living a normal childhood anymore, instead they are seeing their own country crumble down into

Syria is one the most infamous countries that was involved in the Arab Spring. Syrians protested against the repressive 17 year regime of President Bashar al Assad, and for the allowance of political parties, equal rights for kurds, freedom of speech, press, and assembly. In late January of 2011, peaceful protests began in response to uprisings in Tunisia. On April 11th, the government asserted the emergency law that allows the government to suspend constitutional rights. Security forces began to open fire on civilians and cities. Food and water supply were cut off and electricity was sequestered. This eventually led to the ongoing Syrian Civil War in which President Assad is continuing to hurt is people, most recently by spraying sarin

The Syrian War is a pressing issue that has been going on for over five years. This war, which started as peaceful protests against the Assad Government, has turned into a struggle for power within Syria which has resulted in a massive humanitarian crisis. There have been eleven million Syrian refugees and over two hundred fifty thousand people that have been killed, half of those people being civilians. To make matters worse, ISIS is on the rise in Syria. This war is not only an internal conflict. It involves many international powers, including Russia, China, and the United States, that have picked sides between backing the Assad Government or the rebels. These two sides cannot agree on a solution to end this war, determine leadership in

Syria is going through a civil war. Stephen Starr says that the Civil war is between the Sunni Muslim Rebels and most of Syria's 2 million Christians under the rule of Bashar Assad. Bashar Assad is the president of Syria, he is honestly not a bad man he thinks what the government is doing to the citizens is terrible. They have not had a whole lot of problems in their history. Syrians are trying to figure out what to do with the chemical weapons they have. The Chemical weapons are being used by the rebels, and they should not be using them at all because they are making things a lot worse in Syria. Syria is south of Turkey, north of Jordan, east of Lebanon, east of the Mediterranean Sea, and west of Iraq. They are in the Middle East. There

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