South Syrian City Of Deraa Devolved Into A Full Blown Civil Conflict

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

Over the recent years the military has had a greater involvement with aid programs, this was most notable from her experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. Militarization of aid politicizes it for something that shouldn't be political. As the author believes humanitarian aid needs to exist in a neutral humanitarian space in order to remain its legitimacy and maintain close ties to the community level. From one example mentioned in Damned Nations, during the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, international aid agencies that worked closely with communities showed greater progress and effectiveness (Nutt, 92). In essence this administered a positive attitude towards westerners, and symbolized progress within hostile nations. Aid that is not militarized allows civilians to feel safe access to services and without the fear in putting themselves or their families at risk (Nutt, 92). In comparison military administered aid has proven to lack the same level of trust because civilians inherently become worried about being targeted as collaborators (Nutt, 92). In addition the militarization of aid proves to bring further danger towards humanitarian workers. “Over the past decade, attacks against aid workers have increased 177 percent, with reports of rape, violence, extortion, abduction, and killings” (Nutt, 94). The author states this was reflected from a misjudgment that involving armed militants into

The Syrian Civil War has had a profound effect of all Syrians as well as neighbouring countries and the international community. With more than 11 million homeless Syrians comes consequences beyond what most of the world population has ever experienced or anticipated. Of the displaced, almost 5 million are refugees outside Syria and around 6 million have been displaced inside Syria, with half of all displaced Syrians being children. The main causes of displacement amongst the population is the violence committed by all sides of the war, and which often targets civilians or centres of high civilian activity (such as markets, hospitals, schools, workplaces or high density residential areas). One main group heavily affected by the conflict

Over the past four years, the situation within the Syria has become more and more dangerous. As many as 6.7 million people, have been displaced from their homes within the country alone. Another 4 million have fled the country entirely, in order to get away from the incessant fighting. An estimated 200,000 people have been killed over the course of the war, but the country is so

In this paper, I will argue that the United States should accept more Syrian refugees by analyzing Miller and Kukathas’ arguments to reach the conclusion that Kukathas makes a more convincing argument because the freedom of movement argument and the humanity obligations of the United States outweigh the risks of a threatened cultural identity and economic state. The Syrian refugee crisis started in March of 2011 when anti-government groups began to protest against the government. These protests quickly became violent as the government turned to armed opposition groups to quiet the rebellion. This violence has created chaos in Syria as human rights are being violated everywhere and necessities are becoming scarce. There is no sign of an end approaching as the death toll reaches over 250,000. Syrians are escaping after seeing the destruction around their homes from airstrikes and bombings, killing many friends and family members. The U.N. estimates, a potential 11 million people are displaced, fleeing to nearby countries with refugee camps or Europe in hopes to gain citizenship. The journey to escape Syria is not an easy one with the threat of snipers and kidnappings for young men to fight for either cause. The need for aid continues to grow as humanitarian organizations attempt to keep up.

One step towards improving the U.S.’s refugee policy is giving more aid to the countries who take in the most. While the United States is “the largest donor to the relief agencies” helping refugees settle in Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan,

billions of the world’s poorest, where safety is secured only for those with money, and where much of our well-intended aid is lost in the daily chaos of violence. (Boutros V. and Haugen G., 2014).

Syrian displaced people have been languishing with war over a long time since everything began ("Syria: The Narrative of the Contention"). Families and kids are still in threat from the administration strengths and agitators. Notwithstanding that, the lifesaving

According to the U.S State Department, by August 2004 at least 400 villages in Darfur had been destroyed, other estimates are much higher as 20,000 refugees had crossed into eastern Chad and some 1.2million internally displaced persons‘‘ (IDP) remained in the western Sudan. In this case women and girls were picked off and raped or murdered by the janjaweed militias (Ibid, 2010:284). By February 2004,as many as 2.5 million people were living in squalid camps in Darfur, without clean water or adequate sanitation, surrounded by janjaweed and Sudanese soldiers. Furthermore, the UNEP report (2007) shows that less than 20 percent of the Darfur population was using improved sanitary facilities. Thus, even though, the existence of dereferences in terms

When photographs were published of Aylan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned with his mother and older brother off the coast of Turkey, much of the world caught a first-time glimpse into the Syrian refugee crisis, a vast humanitarian emergency and byproduct of the Syrian Civil War that continues to this day. A year later, video emerged of Omran Daqneesh, a five-year old boy shown sitting in the back of an ambulance, covered in dust and seemingly in shock, blood caked to the side of his face. These photos alone illustrate the deep social need for humanitarian assistance to Syria’s almost five million refugees.

Another example of chaos in humanitarian aid is when humanitarian agencies managing complex humanitarian crisis after the war in the Republic of Georgia. Dunn (2012, p. 2) points out this circumstance as adhocracy, ‘a form of power that creates chaos and vulnerability as much as its creates order’. Initially, the case occurred when the state failure in Georgia lead to a state building project by humanitarian agencies. The aim of this project was to make the Internal Displaced Person (IDPs) obtain their life again as citizens. However, in doing so, the agencies conducted apolitical approach for the political problem through cluster system. Here, they convert compassion into bureaucracy and misery into practical problems. They did it by utilising

Imagine this scenario: the country you live in is under a gruesome civil war, thousands of civilians are caught in the crossfire and death is everywhere. This is the traumatic reality for millions of Syrians. There are only two options, either you stay and try to survive, or you leave and hope for the best. Both options are dangerous and can lead to your demise. After Syrians escape from their country and reach another destination it does not mean they will be able to live a normal life. For this same reason, if I had the resources I would aid displaced Syrians in order for them to reach a state of normalcy.

One distressing example of a current humanitarian crisis involves Bashar Al Assad’s regime in Syria which has displaced 12 million people since 2011. Due to lack of leadership in the Middle East, Assad’s regime sprayed thousands of civilians with chlorine gas in April of 2015, which resulted in numerous injuries and deaths. It was only after the U.S. allocated military forces and provided 4.5 billion dollars in financial assistance to Syrian refugees that the international community became involved. European nations such as France and New Zealand are continuing to accept 24,850 Syrian refugees in the next three years. The U.S. will alone accept 10,000 refugees next year. Overall, without America’s actions in humanitarian crisis, these refugees would continue to suffer at the hands of the Assad

The Syrian refugee crisis has received massive media coverage. People around the world are trying to comprehend the desperate, complicated situation surrounding Syria. The civil war in Syria is the worst crisis in our time. Syrians upset at the fact that long promised reforms have not been enacted, began anti-government demonstrations which started the civil war in 2011. The peaceful protests turned ugly, with the government violently putting an end to those protests. Afterward, ordinary citizens took arms, causing the situation to escalate. Syrians are fleeing their homes because of the great violence, which have left thousands dead and millions wounded, a collapsed infrastructure, resulting in a shattered economy, and for the safety of the children. Syrians are either streaming to surrounding countries or risking their lives to travel to Europe.

The United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 250,000 IDP’s are displaced because of the conflict in South Sudan. Lizabeth Paulat, a member of Truthout, a think tank, writes that the violence is directly causing a potentially massive famine within the region. “This threat of starvation is not occurring because of a natural scarcity, or even a political attempt to starve out opponents,” says Paulat, “rather, this is an issue of South Sudan’s internal refugees, forced to flee their homes to escape violence.” With such a high volume of IDP’s and a projected record breaking famine, the international community must intervene to assist President Kiir and the South Sudanese Government.