Syrian Civil War : The Arab Springs

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

As the comic points out, the 2006-2010 Syrian droughts, in a way, led to a civil war situation in Syria. The droughts caused the death of 85% of livestock and about a million people lost their farmlands (Example: Withering away of Halaby pepper fields). The Assad government provided no support, whatsoever, to the farmers, and tortured/imprisoned the people who spoke out against the government. This led to mass migration of people living in the countryside to the already overpopulated urban cities. This urban migration resulted in water and job

Syria, a land that neighbors Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea. Muslim population exceeds 86 percent of the peoples but the ancient language of Aramaic is still used today. Islamic faith is preached throughout the region along with Christianity. The Constitution states that the President and Republic are of Islamic faith. Tension between Syria and the United States have been tensed for a number of years. This paper will discuss the history, religion, social organization, politics and military of Syria.

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

Syria and the greater Fertile Crescent are often thought of as the birth of agricultural societies, some 12,00 years ago. Recently, however, this area has experience the worst 3 year drought on record. The drought conditions exacerbated existing political, water and agricultural insecurity and caused mass agricultural failure, livestock mortality, massive rural to urban human migrations. Kelley et al set out to understand how these effects were the product of vulnerability and hazard severity by analyzing Syria’s liability to drought and the social impacts of the recent droughts leading to the onset of the Syrian civil war. The Kelley team completed their analysis through observations and climate models in order to assess how unusual the drought was within the observed records and the reasons why it was so severe.

The Civil War that led to the accumulation of refugees started for a series of complicated reasons. For one thing, Shia-Sunni conflicts persisting to this day have caused great tensions between communities. The Alawite (Shia)-dominated Al-Assad government has oppressed Sunni Muslims (the majority of Muslims) with armed forces for more than 50 years, which enormously intensified the situation in Syria. For another, the poor economic conditions in Syria also contributed a great deal to this war. Although President Al-Assad had carried out a series of reforms in 2000, people in Syria suffered from high unemployment rate (14.9%) and low average income (below US $49). (Central Intelligence Agency)

Syria’s civil war. It all started in 2011 in the Syrian city of Deraa. Syrians protested after 15 schoolchildren had been arrested and tortured for writing anti-government graffiti on a wall. The protest was peaceful to begin with calling for the kids' release, but the government responded angrily. On March 18, 2011 the syrian army opened fire on protesters, killing four people. People were shocked and angry at what had happened and soon the unrest spread to other parts of the country.

In recent years, there has been an extreme shift in the desire for change throughout Syria on a political level. The large surge of Syrian refugees is a direct result of the Syrian civil war and the extreme violence that it has created. The Syrian civil war began in 2011 with the execution of several democratic student protestors who were caught spreading antigovernment propaganda. The killing of these students only furthered the protester’s resolve; thus, citizens began to take up arms and fight back against Syria’s national government while demanding the resignation of their president, Al-Asaad. First, the idea was for citizens to defend themselves from police brutality; however, it quickly turned into full scale territory wars between the government of Syria and democratic protestors (Rodgers, 2015). The sheer brutality and amount of fighting in the streets quickly rose in only a few short years. The overall death toll of the civil war in Syria has grown exponentially, from about 90,000 in 2012, to over 250,000 in 2015 (Rodgers, 2015). The fighting has caused millions to flee from Syria to

The Syrian Conflict is undoubtedly the most debated and most heart wrenching controversy today. We all feel melancholy and an intense sadness when we hear about what is happening in Syria. Millions of hashtags like #syria, #Syria Crisis, #Syria War and #SyrianRefugees are used in this trending topic. But do we really understand the stories behind the hashtags and are we really doing anything to help our fellow human beings? Do we actually fathom the graveness of the situation and most importantly, do we as human beings grasp the tragedy of the whole conflict?

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants travel across the Mediterranean Sea into Europe to seek refuge where it is not provided in the countries of Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan as those areas are currently war-torn and the people face violence and persecution. The migrants risk their lives to get to their destinations - many attempting to reach Germany and other northern EU countries - and have to do it illegally most of the time. The Syrian conflict still continues to be the main contributor in the number of migrants coming into Europe as more than 1,011,700 people migrated by sea, 34,900 by land, and 10-12 million remain within Syria’s borders.1 Poverty, abusing human rights, and deteriorating security are also prompting people to escape the areas of conflict.5 Their journey can be highly hazardous and risky as boats are small and overcrowded and there are more exposures to diseases and starvation. Also, countries risk the chance of the act of smuggling, their people of the arriving refugees to be robbed, and the act of trafficking happening in their country. According to IOM, over 3,770 migrants have died trying to reach their destinations. Some countries are skeptical of taking in refugees as it can be a possibility that terrorists pose as refugees as they come into a country. With the flow of refugees arriving, concerns have increased that jihadist fighters could be sneaking in under the disguise of asylum seekers.4 Even prepared countries have almost reached their

Syria is still a developing country in the Middle East. Its economy is based on agriculture and oil. Just these two pillars in the Syrian economy make up for about one half of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Syria’s economy has taken a huge hit. The government has restricted trade between several countries such as the United States, Japan, and Australia. As a result, Syria has been faced with a major economic decline. These restrictions have reversed the otherwise growing economy. According to the United Nations (UN), there have been an estimated 143 billion dollars in economic damages as a result of the civil war.

Currently there is a tumultuous situation happening in Syria between President Bashar al-Assad regime and the Syrians citizens who are both on the verge of a civil war. As result of the conflict in Syria, President Obama, focus on maintaining order within international system which positively contribute to the United Stated domestic security. President Obama has been deliberating with cabinets members on how to approach Syria. The difficultly of the issue for President Obama on conflict Syria is deciding whether for the U.S. to intervening in bringing “order” within the tense situation on the grounds of Syria or allowing the order to come about itself between Syria President Bashar al-Assad regime and the Syrian citizens in not intervening. In judging how to approach the case of Syria President Obama should review the text of Thomas Hobbes to help guide him on how to act. Thomas Hobbes, who is regarded as one of the great political philosophical thinkers, capture the core essence of human beings within the structure of civil society. Hobbes also uses reason as an element of right behavior in constructing rules that maintains self-preservation, a central themes of Hobbes version of natural law. Hobbes version of natural law can be used as a compass for President Obama in understanding that both side, Syria President Bashar al-Aseed regime and the Syrian citizens, whether right or wrong have their own self-interest that can be satisfy through the rules of natural laws

The Syrian conflict began with the Arab Spring uprisings against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011 and quickly escalated into a civil war when Assad met peace with force. The Syrian Civil War has since transcended its internal objectives to become the arena for major international power struggles between countries, like Turkey, Iran, and the United States. On September 30, 2015, Russia entered the Syrian crisis on the side of Assad in opposition to the United States, who has been supporting the Sunni rebels. Russia’s economic gains through a jump in oil prices, paired with a history of American-Russian antagonism, encouraged Russia’s involvement in the war, while a history of nationalism and neo-imperialism has transformed the Syrian Civil War into a proxy war for prestige and domination in the Middle East.

The Syrian Arab Republic is an Arab country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the North, Iraq to the East, Jordan to the South, and Israel to the Southwest. In March 2011, the Syria conflict has begun due to various reasons and is still going on today. This outbreak is one of the key factors which resulted the Arab Spring (Arab Uprising). Arab Spring refers to the democratic uprisings that arose independently and spread across the Arab world in 2011. The protest originated in Tunisia in December 2010 and quickly took hold in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. In these countries, the citizens intiatied the protests as the ruling families have been