The Conflict Of The Syrian Civil War

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

A current international event that affects the United States of America would be the civil war going on in Syria. Ever since March 15 of 2011, uprisings have been breaking out in Syria. Millions of innocent Syrian people are suffering. According to the Mercy Corps, the war has killed 220,000 people and counting. These poor Syrians are fleeing to neighboring countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. Thousand are attempting to flee each day, but many do not end up making it. Why should the Syrian civil war matter to the United States? For one, if the civil war spills into Iraq, since the countries border each other, no good would come from that. The United States recently ended the war in Iraq in 2011, and we wouldn’t want anything to start

The Cause of the Syrian civil war was the people that wanted a change in government, so they protested. In 2011, successful uprisings - that became known as the Arab Spring - toppled Tunisia's and Egypt's presidents. This gave hope to Syrian pro-democracy activists. That March, peaceful protests erupted in Syria as well, after 15 boys were detained and tortured for writing graffiti in support of the Arab Spring. One of the boys, a 13-year-old, was killed after having been brutally tortured. The Syrian government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, responded to the protests by killing hundreds of demonstrators and imprisoning many more. In July 2011, defectors from the military announced the formation of the Free Syrian Army, a rebel group aiming to

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.

Genocide is the brutal killing of a large group of people, in most cases it is based on their nationality or ethnicity. Genocide is occurring in Syria. This means that many civilians are being killed for doing nothing wrong. The crisis in Syria started out since 2011. The Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, started attacking peaceful protesters with many deadly sources. Those actions have now caused a civil war between soldiers who support the president and the rebels who do not want to see the president in power. Families are leaving to look for safety and a better future. Many Syrians are forced to flee their country and are becoming refugees. The crisis in Syria has caused the greatest refugee movements in our recent history. Syrians are

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

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

In September of 2015, President Obama pleaded towards his administration to allow entry for 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States. This sparked a lot of controversy between millions of Americans due to the threat of possible “terrorist sleeper cells”. The feelings of this can, partly, be contributed towards the emerging terrorist organization, ISIL/ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Despite these feelings, there are also many citizens that believe that our nation must act humanitarianly and urge legislatures to allow these refugees admittance into our country. In the article, “Obama Increases Number of Syrian Refugees for U.S. Resettlement to 10,000”, the authors Gardener Harris, David Sanger, and David Herszenhorn discuss President Obama’s call-to-action and give details that support the allowance of Syrian Refugees into the United States. Contributing writer, David Sanger, is a chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times and he has covered many issues, like: foreign policy, globalization, and nuclear proliferation. Mr. Sanger writes about many of the struggles that the refugees may face when attempting to gain access into the United States and discusses many views from outside politicians and professionals.

Comparable to past catastrophic events throughout world history, Syria’s civil war began as a chain of significant circumstances which lead to eventual turmoil. Although the Arab Springs, a series of uprisings against dictators in northern Africa and southwest Asia, was the primary basis for the Syrian civil war, climate change induced drought was undoubtedly the inception that provoked the Arab Spring in Syria. Water is essential to human life aiding in agriculture production and livestock care as well as basic human nourishment. Without this life supporting element, rural people flooded to the cities in droves seeking their basic human needs. Along with millions of rural Syrians, Iraq refugees were also flocking to the Syrian cities for comfort and aid. With overcrowded cities, minimal resources, few jobs, and an oppressive government, Syria was doomed for rebellion and civil war, especially considering rebellions in neighboring countries was so successful. Peaceful protests for basic human needs and equal rights were met with aggressive opposition by government militants, which fueled more protests and more deaths. Ultimately, the record drought of 2006-2011 eventually caused the Arab Spring which lead to the Syrian civil war.

The war in Syria has affected over eleven million people in the span of 5 years and will most likely continue to affect more people for the foreseeable future. Thousands of Syrians have lost their lives and millions more have been forced out of their homes and displaced. But even then some would consider the ones who died to be the lucky ones because those who are alive are subject to rape, forced disappearances, and even torture. The war in Syria is also responsible for the extremist terrorist group, ISIS, being formed. Economies were shattered and costs increased. There is no question that the war in Syria is the greatest injustice in human history.

In Syria, the relatively conservative, patriarchal and politically repressive pre-war society posed limitations on women’s rights movements and for advocacy of greater political freedoms, social justice, non-discrimination and gender equality. Although, Syria arguably grants greater rights to women than most other countries in the middle east, discrimination against women is clearly found in its laws relating to women’s personal status and role in the family, including issues related to marriage, inheritance, custody, divorce, and gender-based violence. Conservative interpretations of Sharia law largely influence these laws and has entrenched cultural and religious norms with regards to female behavior and the concept of ‘family honor.’

Conflict due to differences in religious beliefs can be seen throughout the course of human history. The most current of these conflicts lies between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the United States of America. New York Times journalists Mark Landler and Eric Schmitt recently wrote an article highlighting an event that exemplifies this clash, specifically, the ISIS jihadists beheading a second journalist, Steven J. Sotloff, and releasing an uncensored video to be viewed by the world.

Over the course of less than five years, the Syrian civil war has caused the displacement of over 10 million people of this nation. The rise of ISIS in conjunction with a corrupt government has left millions of men, women, and children without a country to call their home, and the branding of refugee status. Within the international system, sovereign nations have a responsibility to provide for these persons under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Cherem 2015). While this expectation for more well off nations to provide for those in need across the world may be the moral answer, it is certainly no small task. With an increasingly dangerous and destabilized global system, in which terrorist attacks such as the recent incidents in Paris and Brussels are becoming commonplace, there is hesitancy amongst many western nations to harbor these at-risk populations. Regardless of the risks that states incur when hosting refugees, many nations do have a moral obligation to provide for the innocent Syrians that have lost their homes. European nations with adequate resources available to support their populations that are politically and economically stable do not have the moral authority to block refugees from entering their state. However, if the mass admittance of refugees into a state would likely cause the nation’s collapse, that state should not be morally obligated to accept more refugees that it can realistically sponsor.

POLICY AND OBJECTIVE: the United States desired end state for the Syrian civil war is to end the conflict and stop civilian casualties and to restore peace and stability in the region. Moreover, the objective of the U.S. is to protect its national interest and to deny terrorist safe havens on Syrian territory, limit Iran’s influence while maintaining U.S. influence in the region. This policy supports the creation of a new, tolerant Syrian state that includes all minorities in a liberal democracy government. The complex Syrian