The International Community Witnessed Dramatic Changes During The Tunisian Revolution

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

“Security forces opened fire, killing at least four protesters and within days, the protests grew into rallies that gathered thousands of people.” The killings of these four were ultimately regarded by many as the first deaths of the Syrian uprising.

“a really, really tough case” that defies historical parallels. Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War refers to political, military and operational support to parties involved in the ongoing conflict in Syria that began in March 2011, as well as active foreign involvement. Most parties involved in the war in Syria receive various types of support from foreign countries and entities based outside Syria. The ongoing conflict in Syria is widely described as a series of overlapping wars between the regional and world powers, primarily between the U.S. and Russia as well as between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

More than 60,000 people have been killed since Syria's uprising began in March 2011, the UN has said.

So far, more than 1 out of 10 Syrians have been wounded or killed since the beginning of the war in 2011. “Syria’s civil war has created the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. Half the country's pre-war population — more than 11 million people — have been killed or forced to flee their

The editors of Britannica Encyclopedia bring up how the Syrian War started due to “protestors demanding an end to authoritarian practices in the Assad Regime that have been in place since 1971 under Hafiz al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad’s father” (“Syrian Civil War,” par. 1). With this want of an end of an era rebel militia groups sprung up over a very short period demanding change in the Syrian government. Militias started small by attacking government meetings and targeting specific Syrian government officials. In a little under a year Syrian militias began a full-fledged war between themselves and the Syrian government. Almost immediately after the Syrian War was declared a war the United Nations jumped in to aid the innocent civilians who were being hurt from the weapons of warfare. Since Syria was already a poor area the war only made it worse and left many homeless and exposed to the fighting in the streets. With over 25,000 dead and 2.5 million in need of food, water and medical supplies the Syrian War crisis has received responses from all over the world… but it’s not enough to bring a sense of safety to the innocent people of Syria (Hilleary pars.

In May 2011, the Syrian people took to the streets in peaceful demonstration against the Assad regime’s lack of political progress and extreme responses to anti-government graffiti. However, the protests soon became violent. The government tortured, killed, and shot at the protesters. The situation escalated to a civil war, which is still raging on today. Syrians started fleeing Syria and crossing the border into neighboring countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq.

The Syrian people began taking to the streets in hopes of a peaceful protest against the Assad regime. The Syrian government did not like this one bit and responded with excessive force, resulting in the shooting, killing, and torturing of many innocent peaceful protesters. This soon escalated into an all out civil war where the country was divided into three major groups that are occupied by the regime members, islamic extremists, and rebel fighters. The conflict in this area has become so brutal and entangled with foreign help from many countries, that citizens of the affected war zones needed to evacuate their villages to be

The Syrian crisis began in early 2011 when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began a brutal crackdown on protests throughout the country. In March 2011, security forces opened fire on protesters at a “Day of Rage” rally in the southern city of Deraa, triggering violence and civilian death. The Syrian government’s violent response led to military personal leaving the

Catalyzed by the Egyptian-born Wael Ghonim, who in June 2010 created a Facebook page in response to a picture of “28-year-old” Egyptian Khaled Mohamed Said, “who had been beaten to death by the Egyptian police”, young people in Egypt unleashed a social and political revolution against Hosni Mubarak’s repressive regime. Within months of setting up the page, called ‘We Are All Khaled Said’, over 250,000 people followed it. Inspired by Ghonim’s call to action, demonstrators protested against torture and other regime-led human rights abuses, high unemployment, poverty, and corruption, which “led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak and the dissolution of the ruling National Democratic Party.” Seeing how Egypt’s masses were able to affect political and social change, young pro-democracy advocates in other Arab countries—including Tunisia, Yemen, and Morocco—were encouraged to followed suit.

(2) Syrians now have to ask permission from the government in order to protest. (2) The Prime minister of Turkey does not agree with the action the governments is using against the Syrians. (2) A conference was set up by Turkey to back the Syrian protestors. (2) In response to the protestors Assad 's military took action against the cities the protesters live in. (2) The European Union has taken actions against the government by freezing the travel of 13 Syrian officials on 9 May 2011 and finally freezing Assad 's travel on 23 May 2011. (2) In February 2012 the death toll of civilians was 7,500. (2) The Syrian military apparently disregards the death toll and began an assault on Homs. (2) The United Nations proposed a peace plan to end the violence and Syria accepts the plan March 2012. (2) This plan works for a couple of days and the violence resumes. (2) Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been helping and arming the rebels that have been holding on to the Northern areas. (2) Iran and Lebanon militant groups have been sending weapons to the Syrian military. (2) Many believe that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its civilians, but once again the government denies having any affiliation with the weapons. (2) 14 September 2013 Syria agrees to place its chemical weapons under international control. (2)

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

Conflict Mapping the Tunisian Revolution from the perspective of the main advocates that took over this revolution, the youth of Tunisia through their participation in crucial events, reflected on the problems their country face in the transition to democracy. First the revolution was initiated by disillusioned youth who succeeded in bringing together a broad coalition of social and political forces against the Ben Ali’s regime. Second the coalition was able to bring down the regime due to longstanding and widespread discontent in the country that stemmed from factors such as: massive unemployment especially among the youth, unequal regional development and lack of equitable distribution of

As of 2013, due to foreign involvement, the war has been called a proxy war, a multi-sided war where neither country directly engages with another. I will now be playing a short video that outlines and explains the key events of this conflict and it will also help you grasp just how elaborate and unsolvable the Syrian Conflict is. {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKb9GVU8bHE&index=16&list=LLqO3HSDvoQCB_MCA85i3sJQ, 5:00} Now we are able to recognize that they are a lot of groups and outside countries involved in Syria’s war and even among allies they are many disagreements on who their enemies are, who to support and how to do it. These contradictions are the major reason why for this war, there is no end in sight.

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