The Rule Of The Ottoman Empire

But by 1920, neither that state nor its Islamic institutions held prominence in the Middle East, and its former Arab and Turkish subjects faded into obscurity. In its final century the Ottoman system underwent considerable transformation. The reform movement strengthened the administrative efficiency and the military capability of the empire, but at the same time the reforms were bound to undermine the foundations on which the Ottoman order rested. Despite the administrative changes and the spread of nationalist revolts in the Balkans, the Arab subjects of the empire neither wanted, nor anticipated, its collapse and replacement by a regional Arab state system. The doctrine of Arabism surfaced before the war, but it was not so much a program for political independence so much as a demand for Arab autonomy within an Ottoman framework. Thus, at the outbreak of the war, Ottomanism remained the dominant ideology in the Arabic-speaking provinces. And despite all the attention that Sharif Husayn’s revolt later received, they did not detach the majority of Arabs from their Ottoman loyalties during the war years. But by the end of the war in 1918, Ottomanism was irrelevant. The French occupation of Damascus and the creation of regional states, compelled the Arab elites to focus their attention on developments in their own new states. Arabs that had been formerly occupants of Ottoman provinces, now had to create new identities as Iraqis, Syrians, Palestinians, etc. One element in the post-Ottoman Middle East did remain constant, the individuals who rose to political prominence in the new states were mainly those who had held positions of power and or influence within the Ottoman system, whether they were local notables or prior Ottoman civil servants and

In 1936 the French decided to decolonize the area. Syria and Lebanon would continue as independent states. Ironically, it is exactly where Suleiman al-Assad looked

Syria is located in the Middle East and the capital of Syria is Damascus. Although this can be a diverse region, the official language of Syria is Arabic. Even though the official language is Arabic, there are many more languages spoke there such as, Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, and Circassian. The region’s population is about 22.5 million people. Syria’s largest mountain is Mount Hermon and the longest river is Euphrates. Syria is also home to Lake Assad, which is the largest lake in Syria (Operation World). Syria’s economy is based on its exports. Syria is known for their oil, petroleum, and cotton fiber (Operation World). The United States has tried to get ahold of the oil in the Middle East. During the Gulf War in the Middle East, between 1967 and 1973, the United States sided with Israel. This led to the oil embargo, where the Arabs refused to sell oil to the United States for a short time. This led to an energy crisis in the United States (Hobbs, 178). In Syria and much of the Middle East they also grow a lot of food. Some of their main agriculture is wheat, barley, and cotton (Syria Facts). Syria has a very fertile plain because it is along the Mediterranean coast which provides good soil for growing crops. However, over half of Syria

Islam plays a very important role to the Syrian history, the people are very proud of their ancient history. In the current Syria 90% of the population is Muslim and a 10% is Christian, among the Muslims 74% sects divide are Sunni and the rest. Thru the years conflict has grown between these various Muslim groups and sects, their fighting is mostly about how to rule the country and who has the upper hand as it is seen in the recent “civil war” as we call it, many groups have turn their sect into extremist cells with the excuse to form a new way of ruling, causing havoc and ruining the live of innocent people

The recent conflict in Syria encompasses a series of events that have led to a political and humanitarian crisis. Since the civilization origins, Syria has suffered invasions, changes and violence. In the 1900’s and after 400 years of Ottoman’s Empire domain, the Arab army, supported by French, entered in Damascus. Emir Feisal was crowned as king of Syria, but French troops forced him to resign few months later. A new France state has been arisen, and it was divided in three separate regions and dominated by two religious groups: the Alawis and the Druze. The French domain did not last long and faced nationalist’s protests. Finally, Syria gains independence although France had the economic and military control until 1946 when the last French troops left Syria. Since then, military and civilian government interleaved power. The Arab Socialist Baath party was created but a coup d’etat dissolves all the political parties

When Hafez al-Assad and his party The Ba'ath Party, seized power and he became the President of Syria, Hafez al-Assad started building a base for a disgusting dictatorship. Hafez al-Assad given power and high ranks in the military and the government to mostly the Alawites(A branch of Islam), he wanted to prevent people turning against him due to belief or becoming a mole as Alawites his people. All of that showed the favouritism in the Assad regime from the beginning, which later on his son Bashar al-Assad took over when his father died, but unfortunately nothing has changed. The long reigning Assad regime has destroyed Syria, because the regime is anti-western, anti-jew, and anti-human rights.

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

Since March of 2011, Syria’s government has been under the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Throughout the country, there has been an intense conflict between the People of Syria and their government and as a result pro-democratic protests have emerged throughout the country as a way to end the reign and regime of the Assad Family who has been in power since 1971.

Despite its reputation for almost anarchism-like conditions, Syria is a complex country with an interesting history and government affairs.

As seen on television, Syria is in disarray and in the midst of a deadly conflict. This conflict did not appear out of nowhere. In fact, this Syrian Civil war is the result of a variety of historic and contemporary factors. In the middle of a grosme civil war, Syria is experiencing consistent intervention by world powers like the United States of America and Russia, a variety of human rights abuses and the ever growing threat of islamic extremist in the region. Too many political scientist and historians Due to foreign intervention, a political power vacuum, religious strafe and the Arab Spring it isn't surprising to political scientist and historians that all of these factors have contributed

Syria’s official leader is dictator Bashar al-Assad who has committed many atrocities to his own people. Most of Syria’s current problems can be traced back to March 2011 when Assad ordered police to shoot at peaceful Arab demonstrators. In a few months the demonstrators start shooting back and Assad calls in military forces to deal with these people. This new branch of Syria’s military is named the Free Syrian Army and their aim is to serve Assad against rebels and protesters. That is when the previously

In Syria, religious prosecution have deteriorated, civil society groups have been impaired, media official censorship have enlarged and there is been a large scale of starvation and torture within civilians and detainees.

The recent conflict in Syria encompass a series of events that have led to a political and humanitarian crisis. Since the civilization origins, Syria have suffered invasions, changes and violence. In the 1900’s and after 400 years of Ottoman Empire domain, the Arabs army, supported by French, entered in Damascus. Emir Feisal was crown as king of Syria but he was forced to dismiss few months later by French troops. A new France’ state have been arisen, and it was divided in tree separate regions and dominated by two religious groups: the Alawis and the Druze. However, French faced nationalist’s protests and finally Syria gains independence but France still have had the economic and military control until 1946 when last French troops

For centuries Syria has been fought over by empires, primarily for its geographical location. Syria is located on the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Mediterranean and is slightly larger than the state of North Dakota ("Countries Compared by Geography > Area > Comparative. International Statistics at NationMaster.com," n.d.). Within the 71,000 square miles of its desert terrain, Syria is home to a population of 16,673,282 people (Stanford, 2016). Most of the population, especially the wealthy, resides near the Mediterranean Sea in the country’s capital, Damascus. According to Countries and their Culture,

The Syrian conflict began 2011 during the Arab Spring uprisings. The movement started as an uprising for democracy at a time when residents in a small town called Dara’a, protest against the government of the torture of young boys. This demonstration spread across the country when the Syrian government responded very violently by sending military tanks and shooting at protesters (Sharara, & Kani, 2014). This action has spiral over to competing for rebel groups, terrorist group and government troops fighting each other displacing and killing millions of Syrians.