Syria War Crimes Rough Draft
To understand why Syria is in such bad shape, we have to understand what caused the civil war in the first place. What happened in Syria to motivate the citizens to rebel against their government? First we have to understand the makeup of Syria and its citizens.
As of July 2013 Syria has a population of 22,457,336. Syria is a very divided country ethnically and religiously. 74% of the population is Sunni Muslim, 16% is other Muslims such as Alawite and Druze. The last 10% is Christian. The problem starts with the government. The ruling family of Assad and much of the country’s ruling class is Alawite which is the distinct minority in the country. The median age for anyone living in Syria is 22 years old. One-Third
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He being the youngest child was not expected to take over, but after his older brother died he had no choice but to take control event without any training or experience as a leader. The country is very controlled with media and information. It anyone opposes Al-Assad they are usually imprisoned.
Since Syria has such a young population they are exposed to new ideas and they aren’t afraid to stand up for change. In March 2011, there were protests against the government and al-Assad. While protesting a group of teens painted revolutionary slogans on a school wall, and they were soon imprisoned. This enraged the rest of the Syrian population because the group of teens were being tortured by the government. Once the government released them there was more protesting. The police shot and killed a 4 protesters. While at their funeral the police ended up showing up and killing another person.
Al-Assad still remain in control. He has support from all the major businesses and the minority communities like the Christians. They also have protection from the Russians and the Iranians. Russia currently has a naval base in Syria, while the al-Assad has ties to the Iranian ruling family. Russia has denied all attempts from the UN Council to take action against
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They had shortness of breath, disorientation, runny nose, eye irritation,, blurred vision, vomiting and they all eventually lost consciousness and died. Around 1,300 people have died because of these attacks, not including the people that went to the hospital and later died. Most of these deaths were women and children.
Using Sarin Nerve gas is a huge human rights violation. The citizens have no choice but to breathe in the chemical and die, or not breathe and eventually die. Sarin is considered one of the most deadly agents to use in chemical warfare. It is considered “20 times more deadly that cyanide. It causes death within minutes of exposure because it attacks the nervous system and causes respiratory failure. When the gas was released it is most likely the citizens had no idea that they were getting exposed to this chemical because it is odorless, tasteless and
The authoritarian regimes of the Middles cycled through a pattern of anti-western policy until the globalization effects of economics and information demanded reform. As conservative Arab states try to maintain the autocracy they relied on after gaining independence, their citizens, affected by information and education expansion, challenge their resistant governments as typified by Syria’s unwillingness to capitulate. The proliferation of information and education underscored the protest movements of the Arab Spring because citizens’ contempt for their obstinate governments grew to large under economic pressures, as the current situation in Syria demonstrates.
The war in Syria has been going on for six years now, killing more than a quarter million people and forcing over 10 million people to leave their homes. It has started with a peaceful protest and is now a full on genocide of people dying. The protest was for the arrest and torturing of Syrian teens for the graffiti of their anti government on a wall. When people form other people that were tired of the government saw this, they wanted their president to make major reforms of their democracy. He didn't like that, so he responded with a violent reaction. He killed thousands of Syrians and more from starvation. As the war went on, more people came in to play a role in the war. These people were from many different places. It has gotten so bad that politicians don't know what to do to stop it.
The uneven amount of unfairness in Syria is fueling the violence. The reasons why Syria started a war because there were not much freedom, unemployment, widespread corruption, etc.
The Syrian Crisis began almost three years ago. Since then, the killings, the bombings and the fleeing haven’t stopped. Obama’s administration was blamed for letting the Assad regime, which is an Alawite minority, tyrannize its Sunni people who are a majority, for all this time, and for allowing the radical jihadist power, a part of the opposition, to benefit from the uprising.
As some were killed in detention, protests spread throughout the countryside, after the government failed to punish the murderers. Then, in April of 2011, shots were fired at protestors, and a full-scale armed rebellion flared. By July of the same year, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) was formed. The FSA was formed by independent local militias with the aim of toppling the Syrian government without any central control. When Jihadists joined in the FSA, the rebel militia lost what little control they had with the impulsive extremists. Another factor of Syrian disunion is due to the Jihadists separate agenda to the FSA, no one could be trusted. By 2013, the death toll of Syrians form the Civil War was over 100,000. Another factor of Syrian disunion was the threat of chemical warfare by Syrian President Al-Assad. With constant terror dominating society, and a miserable lifestyle, rid of hope, it is easy to see why there is such a large number of Syrians seeking
We need to take what we have learned from World War II and apply it to our current situation. There are 4.3 million Syrian refugees and 6.6 million Syrians that are displaced within Syria. This is the greatest amount of refugees the world has seen since World War II. Alexander Betts, Director of Oxford’s refugee center, said “nations have locked down their borders, crammed refugees into transit camps, and said they won't take in Muslims, creating alarming echoes of the past for WWII historians and Holocaust
The country of Syria just hit it’s fifth year on war. Many people are out of jobs or short on education. Lots of people have fled trying to find a better place to live. While others took the dangerous route by staying and trying to make the best of life.
An attack on the Syrian state would fall within the boundaries of the international concept of the responsibility to protect. The crisis in Syria has escalated by protests in March 2011 calling for the release of all political prisoners. National security forces responded to widespread peaceful demonstrations with the use of brutal violence. The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad refused to stop attacks and allow for implementation of the reforms requested by the demonstrators. By July 2011, firsthand accounts emerged from witnesses, victims, and the media that government forces had subjected innocent civilians to detention, torture, and the use of heavy weaponry. The Syrian people were also subjected to the Shabiha, a largely armed state sponsored militia fighting with security forces. Al-Assad continually denied responsibility to these crimes and placed blame on the armed groups and terrorists for these actions.
Syria is a country located in the middle-east, and is the main source of refugees that are spreading across the world today. I’ve done a lot of research over the past few weeks over the Syrian refugee crisis. I’ve found the Al-Assad family has led Syria for over 46 years. Hafiz Al-Assad led from 1971-2000, and then Bashar Al-Assad from 2000 to present day. I also discovered that in 2011 many neighboring Middle Eastern countries had revolutions, over throwing their ruthless dictatorships. The Assad’s during this time refused to step down from their place as rulers of Syria, thus creating a civil war.
As the Arab Spring enters its second year, major uprisings and revolts have occurred all over the Middle East, pushing for an end to the corrupt autocratic rule and an expansion of civil liberties and political rights. Most recently, images from Syria have emerged, depicting the government’s use of force to suppress the voice of its people. One might ask, “Is this the beginning of a revolution? Is the country on the path to democracy?” To assess this question and examine the future trends in the region, one must look back on the country’s somewhat tumultuous history, the relationship between the citizens and the state, and the political economy.
Syria has many causes to the food famine that is going on. Syria’s most effective cause would be drought in “2006 Syria has had its worst drought in 900 years” (News hour 10). The food production in this country has dropped by “40% since 2010” (Rohrer 3). This caused their farms to die down and also their water to be limited and there food to be expensive. Over “11 million” locals from Syria have had to leave there
We, the citizens of Syria, have decided to no longer endure the trials of living in a country such as this one. We will successfully overthrow our current abusive government and make this country our own. Our government no longer supports our human rights and because of that we are given right to overthrow it. The reader of this document will be provided with our new choosen rights and given evidence to support our claims for separation.
The Syrian Civil war started in March of 2011. Over 220,000 people have died since then. The
The UN commission of inquiry deemed that both sides have committed war crimes like rape, murder, and torture as well as revoking access to water and food as a method of war. The UN Security Council demanded these acts to stop, however, civil civilian gatherings have been targeted by the state and such acts have been deemed a massacre. Along with weapon violence, chemical warfare has been used as well. Since 2013, Hundreds of people have been killed through chemicalized rockets and the United States threatened military intervention if the weapons were not destroyed. Following the current Syrian state, four million people have fled Syria and 7.6 million have been displaced, these numbers add up to half of the state’s pre-crisis population. This has generated a humanitarian crisis and one of the largest amount of refugees fleeing from a single event in history. A side effect to this Syrian conflict is the allowance for the up rise of the Islamic State, an extremist group that now controls land throughout Syria. The United States countered the Islamic State by launching air strikes against them and assisting the stateless nation of
(http://www.pomeps.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POMEPS_BriefBooklet4_Syria-TEXT_WEB-1.pdf) Mona Yacoubian and Radwan Ziadeh. 4 May 2011 Project on Middle East Political Science. 13 Apr. 2012