Syrian Conflict

Millions of people have died because of genocides. Some may or may not know that Syria is going through a mass killing right now. Syria is going through a civil war, which is the reason this conflict started. Genocide is an important topic because it allows people to learn that other people in different places don’t have as easy of a life as they do. Syria’s conflict is an important to talk about because the problem came out from a civil war unlike most genocide like problems coming from wars. The mass killing in Syria should not be considered genocide.

Before the government started to wipe out the Sunni, Syria started a civil war. This sparked the reason for the government to start killing the Sunni. They are killing the Sunni because the government believes that the Sunni are going to take over the Assad Family, which would result in the termination of the Alawite rule (Simon 1). According to Chip, the al-Assad regime were making chemical weapons to fight for the civil war, and once the government decided to eliminate the Sunni, they stared to use these weapons on them. Since 2013, around 110,000 people have died during the mass murder, causing people to believe that this problem is genocide (Amr 1).

The conflict in Syria should not be considered genocide because the government is killing the Sunni over a civil war. As stated by Chip, it was during the civil war they started killing the Sunni, so one can assume the government has a legitimate reason to kill them. Sources don’t specifically say, but one can also assume that Sunni were getting in the way of Alawites, so they were to kill them to win the war. If this is later stated true, it would defy the definition of genocide, because they are killing them over war reasons th...

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...should petition to help out many places going through mass killings to help stop them. One might think they are useless, but that one person could help save many lives.

Works Cited

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Salahi, Amr. "Middle East Monitor - The Latest from the Middle East." Middle East Monitor - The Latest from the Middle East. N.p., 23 Sept. 2013. Web. 03 Apr. 2014.

Carey, Chip. "Syria's Civil War Has Become a Genocide | World Policy Institute." Syria's Civi l War Has Become a Genocide | World Policy Institute. World Policy Institute, 16 Sept. 2013. Web. 30 Mar. 2014.