SYRIA AT WAR 101 *A country smaller than the state of Victoria with almost the exact same population as Australia (22.5 million approx). It borders Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon. Syria has both deserts and fertile areas and is steeped in history dating back to biblical times. *The Syrian Civil war is a conflict between its long-serving government and those seeking to boot it out of office. The Assad family has held power in Syria since 1971. First it was Hafez al-Assad, then Bashar al-Assad. *Unlike many regime leaders in the middle east middle, The Assad family is NOT religiously extreme. (They are Alawites - a relatively obscure branch of Islam which is not particularly hard-line.) =So the people have not been protesting against hard-line Islamists. * WHAT THEY ARE ANGRY ABOUT? =Failure of long-promised economic and political reforms = Conflict between its long-serving government and those seeking to boot it out of office. *WHY DID IT START? UPRISING1= In March 6, 2011, of some children painted anti-regime graffiti.Out of them some were killed in detention, which led to public protests and spread around the country - fuelled by the failure of the government to punish the perpetrators. UPRISING 2= The war started with demonstrations which mirrored those in neighbouring countries,which later led to a security crackdown. (In April 2011, the Syrian Army fired on demonstrators and the protests became a full-scale armed rebellion) SYRIA A BIT LATER Chemical attack on syria, anerve agent sarin was used in an attack on the Ghouta agricultural belt around Damascus on the morning of 21 August.( Death toll 1300) SYRIA NOW Syria has clear evidnce of systematically torturing and executing around 11,000 detainees since the start of the uprising 2 Sides in Syria Peace Talks Agree to Meet in the Same Room by the UN youtu.be/Ow27KnvlnZU
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