subject of harsh criticism from global organizations. Socioeconomic inequality added to the general atmosphere of mistrust and dissatisfaction with the President‚ which eventually provoked the unrest. The demonstrations against the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad began in March‚ 2011 and soon the protest movement escalated into a full-scale war‚ with the Syrian Armed forces and the Syrian opposition being the main belligerent parties. Many countries as well international organizations condemned the
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something. We do not think action needs to be taken; we do not want action to be taken. Our allies‚ the UK‚ has rejected the attack‚ and said they will not even reconsider it. The sole purpose for starting this war is in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad’s suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. Bombing Syria‚ will not save the civilians. You will just be taking more civilian’s lives in the process. You cannot make peace within a country by starting a war against them. Secondly
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After Khalidiya‚ Syria conflict goes on Government and opposition sources are not quite yet in agreement on what is happening in Khalidiya. Syrian state TV began reporting on Sunday night that this opposition enclave of Homs‚ held by the rebels since the summer of 2011‚ had fallen. Activists and fighters in Homs denied it‚ saying the government had made big gains but there were still pockets of fighters hanging on. Later though‚ one opposition source said the enclave was "80% gone"‚ while another
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party is what changed the history of Syria. [1] In 1970‚ a man named Hafez al-Assad became President of Syria. He was the president who amended the Syrian constitution in order to reduce the age of the President from 40 to 30. This allowed his son Bashar al-Assad to become a ruling president in 2000‚ unopposed. [1] Since his presidency‚ Syria has become very violent because of the numerous rebel groups that are against this ruler who claims that he will be Syria’s only ruler; a ruler for life. Recent
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Story 1: AGENCIES CONFIRM TRANSFER OF PDAF TO FAKE NGOs The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee continues to investigate the pork barrel scam‚ a system of kickbacks for lawmakers and public officials. Subsidiary agencies of the Agriculture Department are in the hot seat‚ revealing some of the scam’s complex layers. Ayee Macaraig reports. The pork barrel scam unravels. This time‚ subsidiary agencies of the Agriculture Department come under fire. Former heads of the National Agribusiness Corporation
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of the Middle East‚ more specifically Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Libya‚ Yemen‚ Bahrain‚ Syria‚ and Israel‚ commonly referred to as the Greater Arab Spring. The current conflict is driven by opposition government forces in the north and supports of President Bashar al-Assad; the conflict driven to a degree by ethnic groups conflicts‚ human rights‚ and freedom. The Syrian conflict‚ in the context of this argument‚ is defined as the possible steps the international community may take to stop the ongoing conflict
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M.K.N Uprising in Syria Thesis: The situation in Syria began as a secular upheaval‚ but internal mismanagement by the regime in attempting to gem up fear by negatively embellishing the prospects of regime change has turned Syria into a hotbed of ethno-sectarian warfare‚ which in turn has attracted foreign jihadists to Syria who seek to hijack what began as a secular movement into one with religious connotations. As a result although the
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Libya and Syria: A Crisis Engineered The situations that occurred in Libya and are presently occurring in Syria are much distorted in majority of the population’s eyes‚ with loose details and misinformation being preached by politicians‚ reported by the mainstream media‚ and discussed internationally. One key guide to being informed and understanding the events that took place is to realize that living in a certain part of the world shifts your views and the influences apart of that culture or
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which is tied with a rope‚ the group of Russian and Chinese man tries to cut the rope in order to prevent the assistance. Let’s now look at the Syrian politics and its history in order to help us to understand the point the image hope to make. Bashar Al-Assad‚ the president of Syria‚ initially wanted to reform democracy for the country in the year 2000. However‚ in the year 2011‚ there was a civil uprising that requested him to resign‚ but he refused to do so. With the support from Russia and
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Syria has undergone a great amount of inhumane conflict for the past five years. Syria’s civil war was set off by Arab spring protests in 2011‚ against the regime of President Bashar Assad. As a result of this revolt‚ a huge breakout of violent Islamic groups began going around many parts of the country and gained power. Furthermore‚ many Syrians have been displaced all around and brought into refugees into certain countries such as Lebanon‚ Turkey‚ Jordan‚ the Kurdistan region of Iraq and Egypt
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