Syrian Civil War: How it began, Impacts & Parties Involved

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How the Civil War began:

In March 2011, a riot took place in the city of Derea demanding the release of 15 students who where held in prison for writing anti-goverment slogans on walls. The police tried to disperse the crowd with real bullets and tear gas. As a result, those anti-goverment riots were spread in other cities too.

Real causes of the Civil War:

In 2009, Qatar proposed to Assad to build a gas pipeline which route would go through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Europe. Assad refused in order not to undermind the interests of Iran’s alliance to build the gas pipeline. The pipeline will now cross Iraq and Syria in order to become an energy hub. Finally the aggrement was signed in 2011.

TODAY: After Turkey’s attack on the northeast Syria, the United States have aggred to a “ceasefire”. In the meanwhile, Turkey calls it a “pause”.

Impact on the world: Apparently, such a war has numerous side effects all over the world.

(Of course these numbers are constantly changing).

SOCIAL IMPACT: The Syrian Civil War is considered as the biggest tragedy of the humanity since the World War 2, with millions of refugees.

CULTURAL IMPACT: It’s true that the war has led to the destruction of monuments which are a global cultural heritage and concerne all the societies around the world.

ECONOMICAL IMPACT: The war was the cause of economic problems in neighboring countries due to many refugges (Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey).

RELIGIOUS IMPACT: We also have the rejuvenation of religious beliefs.

Parties involved:

- The main parties are the Assad Government, the Kurdish Forces, the Rebel Groups and the Islamic State.

The regional parties:

- Iran, Iraq and Hezbollah that support the Assad Government.

- Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia that support the Rebel Groups.

- Kurds from Iraq and Turkey that support the Kurdish Forces.

The international parties:

- Firstly, Russia is the main funder of the Assad Government.

- The International Alliance (US, UK, France, Canada, Australia and more) support the Anti-Assad Rebel Groups and the Kurdish Forces. They actually want to limit the power of the Islamic State and of course gain power in a very important geopolitical region.

• Our main results from our research are that today the Syrian Civil War has become an international political and social subject. There are numerous interests controlling the situation and of course the impact on the global society has become a part of the human history.
• All the images of this article are from a video explaining the Syrian situation by Le Monde Diplomatique.

Our professor: Betty Tsakarestou

Our team: Dimitris Plastourgos, paris almagkout, eddy Michailidis, Vasilis Vasilopoulos