Quick OverviewSyrian Flag
•A little bit bigger than North Dakota•Bordered by Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, Iraq, and Jordan•Government: republic under a military regime•President: Bashar al-Assad
Unrest began in March, 2011 when the Tunisian revolution reached Syria
Citizens in a small town protested the treatment of students, who put up anti-government graffiti
Government responded with heavy force President Bashar al-Assad: force or reform?
April 2011: after hints of reform, Assad had major crackdowns
Sent tanks into restive cities to open fire on protestors Soldiers began to turn on the government
U.N. referred to this as “the verge of civil war” Syrian National Council formed Conflict comes down to ethnic divisions:
Assad's and nation’s elite= AlawiteSunni Muslims= Insurgents
History of the War
Syria is a strategic nexus Assad has been condemned around the world
Arab League has called him to step downExpelled from the leaguePressed China and Russia to break their
ties with his regimeUnited Nations
Truce monitorsCease fire
Lebanon is allowing Sunni’s to flee to refugee camps
Response from other countries
“Government brutality shames
the world …into paying
attention”-TIME Magazine
Print or Online?About the sameMany options online
TelevisionMore interestingAble to see
RadioDescriptiveInteresting
What did I benefit from?
Associated Press. (App on my Iphone) “UN monitors brings lull to Syria hotspot; Annan hopes bigger observer team can salvage truce.” April 22, 2012. Web. (March 3, 2012).
Associated Press. “Syria Accepts U.N. plan.” The Richmond Times Dispatch. March 28, 2012. A4. Print.
“Syria.” infoplease. Pearson Education, 2000-2012. Web. (May 21, 2012).
“Syria.” The New York Times. The New York Times Company, May 16, 2012. Web. (May 16, 2012).
Walt, Vivienne. “Escape from Syria.” Time Magazine. March 2012. Print.
Syria Map Pinpoint: Screen Shot of my Iphone search in Google Maps
Comparison Map: A screen shot from my Iphone from a Google Maps search
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108016.html
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