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The war in Syria has now lasted for seven years.

Although its roots lie in peaceful protests against the government, it has become something much more complex.

Joe Inwood explains who is fighting whom and why,

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The war in Syria has now lasted for seven years. Although its roots lie in peaceful protests against the government, it has become something much more complex. Joe Inwood explains who is fighting whom and why,

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5. One action of the leader in power in this country is...

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Night of Broken Glass - Decades TV Network

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The war in Syria explained in five minutes

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After watching the video I learned that Syria's conflict is really harsh , I was able to understand that Syria is going down and so are their people.
A question I still have after watching the video is how many Syrians are left?
The country and people are affected because the presidents war crimes and wanting to be in power.
The problem seems to be that Syria's president wants to be in power and is going to war with others.
One action of the leader in power in this country is going to war with their people and.

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Today we are going to learn about the three countries and time periods that we will be discussing in our next novel titled Refugee. We will watch the videos as a class. Then, you will complete the following responses using the sentence starters provided.

As you watch the videos consider these questions:

What is happening in the video?

What time period is this?

Who is it affecting?

Who/what is the problem?

What questions do you have?

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand that the president assad just wanted power

2. A question I still have after watching the video is why couldnt president asad just give up his status and gave it to someone else

3. The country and people are affected because they have been i war for atleast 7 years and the president assad has been blamed for the deaths of many citizens because he wants as much power as he can get

4. The problem seems to be that they became a proxy war and all the county wanted was power and money but they have done war crimes

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is president assad and he only wanted the power which lead to him being blamed for war crimes

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand that the Syria war can get real serious.

2. A question I still have after watching the video is how long did it take for everything to come back to normal.

3. The country and people are affected because they don ´ t want to die in the war and they do not want their country to crumble.

4. The problem seems to be that they want to have power and stay in power.

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is to launch  weapons.

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Takes place between 2011- 2018
There are different groups in war with each other like the president being protected by the russians and other ethnic groups trying to take down the president but he wants to stay in power and they say he is responsible for the war and crimes he did.
It is affected by Syria as a country and its citizens and may have affected other countries.
The problem is that there is a war in Syria between the government, ethic groups and rebels. The ethic groups are trying to take down the president but he is protected by the Russians and other groups
An action that the president has done from the country was causing war crimes

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand that the Syria war is very serious.

2. A question I still have after watching the video is why does the presentation want to make everything a problem .

3. The country and people are affected because they might die because they don't want to be in the war.

4. The problem seems to be the presentation wants to stay in power.

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is to launch weapons.

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After the first video, I was able to understand that Syria has been at war for about 7 years. Syria is at war because he wants power and for that he's willing to do anything and even start a war, he's been accused of war crime.  They go in involved because Russia is their biggest ally.  And Turkey is a part of Nato who is now working with Russia.

A question I still have after watching the video is why hasn't the Syria president been arrested after the crimes that he did ?

The country and people are affected because many people are still dying.

The problem seems to be that the countries don't get along ?

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand that they have been at war for 7 years and that their presidante is willing to anything to be in power and that the presidant and the presadante of putan are good friends and if the presandant falles witht eh power then russia falles to

2. A question I still have after watching the video is how many people have died

3. The country and people are affected because there land is being destroyed and there people are being killed

4. The problem seems to be that there presidant want to be in charge of verything and is willing to take many risks to be in power

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is

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1. After watching video 2, I was able to understand that many people died

2. A question I still have after watching the video is why do so many people have to die.

3. The country and people are affected because many people die and many people lose their loved ones any Syria is losing their people.

4. The problem seems to be that War in Syria has created the largest refugee and displacement crisis

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is What began as protests against President Assad’s regime in 2011 quickly into a full-scale war between the Syrian government backed by Russia and Iran and anti government rebel groups backed by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and others in the region. Three campaigns drive the conflict

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After watching the 2nd video, I was able to understand that many people in Syria are dying because of their president.

A question I still have after watching this video is why get
the people involved ??

This affects the country and the people because many people are dying.

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand that the president Assad just wanted power

A question I still have after watching the video is why couldn't the president Assad just give up his power and pass it to someone else

The country and people are affected because they have been in war for at least 7 years and the president Assad has been blamed for many deaths

The problem seems to be that they want to have power.

One action of the leader in power in this country is that he wants to launch dangerous weapons

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand why they were fighting.

A question I still have after watching the video is why would he start a war even tho he might know that it is going to be big.

The country and people are affected because many people are dying and many people's lives are getting torn apart.

The problem seems to be that many people were entering the war.

One action of the leader in power in this country is they used chemicals to try and kill people.

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand that Assad would do anything to keep power  and he was being accused of war crime and using chemicals to keep the power.
A question I still have after watching the video is why did Assad not wanna give up his power?
The country and people are affected because they are losing parts of their homes and the president keeps committing war crime for power
The problem seems to be Assad committing war crimes for power and doesn't wanna give up his position.
One action of the leader in power in this country is using chemicals for war crimes

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand that some of the protesting was turned into war

A question I still have after watching the video is why the president give up his status to someone else

The country and people are affected because they were caught in the war for 7 years and the president was blamed for all of the deaths of the people

The problem seems to be that it became a proxy war and the country wanted power and money but they have done the war crimes

One action of the leader in power in this country is that the president only wanted power and thats why he was blamed for the war crimes

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after i watched video one i found out that people are fighting and that people were trying to take over other people countries .

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why did the war start

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1. After watching video 2, I was able to understand that a lot of people are starting to die more often.

2. A question I still have after watching the video is what had to start the war?

3. The country and people are affected because people are having to leave their homes and go somewhere more safe.

4. The problem seems to be that the people in Syria are having to flee their homes and go to a safe zone.

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is what he would do if he gained more power.

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People are raising their voices because the president Al saad tried to be a different kind of leader but he didnt allow free speech and democratic rule. Causing protests around the country but many people died because the military decided to shoot them

This is affected by more than 60,00 thousand Syrians and could affect Lebanon, turkey and Israel.
The problem is that alawites are Favorited and dont allow other religions to take while the war was on going and now there is rebels around the Syria killing innocent syrians and the president is being protected by Russia and Iran but the ethic groups want to take the president down.

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand that the War in Syria was very serious. A question I still have after watching the video is why didnt the president give up his statues. The country and people are affected because they dont want to die in the war. The problem seems to be that they want power. One action of the leader in power in this country is weapons.

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After watching video 1, i was able to understand why they were going to war.

A question i still have after watching the video is how do people get rescued.

The country and people were affected because of the war and rebels.

The problem seems to be about who's in charge and the way they treat the country

One action of the leader in power in this country is can lead to bad consequenses

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand that syria has been at war for about 7 years because of their president he wanted power.

2.A question I still have after watching the video is why even start all of this?

3.The country and people are affected because alot of loved one are dying and people are still dying.

4. The problem seems to be that who is in charge and how they treat the country

5.One action of the leader in power in this country is they used chemicals to try and kill people.

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand is that many people died without doing anything but a peaceful protests

2. A question I still have after watching the video is why did Assas not let people protests

3. The country and people are affected because many innocent people died and lost loved ones all because assad wanted power

4. The problem seems to be that the rebels wanted assad to be out of power and out of syria because they had no freedom in syria when he became president.

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is that while people back in 2011 were having a peaceful protest but president assad turned it into a war of the rebels and the government

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand that the Syria war is serious.
A question I still have after watching the video is how many syrians are left?
The country and people are affected because there land is being detroyed and alot of people are being killed
The problem seems to be that Syria and the government are in war.
One action of the leader in power in this country is to launch weapons.

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After watching video 2, I was able to understand that Syrian people are dying because of their president.
A question I still have after watching the video is what led the president to do this to his country and people?
The country and people are affected because both the country and the people are dying.
The problem seems to be that the president wants power.
One action of the leader in power in this country is going at war.

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1. After watching video 2, I was able to understand. that they were starting to fight and that after the president died his son took over and said he will make it better but he didn't

2. A question I still have after watching the video is... why would he start this when there are people he has to take care if

3. The country and people are affected because... they ended up dying and the fight ruined almost everything

4. The problem seems to be... that the leader keeps fighting and not just finishing it and helping the people

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is... that he stated the fight

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After watching video 2, I was able to understand why he wanted to kill other people.

A question I still have after watching the video is why was he acting so nice but then he wanted to kill them later.

The country and people are affected because many people were killed in the war.

The problem seems to be when the first leader died he took over because he was his son.

One action of the leader in power in this country is when his father died he took his power and he acted nice to people then turned back on them.

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After watching video 2, I was able to understand  that many citizens died

A question I still have after watching the video is what was the cause of the war

The country and people are affected because many innocent lives are dead all because Assad wanted power

The problem seems to be that the opposition wanted Assad to run out of power

One action of the leader in power in this country is going to war to gain more power.

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Fidel Castro wanted Cuba to be a communist country and restricted the land Cubans can own free speech.

This affected many Cubans to making them more into poverty to being praised for bringing electricity.
The problem was that he left many Cubans poor.
One action of this leader was bringing things the people wanted and tried helping south Africa bring freedom.

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After watching video 2, I was able to understand that so many people died in the war

A question I still have after watching the video is is why would the president want to gain so much power but a lot of people died because of him

The country and people are affected because so many of the Citizens were killed while the war was going on

The problem seems to be that the rebels misplaced the civilians

One action of the leader in power in this country is that he got a lot of the citizens killed and he was blamed for War crime.

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After watching video 2, I was able to understand was that alot of people died due to the war. A question I still have after watching the video is why didnt the president let them protest. The country and people are affected because people are dying. The problem seems to be the president wanting them to fight. One action of the leader in power in this country is wanting power

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After watchin video 2 i was able to understand more about the conflict and how they fight in war

A question i still have is how the government's tactics work in the war

The country and people are affected by this war because of the violence

the problem seems to be about power and territory

one action of the leader in power in this country is their weapon strenth

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand was a good person and he helped his country and people that were in need.

2. A question I still have after watching the video is

3. The country and people are affected because they had a president that was described as a dictator for wanting power.

4. The problem seems to be that the only thing that he wanted was to have more power than the U.S.

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is to take away

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand that Fidel Castro was good to help his country with poor people but Castro's grip on the economy left most of the Cubans trapped in poverty, and during his nearly 50 years in power, thousands fled to the US.
A question I still have after watching the video is do Cubans think he's a hero or a villan?
The country and people are affected because they had to fled since he made the people go to poverty.
The problem seems to be that Cuba went into poverty.
One action of the leader in power in this country is helping the poor people.

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1. After watching video 2, I was able to understand why alot of people died in the war.

2. A question I still have after watching the video is how did the war start?

3. The country and people are affected because the country is ruined and so many people died.

4. The problem seems to be that the leader wants to keep on fighting.

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is they are in war to gain more power.

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After watching video 2, I was able to understand that they were fighting for power.
A question I still have after watching the video is are cuba and US allies now ?
The country and people are affected because Castro were okay with letting his people leave the country.
The problem seems to be that the US and Cuba were not on good sides especially because of the war that went through.
One action of the leader in power in this country is meeting Barack Obama which was the only normal relation Cuba and the US ever had.

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What is happening is the North and South fighting about Cuba and turning it into a slave state but the North states it as imperialism. In 1952, President Batista brings communism till Fidel Castro came almost causing WW# when bringing in nuclear missiles.
This affects mostly the US government since they wanted Cuba but feared when Fidel Castro took over communism would spread.
The problem is that they dont want communism to spread and Cuba to do other bad things so they intercepted Soviet Missiles.

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand that fidel castro was very strict but also helped cuba by making schools and bringing freedom to other contries

2. A question I still have after watching the video i

3. The country and people are affected because they had a strict president and was described as a dictator for wanting to be in power as well but he helped many get out of the poor life and have many things that used to not have before

4. The problem seems to be. that he wanted too be more powerful that united states

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is

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After watching the first video, I was able to understand that Castro was strict but also helped Cuba.

A question I have after watching the video is, why was Cuba's President rude to his people?

This affects the country and people because people might not like him because of the way he treat his people.

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1. After watching video 2, I was able to understand why alot of people in syria died.

2. A question I still have after watching the video is what was the cause of the war.

3. The country and people are affected because  alot of innocent people died.

4. The problem seems to be that they don't want assad to have power

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is what he would do if he gained more power.

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand...

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After watching video one i was able to understand castro's government

a question i still have is how did he die

the country and people are affected because of the communsism

the problem seems to be how fidel castro thinks

one action of the leader in power in this country is how he dictates a country

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After watching video 2, I was able to understand why america wanted Cuba.

A question I still have after watching the video is

The country and people are affected because when a new president came he used his power badly.

The problem seems to be when a new leader comes they use their power differently.

One action of the leader in power in this country is they wanted Cuba but then became allies but then Cuba had another leader so the Soviet Union threatened them with nuclear weapons

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After watching video 1, I was able to understand Fidel Castro wanted to help his country. A question I still have after watching the video is how do Cubans see Fidel Castro. The country and people are affected because they had a strict president. The problem seems to be that they are more powerful. One action of the leader in power in this country is how he treats them

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand that world war 3 was about to start in cuba

2. A question I still have after watching the video is why did USA take over cuba for a few years

3. The country and people are affected because when united states took over for a few years that could be confusing for the people in the country

4. The problem seems to be that the

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is that when fidel castro was in charge he started a lot of things

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand why Cuba Leader take things away from his people

2. A question I still have after watching the video is why was Cuba's leader so rude to his people

3. The country and people are affected because they might leave and Cuba might not be Cuba anymore

4. The problem seems to be Severe political repression has been constant throughout this time. Cuba has long been a one-party state. It has long restricted nearly all avenues of political dissent. It has long denied its people basic rights to fair trial, free expression, association, assembly, movement and the pres

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is to take away his people things.

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1. After watching video 2, I was able to understand that Cuba wanted to Cuba has long been a one-party state. It has long restricted nearly all avenues of political dissent. It has long denied its people basic rights to fair trial, free expression, association, assembly, movement and the press.

2. A question I still have after watching the video is why is Cuba and The USA have to fight over dumb things.

3. The country and people are affected because they will leave Cuba because they don't want to be part of that.

4. The problem seems to be Cuba and The USA are fighting over sugar and more other things.

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is to get people out and move them some were else.

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1. After watching video 1, I was able to understand that fidel castro is strict but he helps cuba.

2. A question I still have after watching the video is why was the cuba leader so rude to the people

3. The country and people are affected because they had to flee becuase he made people go into poverty.

4. The problem seems to be cuba went into poverty

5. One action of the leader in power in this country is to take away people's thing.