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Patricio Gonzalez A01194803
Juan Luis Guerrero A01194811
Andres Valenzuela A01720135
Rene Zubieta A01194896

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It all started as a peaceful uprising against the Syrian president, Bashar al Assad. The protest against the president six years ago, became into a huge war that has left many lives.

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War in Syria has increased during the last years. The war began in 2011 and has killed around 400,000 Syrian civilians. 55,000 innocent children have died in the range of six years of conflict. Children used to play outside, today they struggle to see sunlight.

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A UN commotion has evidence that all parties to the conflict related with terrorism  have committed war crimes, including murder, torture, rape and disappearances of civilians.

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The Spring 2002 Initiative has reported that human trafficking is linked to terrorism in Syria giving criminals a wider field of international drug trafficking, weapons and arms dealing, and even piracy, to name a few.

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Terrorist groups have been accused of using civilian suffering such as blocking access to food, water and health services , as a method of war.

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Around 4 million people have escaped from Syria because of Terrorism. They have fled to many countries around Syria. Turkey is now the largest refugee-hosting country in the world, sheltering 1,805,255 Syrians. Lebanon has taken in 1,172,735 Syrian refugees, Jordan 629,128, Iraq 249,726 and Egypt 132,375. There are more Syrians spread over Africa and Europe.

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Since terrorism started in Syria, the economy in the country went drastically down. A study showed that if the war did not happened the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could have been around 35$ billion dollars larger.

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Culture in Syria is being destroyed throughout the terrorist war. Since the war started there has been enormous damage to the country’s cultural heritage. Historical buildings have been bombed, archeological sites destroyed and artifacts stolen.

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Terrorism has affected political parties in Syria, not only making the civil war worst, but making the international relations more difficult with foreign countries. Making problems with the USA and making worst the civil war started by the corrupt government of Bashar al-Ass

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War in Syria has affected children’s lives. Kids start training to defend themselves and use weaponry not suited for them. They start participating in a war they have nothing to do, and risk their lives at a very young age. The war has affected society in Syria at its maximum.

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The terrorist war in Syria is a situation of interculturality. When Syrians have to go away from the country because of security, they fly to other countries and have to interact with them to fit in.

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