https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2019-01-25 15:51:28 UTC 2019-01-29 16:09:05 UTC hello@padlet.com sophia_proctor https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324374292 The Ba'ath Party is Syria's ruling party and the previous Syrian constitution of 1973 stated that ''the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party leads society and the state. President Bashar al Assad's family and his Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party have remained dominant forces in the country politics since 1970.]]> 2019-01-25 15:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324374292 sophia_proctor https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324383873 Human rights violations during the Syrian civil war have been numerous and serious, with United Nations reports stating that the war has been "characterized by a complete lack of adherence to the norms of international law" by the warring parties who have "caused civilians immeasurable suffering".]]> 2019-01-25 16:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324383873 sophia_proctor https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324394996 The Syrian Army, officially the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. It is the dominant military service of the four uniformed services, controlling the most senior posts in the armed forces and has greatest manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services. ]]> 2019-01-25 16:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324394996 sophia_proctor https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324402255 For months, Ankara has threatened to launch a new offensive in northern Syria to drive out the US-backed Kurdish fighters, following two other battles in the last three years. Turkish forces shelled YPG positions in the northern Syrian regionof Tal Rifaat last week, state reported on Friday.]]> 2019-01-25 16:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324402255 sophia_proctor https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324411413 The country's largest group is shown in yellow, signifying ethnic Arabs who follow Sunni Islam, the largest sect of Islam. Shades of brown indicate ethnic Kurds, long oppressed in Syria, who have taken up arms against the regine. There are also Druze, a religious sect, Arab Christians, ethnic Armenians and others.]]> 2019-01-25 17:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_proctor/f9unurf5f1rw/wish/324411413