Syria Civil War Project by Daniel Bieszczad https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8 Syria Civil War Project By Daniel Bieszczad en-us 2022-05-09 13:10:14 UTC 2022-05-10 13:07:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Political Map of Syria dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177483059 Syria is located east of the Mediterranean Sea, and shares a border with Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel.]]> 2022-05-10 12:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177483059 dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177484141 https://teachmideast.org/country-profiles/syria/]]> 2022-05-10 12:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177484141 Physical Features dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177495919 Syria has a long, narrow coast,  the Ansariya mountain range borders the coastal plain from north to south, and in the east, the Ghab Depression runs, a 64-kilometer long valley where the Orontes River flows toward Turkey and into the Mediterranean Sea.]]> 2022-05-10 12:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177495919 Human-Made Features dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177500056 Krak des Chevaliers                                                A castle built for the Emir of Aleppo in 1031 AD
Ancient Bosra
      An ancient city that is a historical wonder
Great Mosque of Damascus
The oldest and largest mosques in the world, and the fourth holiest site in Islam
The Citadel of Salah Ed-Din
A partly-preserved fortress in Syria

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-Pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in the city of Deraa, against the repressive ruler.
-Syrian government used deadly force to stop protests
-The violence rapidly escalated and the country descended into civil war.

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]]> 2022-05-10 12:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177507372 Early Years of the Conflict dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177509247 By 2012, a group of poorly organized opposition groups had formed rebel groups that seized key cities in the north, including parts of Aleppo. As the government lost territory in 2013, Lebanon’s Hezbollah openly deployed its fighters and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) dispatched military advisors to prop up the Assad government. 


]]> 2022-05-10 12:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177509247 Current Conflict dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177510420 “The United Nations has verified that at least 350,209 civilians and combatants were killed between March 2011 and March 2021” (BBC, Why has the Syrian war lasted 11 years?)
In the 10th year, the Syrian conflict caused more than 500,000 deaths and displaced an estimated 13 million—over half of Syria’s pre-war population]]> 2022-05-10 12:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177510420 Bashar al-Assad dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177513245 He rejected Western-style democracy as an appropriate model for Syrian politics.
Within months, Assad’s regime changed course, using threats and arrests to remove pro-reform activism. Afterward Assad emphasized that economic reforms would have to precede political reforms.

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]]> 2022-05-10 12:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177513598 Syrian Government Military dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177514822 The military uses violence to suppress the protests
Follow Bashar al-Assad

]]> 2022-05-10 12:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177514822 Rebel Forces dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177516435 - Started fighting due to high unemployment, corruption, and lack of political freedom under
- Anti-government protests began in March 2011 
- Supported by the U.N.

]]> 2022-05-10 12:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177516435 ISIS dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177518185 ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi sent operatives to Syria in July 2011 
ISIS attacks Syrian rebel groups
ISIS fights in attempt to take over Syria

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The main Kurdish armed group in Syria

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United States is working with the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS]]> 2022-05-10 12:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177521525 dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177521801 https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-syria/]]> 2022-05-10 12:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177521801 Death Toll dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177522579 At least 350,000 people have died over the last decade]]> 2022-05-10 12:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177522579 dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177522825 https://www.npr.org/2021/12/24/1067871944]]> 2022-05-10 12:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177522825 Impact on Civilians dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177524108
  • Large damage to buildings/homes
  • Due to widespread destruction of health care facilities, progress in infant mortality has reversed, infectious diseases have been on the rise, and patients with chronic diseases have lost access to treatment
  • Displaced people

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  • Syria’s GDP had been reduced to less than 50% of its 2010 level, due to the consequences of conflict and political instability.
  • 17.5% of the nation’s housing has been destroyed and estimates put the conflict-inflicted damage of infrastructure at $ 117.7 billion.

    • ]]>     2022-05-10 12:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177525083     dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177525274 https://www.visionofhumanity.org/the-economic-cost-of-conflict-in-syria/]]> 2022-05-10 12:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177525274 Challenges to Solutions dbieszczad845621_1 https://padlet.com/dbieszczad845621_1/kyyzz3196ldgxcs8/wish/2177530751
  • intense and ongoing violence remains, driving millions to seek refuge outside of the country. 
  • President Al-Assad has rockets in the highly populated suburbs of Damascus, and has attacked Syrian civilians with chemical weapons.

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