Syrian civil War by David Doyle

Syrian civil war

15ddoyle15 — 2015-11-24 14:34:15 UTC

The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing multisided armed conflict with international interventions taking place in Syria. The unraised began in the early spring of 2011 within the context of Arab Spring protests, with nationwide protests against President Bashar al-Assad's government, whose forces responded with violent crackdowns. The conflict gradually morphed from prominent protests to an armed rebellion after months of military sieges.

In July 2013, the Syrian government was said to be in control of approximately 30–40% of the country's territory and 60% of the Syrian population;in August 2015, the territory fully controlled by the Syrian Army was reported to have shrunk to 29,797 km², roughly 16% of the country. The Syrian government enjoys high levels of support in certain areas under its control, according to a poll organised by British ORB-international, up to 73% of the population in government-controlled areas support the government effort.

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Syrian war

15ddoyle15 — 2015-12-08 14:15:03 UTC

A United Nations report in late 2012 described the conflict as being "overtly sectarian in nature", between mostly Alawite government forces, militias and other Shia groups fighting largely agains Sunni-dominated rebel groups,although both opposition and government forces have denied this. Due to foreign involvement, the conflict has been called a proxy war. As of January 2015, the death toll had risen above 220,000 with estimates in April 2015 as high as 310,000. The majority of casualties are Syrian soldiers and popular resistance fighters, followed by Islamist fighters, the two groups together making up to as much as 90 percent of all casualties.International organizations have accused the Syrian government, ISIL and other opposition forces of severe human rights violations, with manny massaus occurring Chemical weapons have beenused manny times during conflect as well. The Syrian opposition blames the government for the majority of the war crimes and civilian casualties, often through bombings.^] In addition, tens of thousands of protesters and activists have been imprisoned and there are reports of torture in state prisons. Rebels have committed various crimes and have on multiple occasions called for genocide and ethnic cleansing of Christians, Alawites, Shiite, Druze and other minorities

Syrian War

15ddoyle15 — 2015-12-08 14:21:39 UTC

Tourisim in Syri has been severely affected by the conflict. In 2013, revenue of tourism industry was 94% lower than pre-conflict figures. Around 289 tourist sites have been damaged in conflict.