Syria may not be the most known country‚ but over the last couple years it has received a lot of attention all over the world. Most likely unknown to most‚ there has been a lot of human rights violations happening within Syria during the last four years. Three violations happening that bring the most concern to the citizens of Syria would be all the murders happening by forces in the war‚ rebel groups recruiting children to be soldiers‚ and millions of people being displaced with nowhere to go. Life
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the life they left‚ was as complicated as the life they are living now abroad. The home the refugees left was in utter disarray‚ amidst protests‚ fighting‚ bombings‚ shootings‚ and even sporadic region wide control under Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Even after leaving‚ they confront new and arduous tasks‚ whether they are traveling long distances‚ smuggling themselves across borders‚ finding new jobs to make money‚ and even whether or not to be able to receive a substantial amount of financial
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Zyrus Sabio English 101A-Expository Composition Mr. Kiwan 26 April 2012 World Leaders‚ Help Syria! In every story‚ there are villains and heroes. Sometimes‚ there are lucky villains who have more power or capabilities than heroes; this is why some heroes are suppressed which causes villains to move freely. This is similar to Syria’s uprising story. Assad and his forces are the villains and have power‚ while Syrians who resist Assad are the heroes and are suppressed. The story started a year
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recent Syrian anti- government protests‚ during which seventeen protestors were killed. Each source puts its own twist on the issue‚ or in other words‚ its own bias. Often‚ it is only by comparing news sources from countries both in the same region as Syria and those on completely different continents can we truly pinpoint the bias and differences in how issues are reported. The bias in the CNN article is focused mainly around the death of Syrian children and civilians as well as the Syrian government
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According to the United Nations over 250‚000 people have been killed in the Syrian Civil War. This war has been growing and more deaths occur each day. Citizens of Syria in March of 2011 started to protest against the government by writing political graffiti. Since then it has escalated to bombings‚ airstrikes‚ and use of chemical weapons by the government. Syrians have been leaving the country and the amount of refugees is at about 4.1 million. The United States hasn’t done much at all to help Syrians
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tanks into the cities in an effort to stop the violent protests going on all throughout the country. By June‚ the government reported that 120 security forces were killed and sent more troops into villages and cities‚ more than 10‚000 people fled Syria to seek refuge in Turkey. The violence continues with suicide bombings‚ usage of rocket launchers and other extremely dangerous explosives that are used by both the government and the opposition. The opposition does not have as many
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established in 1957 for the Palestinian refugees to shelter them after the 1948 catastrophe. Although it’s not an officially recognized camp by UNRWA‚ it is the largest Palestinian community in Syria ‚ the life conditions seemed to be very good prior to the clashes‚ comparing to other Palestinians camps in Syria. Back then the camp was home to 170‚000 Palestine refugees. In December 2012 and in the months since‚ armed conflict has caused at least 140‚000 Palestine refugees to flee their homes in Yarmouk
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widespread torture and psychological terror in state prisons. An end must be put to such inhumanity. Venezuela wants this war to end and gives Syria its full support in its war against terrorism. In February 2012‚ Venezuela had shipped tens of millions of dollars of diesel to Syria‚ which can be used to fuel army tanks. Venezuela confirmed that it would continue sending diesel to Syria. Venezuela thinks that if the government’s security policy proves successful and it manages to quash the uprising before implementing
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sparked a huge explosion in which up to 70 people died‚ according to activists‚ in one of the deadliest incidents of the uprising. ’Minimum’ number The UN-commissioned report‚ entitled Preliminary Statistical Analysis of Documentation of Killings in Syria‚ took data from sources including the government and opposition groups. The authors‚ from the Benetech research group‚ looked at 147‚349 reports of deaths from all seven of its sources. They cross-referenced the reports and removed duplicates‚ and
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hunger which drives them to the breaking point. Even if we were to stop the massive amount of destruction‚ bombings and burnings‚ Syria wouldn’t be the same country as it was before the war. The population of Syria would still be haunted by hunger‚ wounds and the fear and sorrow that lie as a fog around the country. It would take years of rebuilding broken cities‚ and Syria would still be as wounded as it is now. There would be millions of people without a home‚ and with scars so deep that not even
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