Syria Civil War

School of Business:

Centennial College

Assignment Type:

Syria Individual Project part 1

Prepared by:

Kavita Rawat

Student ID: 300726883

Prepared for:

Dr. Zabedia Nazim

Submission Date:

September 28th, 2013

Introduction

The conflict in Syria has been increasing from last two years which started in 2011 and this intense civil war affected the Middle Eastern country. The reason behind the civil war in Syria is the ba’ath government forces and rebels Free Syrian Army (FSA) who are against the government. The protestor wants the resignation of the president Bashar al Assad who is ruling in Syria since 1971. The conflict began in January 2011 when demand for freedom and democracy later changed to the demand for the resign of the president, as a reaction to human rights abuses, government’s crime and corruption, by the protestors and later spread worldwide, which turned the peaceful protest which started from a small protest started by 15 school children to a civil war.. In respond to the protest the government did large numbers of arrest, pain and tortures and open fire on protestors and police violence and the demonstrations grew even larger. According to the survey conducted by UN more than 100,000 people died and ten thousands of protestors were imprisoned and are facing lots of terror and torture in prison. Moreover in June 2013 the chemical weapon was used by the government which killed thousands of people.

With the use of chemical weapon in current war the pressure has been increased on the international community to respond or act countries like US, Britain and France. The chemical attack triggered worldwide dislike and many leaders suggested it required a strong reaction. In response to the attack the US and France government authorities mentioned restricted missile attacks against army objectives in Syria, but the Russia because of strong relation with Syria’s president came out with the solution that the Syria will destroy its chemical...