OpenGuide -Syrian Crisis started in 2011 in the city of Deraa.It started with the protests from the opposition who do not want President Bashar Al Assad to be the President.Knowledge on Syrian Crisis is very useful to the exams of UPSC IAS Exams,Kerala psc,SSC,RRB and IBPS exams.Most of the students do not have an idea of what is happening is Syria.The article given below will help you to understand the topic which will be useful to the students UPSC IAS Exams.
Syrian Crisis
What is happening in Syria?
A brutal civil war is raging between the protesters and supporters of President Bashar Al Assad government since 2011.The protesters dont want Bashar Al Assad to be the President of the country.
How it all started?
Pro-Democracy protests erupted in March 2011 in the city of Deraa when a group of teenagers wrote revolutionary graffittis on school walls against the government of Bashar Al Assad.The teenagers were arrested by the security forces which created a protest on the streets later.
The protesters took it to the streets where the security forces opened fire on the demonstraters killing four people.It raged the protesters asking the President to resign from power.The President didn't resign and it made the protests more violent.
By June 2013 ,Syria was in brutal civil war.The UN said 90,000 people had been killed in the conflict.By August 2015,the figure had climbed to 2,50,000 according to the activists and the UN.
Humanitarian Crisis
13.5 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance and and more 4.5 million people have fled Syria.They are fleeing to Europe from Turkey.The journey through sea to Europe is a choice between life and death.But they cant afford to stand there to see their relatives getting killed.In the journey to Europe from Turkey many boats have sinked and many refugees have drowned.The death of Alan Kurdi,the three year old boy who was washed ashore after his boat drowned carrying refugees along with his familyhad cretaed a peace talks among the countries and Syria.
Rise of IS
In 2014 a group known as Islamic State(IS) began to take over large areas under their control.They took advanatage of the civil war and set up their so called caliphates in cities of Syria.Finally both the sides of Syria are now fighting against IS.
Islamic State(IS)tortured and killed people who refused their beliefs.They persecuted christians and yazidis.IS killed thousands of men and women sho disagreed to their views.Islamic State is the largest and the most violent group the world has ever seen.
Islamic State(IS)gets its funds from seized oil fields.They are also involved in robbery,human trafficking,kidnap and ransom,taxes and check points,donations from wealthy individuals from Gulf etc.The terrorists had spread their networks through the internet.Mass recruitments had been done through twitter and facebook radicalizing young men to join their group.
Peace efforts
Peace processes are happening in Syria throughout every year.The UN,Arab league and other actors have tried to initiate peace but the efforts were futile.
