SYRIAN CIVIL WAR AND REFUGEE CRISIS

TUNISIA AND ARAB SPRING

• A strong man keeps his fruit stand to earn money.
• Man lights himself on fire to be noticed and dies eventually for the crowd to be convinced the government was wrong.
• This was the Arab Spring a time when countries rose up against their leaders.

BASHAR AL ASSAD

• Dictator of Syria
• Country thought that we was had a chance for great hope.
• Once the people protested he opens fire which surprised the whole country.

FIRST CAUSE OF SYRIAN WAR

• The French put enemies next to each other after WWI.
• Creating tension between different beliefs.

SECOND CAUSE

• Assad taking away the people's human rights and creating a regime.
• Making people protest while they open fire at the people.

THIRD AND FINAL CAUSE

• Unfair treatment towards different cultures mostly Sunni Muslims.
• Sunni Muslims are very hated since their religion is the highest population in Syria.

WHO IS FIGHTING IN THE WAR?

• Assads army
• Free Syrian army (rebels)
• Al-Qaeda
• Hezbullah terrorist groups
• ISIS

WHAT ROLE DOES AMERICA PLAY?

• Funding the rebels for military weapons
• Making sure they won't start a war with Russia.

WHAT MAKES IT COMPLICATED?

• It's hard to know their sending the money to the rebels and not terrorists or different groups.

WHY DOES THE UN NOT STEP IN?

• Allies with Assad, Russia and China.
• Russia air strikes rebels and are worried by war with Russia.

ROLE OF RUSSIA AND CHINA

• Russia and China have no veto against U.S.A, Great Britain and France.
• Allies with Assad.

CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR

• 320,000 people dead
• 3 million refugees displaced.