We talked about Syria. The Arab world is is the middle east and northern Africa. Arab Spring area of the world had many dictators and they didn't like that. Bashir al-Assad's father came into power for 30 years and he put very strict rules into place. Bashir al-Assad is up for re-election in about a year for another 7 year term. There is a civil war going on with the Syrian Government and the Rebels. The Rebels wanted change with the rules and laws. 1,429 were killed in a gas attack and 426 of them were children.
UN security council - US, China, France, UK, Russia.
Obama said that if Syria uses chemical weapons, he will attack. He is going to wait til they know for sure to attack. Now they apparently have proof.
Comments