We had a blog discussion over syria.
Syrian uprising notes:
Arab spring-revolutionary wave of protests by people who want change. They want to get rid of the government and they want more freedom. began December 18, 2012. Countries involved-tunisia,egypt,lybia. major protests-irag,jordan, algeria, morocco. minor protest- lebanon, mauritania, saudi arabia..
Current leader Bashar al assad
casues of uprising: authoritation government, lack of effective constitution, government corruption, unemployment, inspiration from other uprisings-egypt,libya,etc.
Goals- want al assad to resign, democratic reform, regime change, expand civil rights, recognition of kurdish rights, abolition of supreme state security court, lifting the emergency law (48 years.)
United nations
Security council- most important part of the united nations- five permanent members of the security council(U.S,U.K,China,Russia,France) the security council can send troops to help other countries, send peacekeepers, wage war, economic sanctions(cut off all trade with a country),
The Protests-syrian protests have employed the use of tactics such as marches, hunger strikes, rioting and vandalism. since summer (2011) armed militia groups have started fighting back against the gov.
government has responded by deploying tanks, snipers, shutting of electricity, confiscating food, etc.
Arab league is an organization like the UN, it is made of the Arab. countries
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