Syria From Early 1900 To The Present Syria

The French’s mandate over Syria after World Ware One had an irrevocable impact on the nations’s communal factions. The mandate lasted from 1920-1946 and they begun their rule with intentionally made sectarian divisions. They were made in order to prevent Arab nationalism and stifle national independence movements. The divisions were made my religious and national minority. Granting the minorities independent status locations where they make up the majority. For example, there was a large population of Alawites in the mountain range behind Latakia, the French declared them a separate state. The Druze were granted the right and ability to govern themselves in the city of Jabal, just south of Damascus. The one religious group that did

The author achieves his goal but also fails in certain aspects. Sahner prefaces the book with the statement that he will provide an understanding to the rich history of Syria and the multiple sects that proliferate its landscape. What he fails to do is provide an encompassing view to this landscape but instead undertakes the executive decision to focus on specific snapshots of Syria’s history. Consequently, he skips almost entirely the later parts of the Islamic Caliphate and subsequent Ottoman rule that dominated a large part of Syria’s history in the second millennium A.D. Overall, the author weaves a tale that is well written but could have expounded more upon the certain epochs in Syria’s history. Nonetheless, it overwhelmingly succeeds in personifying a culture and country often dismissed and simplified as “just another tragic, religious conflict”.

In the Syrian culture/lifestyle there are many similarities to America. Now, every country also has their own way of doing things, their own lifestyle, etc. The difference is because of their culture. The Syrian culture has a lot of unique and interesting ways of doing stuff, like how they spend their time,what their favorite sport is, and many more things. And that’s what makes each country different.

In ancient Syria-Palestine, the relationship between the divine beings and the humans is dynamic, in which the humans fear and respect the gods. The people of Syrian-Palestine, or Canaanites, believe in many gods such as Ilu, Baal, and Asherah. The humans are submissive and very obedient. The humans perform sacrifices to pleases their gods and win their favor and blessings. In ancient Syria-Palestine, the divine’s relation to the humans is analogous to a patron, enforcer, and protector.

What started out as low-scale anti-government protests in 2011, have now uproared to an entire civil war throughout Syria, as well as involving other neighboring countries and outside nations. Over twelve million Syrians have been forced to leave and over 250,000 have already been killed. Jihadist militants from Islamic State are taking control over almost half the territory of Syria, as well as parts of Iraq, and the public claims that Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad is not taking the right or necessary steps to help find the solution to this chaos, which causes some countries to strongly encourage him to step down.

The good relationship between the nationalist elected president, Shukri al-Quwatli, and Egypt brings the creation of the United Arab Republic where the Egyptian president leads the new state; nevertheless, a group of Syrian army officers disagrees with the union, takes the power, and dissolves the new state. The Baathist cabinet appoints Amin al-Hafez as the new president, but his power last just three years until a new coup arise, and Hafez al-Assad was elected as defense minister. In 1970, al Assad overthrows president Nur

The Syrians planned a peaceful protest against the king, and wanted the king to step down of the power. The protest lasted. The Syrian thought the protest would make the king to step down from the throne and would not turn up to be so violent, cause life and home loss and demolish the syria’s infrastructure, things went wrong. In the deepest desire to run the kingdom, and unlike other democratic Arab governments, the Bashar’al’Asad administration took to violence to calm down the protestors. Hence started a civil war in the country that led to killing of millions Syrian. This protest that is still in its full bloom, left tens of thousands dead, millions left their home, and took their shelters to neighboring countries like turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. According to a survey, more than eighty thousand people died, and millions homeless in the twenty four months.

The recent conflict in Syria encompass a series of events that have led to a political and humanitarian crisis. Since the civilization origins, Syria have suffered invasions, changes and violence. In the 1900’s and after 400 years of Ottoman Empire domain, the Arabs army, supported by French, entered in Damascus. Emir Feisal was crown as king of Syria but he was forced to dismiss few months later by French troops. A new France’ state have been arisen, and it was divided in tree separate regions and dominated by two religious groups: the Alawis and the Druze. However, French faced nationalist’s protests and finally Syria gains independence but France still have had the economic and military control until 1946 when last French troops

Several countries and cultures throughout history rise while others fall. Some countries invade while others are invaded. Numerous factors come into play when reviewing the history and the changes of the world’s civilizations. A prime example of a territory constantly invaded by empires until finally becoming its own country is Syria. Though Syria has faced many trials throughout its past, it faces several in the present. Syrian culture, economics, politics, and military advances have been contributions to its military conflicts and Civil War.

In 1971 Syria adopted the constitution of its nation and gave majority of leadership roles to Baath Party in the

The people believe in him, because he would say all the right things, but his actions were at time contradictory. He soon would begin to forget what was most important, Syria’s societal issues, developing a sense of nationhood, and creating a beneficial economy (McHugo, 171). After World War II, Syria would begin leading into the downfall that has placed them where they are today.

With the United States being involved in Iraq and Afghanistan, we as soldiers learn a completely new type of culture. We also know that in each of the two countries that their way of living is different from each other even though their religion is same. This is true throughout the world and that is what makes it hard for one to understand why there cannot be more cohesion between countries. The same true of Syria. The way they live day to day and worship is different from either of the other two countries, despite that they are an Islamic country. The Syrian people are different in the approach to people, economy, government, and cultural life.

Syria and the greater Fertile Crescent are often thought of as the birth of agricultural societies, some 12,00 years ago. Recently, however, this area has experience the worst 3 year drought on record. The drought conditions exacerbated existing political, water and agricultural insecurity and caused mass agricultural failure, livestock mortality, massive rural to urban human migrations. Kelley et al set out to understand how these effects were the product of vulnerability and hazard severity by analyzing Syria’s liability to drought and the social impacts of the recent droughts leading to the onset of the Syrian civil war. The Kelley team completed their analysis through observations and climate models in order to assess how unusual the drought was within the observed records and the reasons why it was so severe.

Since the mid 1960’s, Syria, the nation nestled within the cradle of civilization, has been ruled by the Al-Assad regime, who govern with an iron fist. The quasi-dictatorship within Syria had not been challenged until the Arab Spring began in 2011, where many totalitarian regimes were toppled through protest and revolution. The Arab Spring has resulted in the ousting of rulers from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen, with uprisings and civil wars taking place in countries like Algeria, Iraq, and of course Syria. Due to the fact that the Al-Assad regime would not step down from power peacefully, were facing scrutiny, and a possible revolution, the regime launched military forces around the country to control the people. Bashar Al-Assad the current Syrian president is accused of committing war crimes, mass executions and even using chemical weapons on his own people.

In order to begin understanding Syria is important to take time to know the early history. For the Syrians history represents the events that leaded to their identity, as they know it and the rest of the world see it. Those past events shaped the interaction with its border neighbors and the rest of the world today. Their patterns of life, how they educate citizens and practice of the religion that has been pass generation to generation, has been portrayed on Syria’s history.