Proposed resolution on Syria Success Reason Reason Reason Failure Reason Current situation Situation on the ground The Syrian humanitarian crisis in particular has kept the headlines in the last years in terms of the massive casualties that the Syrian civilians have registered since 2011 since the civil war brought out in the country. Reports from international organizations and in particular the United Nations that has monitored the situation put the number of victims among children to 6,000 and a total of around 100,000 victims (Black, 2013)
Gilpin has acknowledged the non-government organizations and transactional forces impose strong impacts on the international system. According to these philosophers, these impacts stem from the world environment, which has been dominated by one state (Dunne, 2007, p
As previously denoted, the countries that immediately surround Syria have felt the effects of the civil war and the efforts of refugees to seek shelter more than other countries have. This statement particularly applies to Jordan, which has accommodated approximately half a million refugees since the civil war's inception (Jacobs)
Dralonge (NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2008), 108. Peter Hazard Knapp, One World -- Many Worlds: Contemporary Sociological Theory (NY: HarperCollins, 1994), 211
Significantly, the tree is depicted vertically, which symbolizes a strength and growth to the celestial where the gods dwelled. The trunk is columnar while the tree itself has "the profile of an atypical rosette" in which "the surrounding palmettes match closely with the trees crown and are linked by a pair of serpentine stems," which are tied to the tree's central axis (McDonald 116)
Assad's government working inside the country to establish an alternative government in areas now liberated from Syrian forces. That brings the amount the United States has given to the opposition to nearly $45 million, mostly in computers and communications equipment, even as it opposes providing arms to rebel fighters" (Barnard 2012)
The Syrian government has received money from Al Qaeda and has in return supplied them with provisions and protection, thwarting the international aim of tracking down members of the terrorist group and prosecuting them for their involvement in world violence. Iran has lent its support, both economic and in terms of arms, to the Assad regime (Daftari 2012)
An unfortunate component of any war, civil or otherwise, besides the obvious depressive fact of the cost of so many innocent lives both young and old, is the destruction of antiquities and valuables related to the national heritage. For example, serious damage has been done to important historical cities including Hama, Homes, Aleppo, and Damascus (Edwell 2012)
As of 2013, the situation still looks no closer to finding a peaceful resolution. On the contrary, at the Arab League Summit in Doha, Syrian government officials made statements it clear that the government intends to seek United Nations support for military intervention against the rebels (Hallun 2013)
Over the next few weeks, protests occurred in all of the major cities of Syria which resulted in some 3,000 arrests; some of those who were arrested are still in custody and have not yet been given the benefit of a trial or any form of due process. Assad ordered his troops to open fire in Daraa, one of the locations were the protesters were focused (Phillips, page 37)
Even this was rejected and instead of creating any sweeping changes, Assad went on a campaign of terror. In the other countries involved in the Arab spring, the time difference between the initial protests and the eventual resignation or execution of the oppressive leader was a matter of months, or days in the case of Egypt (Reedy 2013)
Among the many crimes attributed to al-Asaad is providing aid and comfort to enemies of Syrian allies. The nation has been proven to be aiding Al Qaeda, a group with an unseemly amount of power (Shinkman 2012)
On the sixth of March, about a dozen children were arrested in Daraa for writing lines on walls which made statements of protest against the government. Following the arrest of the young people, things exploded into major upheaval when adults protested this abuse of power and demanded the children be released (Sterling 2012)
In 1967, Syria signed the Arab Cultural Unity Agreement with its Arab neighbors which introduced new curricula examinations, teaching methods and teacher training requirements for every educational level. Unfortunately, this new system proved to be quite ineffective, due to being based solely on Islam and the decision of the minister of education to make "no attempt to inculcate notions of tolerance or respect for religious traditions other than Sunni Islam" and certain tenets of Christianity (Landis, "Islamic Education in Syria," Internet)
Other weaknesses are related to Syrian economic growth which in 2005 was a modest 4.6% and then dropped to 3.5% in 2006 (Raphaeli, "Syria's Fragile Economy," 246)
The first few years of the new country's existence, though, were wracked by one military coup after another until February 1958 when Syria merged with Egypt to create the United Arab Republic. In 1961, just three years later, Egypt and Syria went their separate ways once again, dissolving the United Arab Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic existed once again (Syria, 2012)
The first few years of the new country's existence, though, were wracked by one military coup after another until February 1958 when Syria merged with Egypt to create the United Arab Republic. In 1961, just three years later, Egypt and Syria went their separate ways once again, dissolving the United Arab Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic existed once again (Syria, 2012)
The first few years of the new country's existence, though, were wracked by one military coup after another until February 1958 when Syria merged with Egypt to create the United Arab Republic. In 1961, just three years later, Egypt and Syria went their separate ways once again, dissolving the United Arab Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic existed once again (Syria, 2012)
The first few years of the new country's existence, though, were wracked by one military coup after another until February 1958 when Syria merged with Egypt to create the United Arab Republic. In 1961, just three years later, Egypt and Syria went their separate ways once again, dissolving the United Arab Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic existed once again (Syria, 2012)
The first few years of the new country's existence, though, were wracked by one military coup after another until February 1958 when Syria merged with Egypt to create the United Arab Republic. In 1961, just three years later, Egypt and Syria went their separate ways once again, dissolving the United Arab Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic existed once again (Syria, 2012)