who is supplying and arming the "rebels," so why would Syria want the U.S. to join in the fray?) (Durden 2015)
As Vatican Radio (2015) reports, the Pope has called for a "peaceful" solution to the crises in Iraq and Syria -- but as Russia and the West show, there can be no peace as long as there is no unity of vision. The Syrian people, for instance, have their view of their culture -- and the West has its own view and agenda, which as always is related to the business of pipelines (Escobar 2015)
sentiment in Europe and the Middle East. Over time, rejecting refugees from Syria will likely increase, and not decrease, threats of terrorism (Cragin & Connable, 2015)
Moreover, since children constitute a huge proportion of the refuges, it is critical that they continue with their education. In addition, children going back to school play an essential role since it restores them a feeling of normality, and assists in saving lives because teachers can establish health and other related problems in children (Davies, 2015)
When dealing with civil war refugees' needs, the provision of shelter and food only constitutes the first step. Refugees typically suffer from a number of traumatic events, placing them at high risks of developing mental health issues such as depression, psychosomatic pains, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which can adversely impact long-term growth (Sirin & Rogers-Sirin, 2015)
Vincent R. Stewart, stated that Russia's intervention significantly transformed the calculus completely (Cohen, 2016)
For a long period of time, Russia has been increasingly interested in warm waters and ports in the region. Third, Russia is currently faced with its own domestic terrorism challenge in the Caucasus as stated by Vladimir Putin (Gobry, 2015)
S. unless the director of the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence personally certify to Congress that they do not pose a national-security threat" (Bertrand, 2015)
Being a key geopolitical position, foreign powers have sought to control Syria. The Assads, the ruling family of Syria before the civil war, was the country's last hope at stability after years of coups d'etats that pushed the nation into continual military conflict and uncertainty (Marshall, 2012, p
From smuggling came a new upper class that squeezed the traditional middle class dry, leaving them deprived and angry towards Alawites and the regime in general. "The regime maintained its hold on power through the usual measures employed by a dictatorship: eliminating dissent through censoring the media, silencing opponents and critics, preventing free speech and denying political expression" (Nassar, 2013)
The biggest of such problems is the Syrian refugee crisis that has displaced millions of Syrians and forced them to seek asylum and refuge in other countries. Such a move has sparked global controversy as people in Europe have shared horror stories of violence and rape with perpetrators being refugee "children" (Petersen, 2015, p
After that, the seventeen year-long Lebanese Civil War led to Syria waging their own proxy wars and creating bloodshed via direct and indirect military intervention. Thanks to smuggling rings and black markets, the Syrian government began seeing corruption within its ranks with daily bare necessities being having to be smuggled from Jordan and Lebanon (Weinberger, 1986)
About 1.5 million people have been wounded or permanently disabled, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" (World Vision, 2016)
These "children" look much older than their perceived ages and are frequently male. As one article mentioned, Police in Germany, Sweden, and Norway have investigated hundreds of cases with some within five German cities where organized North African or Arab gangs have been suspected of sexually assaulting and attacking women (Wyke, 2016)
Why do the West and its allies want to control the region? It all has to do with oil and gas pipelines and geopolitics. If we start well before 9/11, we find that the think-tank PNAC in America was publishing documents calling for regime change in Iraq and Syria (Altheide, 2007)
This situation impacts everyone as it makes the entire world less safe. Thanks to globalization and the Digital Age, ISIS can recruit from everywhere and with the refugee crisis in Europe as a result of Syria being blown to bits, Europe is in panic and neighbors like Turkey are not helping the situation as they use fear to push their own agenda (Erisen, 2015)
Now the country is dealing with attacks from ISIS, which consists of mercenaries that are supported by Saudi Arabia and Turkey as well as the Western allies and Israel. While Assad in Syria has popular support, the West and its allies want regime change because of the geopolitical issues, such as pipelines and Greater Israel, that Assad stands in the way of and that Russia is now helping to fight against (Escobar, 2015)
S. because it would then be able to concentrate on its own core problems at home (Etzioni, 2015)
The Asads have had exclusive control of Syria since 1970, a span of more than two generations. However, they had five leaders from 1943 to 1969, a span of only 26 years (Gellar) (Cleveland, and Bunton)
Finally, Egypt is using its courts and police in rather draconian and lethal ways but the country is basically peaceful right now. On the other hand, Syria is a virulent nexus of sectarian violence and war right now and Bashir Assad is refusing to yield power or control at this point (Dooley) (Gellar)