ISIS and Foreign Involvement In Syria civil war has been raging since March 2011. The conflict an attempt to overthrow the second Assad regime, led by Bashar al Assad, and multiple rebel groups, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the Islamic Front, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria(ISIS), and Jabhat al-Nusra (the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda). Like his father, who held power before him, Bashar al Assad has been a corrupt tyrant who rigged elections and eliminated personal freedoms. Two important contributors to the development of civil war in Syria were the drought that began in 2006 and the Arab Spring. The drought left many civilians in poverty, in need of support from the government, which was never provided. This caused …show more content…
ISIS then extended their efforts into Syria, opposing Assad and his Alawite/Shiite government. Making the Syrian situation even more complicated, Kurds from Eastern Syria seek to establish their own independent Kurdish state. The Syrian National Coalition was formed in 2012 as a government that could replace the Assad government, but the Assad regime refuses to relinquish power.
The Netherlands Stance on the Syrian Civil War: In his address to the UN general Assembly on September 27, 2013, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed The Netherlands’ priorities of keeping order in the world:
“The Netherlands advocates a coherent agenda to strengthen the international legal order. A peaceful world demands a sustainable legal order and a powerful agenda for development. It demands a strategy for disarmament and a focus on human rights . These are the principles of the Netherlands ' foreign policy.” So, focus on human rights, maintaining legal order, and promoting economic development are the principles that guide the Netherlands 's stance on the Syrian Civil war and how the UNSC should be involved in it. While the Netherlands is in agreement with the US, the United Kingdom and France in opposing the Assad regime, support sanctions against it and also oppose ISIS, they have not been active supporters of any of the rebel groups. The Netherlands has stated
In document E multiple solid points are brought up on the influence of ISIS on the rebellion : “ ISIS has changed the course of the Syrian war. It has forced the mainstream Syrian opposition to fight on two fronts… ISIS is a group with an international profile and and extremeist view of Islamic rule. And it has shown its readiness to take on any Syrians it doesn’t like opposition or regime supporters. “ This gives us a wild card among the violence, one that causes violence for both sides, which is just like stirring the pot. It weakens the rebellion, causing to fight two things, and will provide fuel until people stop supporting the group, which could be
In Syria there has been massive battles between rebel forces and the governmental forces. The problem is that the rebel forces are split into multiple factions with different agendas. In some cases you have found that rebel forces may even be fighting one another. ISIS has even arose out of this chaos further weakening the rebels chances of overthrowing the government because it splits the agenda into even more smaller fragments. The results of this fragmentation are that Syria is now a shell of its former self. It is in a constant state of war and battle and prospects for the future are not looking
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has been in charge since 2000, following on from his late father who ruled for 30 years. Commencing in March of 2011, an anti-regime uprising has since escalated into Civil War where it has been estimated that more than 400,000 have been killed (CNN, 2017). Just this death toll alone proves the danger and inhumane conditions the people of Syria have been living in for over six years. Controlling large areas of Northern and Eastern Syria, Islamic State (IS) have been left battling government forces, rebel brigades and air strikes from
The Syrian war is a multi-problematic situation that started within Syrian borders. The Syrian war began in 2010 with something called the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring is a chain of events where people caused aggressive and non-aggressive situations such as protests which created harm in the Middle East. In 2011 people started a non-aggressive protest because children were being abused after spattering graffiti that stated how they agreed with the Arab Spring. The president during this time was Bashar al- Assad. Assad would torment and imprison the people of Syria who protested. The Syrian People wanted to end Assad’s brutal actions so they created a Free Syrian Army which led to a civil war (i.e. the Syrian war). There are several countries
The opposition forces, while not fighting each other or Assad's forces, are combating a tertiary group of radical islamists --who-- like the forces of the Comintern, are comprised of domestic and foreign radicals who are imposing their totalitarian will over the regions that they control. It must be noted that while ISIS, in contrast with the Comintern forces, is not a hard Leftist organization. The economic alignment of ISIS can be more accurately compared to that of Third Position politics, which share many socio-economic traits of Stalinist Leftism. SImilar to the Spanish Civil War, this political infighting has led to the weakening of the opposition forces. This has led to many experts alluding to a Assad victory. A victory that could be avoided if the opposition forces put aside their ideological differences in the quest for “democracy”.
Syria is currently all over the news regarding what many have to come to see as a civil war. A term like civil war needs to identify the players and the reasons for the war. In this case the players are being identified as pro government or antigovernment with a Sunni or Shia overtone. Sunni and Shia are the two major sects of Islam and both have a historical based conflict going back to the death of the Prophet Muhammad and how Muslims should be governed. This conflict has caused tensions and violence to flare up throughout Islamic history. This conflict has carried into modern times and has becoming a rallying point for Muslim people calling for change with their government and across the Middle Eastern region. The
Syrian Sunni rebels have been trained by the U.S. military to attack northern Syria, and turned to U.S airstrikes. This is a semi alliance, and it is loose, so they do not actually work together; they just have a common goal. In this semi alliance, the US provides support, and trains Syrian rebels, to fight the war against northern Syria. This is a different kind of war than WWII. WWII was fought between countries and ended with a clear winner. In this scenario, Part of a country rebels against another part, but with another country aiding the rebels. Nadim Hassan, who is the leader of the 30th division, which is a not as extreme group of rebels, has been captured along with others. Syria became independent in 1946, and very shortly became and unstable nation with a lot of cases of rebellion and other things. In 2011, Syrians became inspired to rebel because of the Arab spring activists in Egypt and Tunisia. The Arab spring is a giant collection of protests, wars, and revolutions around the Middle East that started in December 17, 2010 in Tunisia. The consequences of the Syrian war also differ from the consequences of the nuclear bombs that were dropped and Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The consequences resulting from the war in Syria include the deaths of over 10,000 people, and Syria is currently a nation in crisis. The Islamic religion is split into two branches, which are called Sunni and Shiite. Syria is considered an Islamic country, and the government in Syria is dominated with Shiites. This Sunni versus Shiite conflict is another reason along with the Arab spring for the war in Syria. The Sunnis are rebelling against the Shiite government, and this is similar to a civil war. Civil war is similar to another topic, revolution. Revolution is defined as: “A fundamental change in political organization; especially the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed.” The main
For the past few years the Syrian government has been fighting a civil war. According an
To add on, the Kurdish forces, ISIS, the Assad regime, other oppositions are the main factions fighting in this war. CNN states the clans fighting in the war are becoming
This power gained from the money and the resources caused them to have enough control, they had no problem taking over Syria.
The conflict began in 2011 as a civil war in Syria. In 2014 a group named the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) formed. As mentioned in the article 9 Questions About ISIS You Were too Embarrassed to Ask, Max
The Arab Springs played a part in the rise of ISIS because it caused a lot of instability and outrage between citizens of the countries. In Syria protests calling for the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad broke out in southern Syria in mid-March 2011 and spread through the country. The Assad regime responded with a brutal crackdown against protesters, drawing condemnation from international leaders and human rights groups. A leadership council for the Syrian opposition formed in Istanbul in August, and opposition militias began to launch attacks on government forces. In spite of the upheaval, Assad’s hold on power appeared strong, as he was able to retain the support of critical military units composed largely of members of Syria’s ʿAlawite minority, to which Assad also belonged. Meanwhile, divisions in the international community made it unlikely that international military intervention, which had proved decisive in Libya, would be possible in Syria. Russia and China vetoed UN Security Council resolutions meant to pressure the Assad regime in October 2011 and February 2012 and vowed to oppose any measure that would lead to foreign intervention in Syria or Assad’s removal from power. The arrival of a delegation of peace monitors from the Arab League in December 2011 did little to reduce violence. The monitoring mission was suspended several weeks
In 2003, when the Turks denied the United States entrance into Iraq, the Kurds helped overthrow the battling group, Saddam, irrevocably. That’s where it all started for the Kurds and the U.S. but since then they have worked together to take down this powerful threat that is ISIL. Kurd fighters, the Peshmerga, are known for their ferocity, power, and nobility. Every win the Kurds take, is used for the safety of the people. Slowly the Kurds have been creating
The original cause of the Syrian civil war was the want for a democratic republic in Syria. Syrians also want their ruler, Bashar Al-Assad, to issue free election and equality reforms. The Kurds living in Syria want equal rights to others in Syria, as they currently have fewer rights than any other group in Syria. The Kurdish people are an ethnic group in the Middle East, spanning parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria; but they have never obtained a permanent homeland. The war was originally a series of peaceful protests, but Assad had the army fire on the protesters in an attempt to keep them in submission. This act led to armed rebel attacks on the government, and the war officially began.
Terrorism in Syria has been quite horrific especially for the Syrian civilians to the extent to which one can refer to it as a melee. ISIS, the U.S., Russia and the Syrian government itself have committed atrocities against Syrian civilians. The Syrian Government which is not the sole offender in the Syrian war, however, did use chemical weapons in its capital of Aleppo against its own protesting civilians (Luther, 2016). In response of the use of chemical weapons being used the U.S. decided to intervene since they deemed it necessary to uphold moral standards. Despite the U.S. reasoning and intentions for entering Syria and training rebel forces to combat Assad the Syrian leader their plan ultimately fails once part of the U.S. backed Syrian Rebels joins with Al-Qaida affiliates in Iraq and forms ISIS (The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) who decides attack another group in Syria called the Kurds and the same Rebel group that are still being backed the U.S.