The Current President Of Syria

The Arabs took this opportunity to start an uprising. The fighting continued for twenty years until France, in 1936, agreed to let go of their political influence, but they would keep a military presence there and could benefit economically, which meant they controlled the oil. Four years later France fell to the Axis powers and consequently so did Syria. Since the, now Free French, troops needed support along with the British, they agreed to leave the region completely if they helped them win World War 2. After the Germans were defeated, the French, reluctantly, kept their word and left the region. This, however, did not subside the fighting; what was once a battle for freedom turned into an ideological battle between Shias and Sunnis. Eventually some stability was gained and a proper government was set up. In 1971 Hafez Al-Assad was elected president and the country went from being a democracy to a monarchy. He groomed his first son to take over the country once he died but his son passed away in a car accident before he did. Hafez’s second son, Bashar Al-Assad, took control of the country in 2000 and he has remained in power ever since. Prior to the Arab Spring, there were outbursts, but none significantly affected his regime. Once the Arab Spring began, however, the people of Syria, mainly Sunnis, revolted against Assad. At the same time, The United States pulled troops out of Iraq leaving them without any structure or

I am writing to you today as a student at the College of William and Mary. I am in an International Security class and recently we studied the events occurring in Syria. As you are well aware, the situation in Syria has been dramatically deteriorating in recent months with the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the recent entrance of Russia into the conflict. Syria, meanwhile, has been in the midst of a ravaging civil war since the early spring of 2011. Currently, the government of Syria is led by President Bashar al-Assad, a member of the Syrian Ba’ath Party, a branch of the same Ba’ath Party that Saddam Hussein was also a member of. This similarity may lead some to think that Syria will end up like Iraq, with a

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

In recent years the conflict has turned into a civil war against the Bashar regime and civilian protesters. The death toll has reached 500,000 people, which the majority were killed by the Bashar regime. The civil war has left thousands dead, with many people risking their

When Hafez al-Assad passed away from a heart attack, hope for Syria arose with promises of reform. On June 10th, 2000, Hafez passed away leaving his son Bashar al-Assad with the power over Syria. Bashar attempted to gain support over his people with promises of reform throughout Syria, including a revolutionized economy. People soon began to protest because Bashar had not been following through with his promises. These protests arose and Bashar chose to fight his people rather than meet their demands. Conflict has risen in Syria because of poor political and geographical systems whether this be through the way Assad governs, or through the destruction of Syria.

As a result of the Arab Spring, some countries removed their government leaders, and new government systems were created. However, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has refused to step down, and instead began to attack his own people. This has led to a civil war

It’s true that president Bashar Al-Assad has made some mistakes handling conflict in syria.But Bashar Al-Assad isn’t completely a bad leader.It is oftern argued that he has made many positive changes to syria after his father formed a strong iron regime.It is true that he created a bad environment for chlidren and adults since the start of the 2011 syrian civil war.Opposing views claim he is receiving help from Putin with russian aristrikes.The russian and American air strikes have really depleated the number of ISIS soldiers in Syria and other threats to the counrty.

Bashar Al- Assad has been president for the past fifteen plus years. Under his leadership the country has ended up in turmoil. Bashar Al- Assad is the source of the problem. He can not be apart of the solution. His leadership is not the key to stabilizing Syria and fighting terrorist groups. It is the obstacle. President Bashar Al- Assad's government has killed more people then the Islamic State (ISIL).

In the mid-twentieth century, an Arab nationalist fervor overtook Syria, leading to a series of coups which would eventually install the ostensibly socialist Ba’ath party at the head of state -- a rule that lasts tenuously to the present day. In the chaos of the aftermath of European occupation the seeds were sown for the conflict that rends Syria today as a nation struggles to define itself outside of the context of both factionalist terrorism and the autocratic al-Assad regime which has reigned since that period. When Hafez al-Assad, father of current president Bashar al-Assad, came to power in 1970 he seized the whole of the nation’s political power, placing it firmly in the hands of his family and therefore those of the military

On March 15, 2011 a civil war began in the nation of Syria. Thousands of civilians stood up in protest to the government of Syria led by Bashar al-Assad. These protests began peaceful but quickly turned violent. These protesters demanded democratic reforms, release of political prisoners, an increase in freedoms, abolition of the emergency law and an end to corruption. This quickly escalated into hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets in protest against the government. By 2013, nearly one-hundred thousand lives had been taken by this conflict and that number had risen to a quarter of a million by 2015 (Sharnoff). As this war has raged on, the Syrian government’s allies have grown impatient. Russia is Syria’s largest and most powerful ally has grown concerned over this war as Syria has been important to Russia in many ways over the years. Ideologies brought these two nations together in the mid-twentieth century and the relationship has progressed into a strong alliance.

Syria is one the most infamous countries that was involved in the Arab Spring. Syrians protested against the repressive 17 year regime of President Bashar al Assad, and for the allowance of political parties, equal rights for kurds, freedom of speech, press, and assembly. In late January of 2011, peaceful protests began in response to uprisings in Tunisia. On April 11th, the government asserted the emergency law that allows the government to suspend constitutional rights. Security forces began to open fire on civilians and cities. Food and water supply were cut off and electricity was sequestered. This eventually led to the ongoing Syrian Civil War in which President Assad is continuing to hurt is people, most recently by spraying sarin

Hafez Al-Assad, the father of the current Syrian leader, Bashar Al-Assad was born on 6 October, 1930 in Qardaha, Syria. Hafez Al-Assad was one of the leaders of the Ba’ath political party and took over rule of Syria in 1970. The Ba’ath party, founded in Syria in 1947, is still is the reigning political power in Syria. The Ba’ath party has only held power in Iraq and Syria even though they have sanctions in many other countries. The Ba’ath party came to power in Syria with a successful coup d’état overthrowing the current military regime on 8 March, 1963. Hafez Al-Assad along with other Ba’ath leaders Muhammad Umran and Salah Jadid took over the leadership of Syria by military force. Immediately following the coup

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 Syrian Civil War is an ongoing international armed conflict taking place in Syria. In March 2011, Syria’s government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, faced an extraordinary challenge to its authority when pro-democracy protests erupted throughout the country. The protesters demanded an end to the authoritarian practices of the Assad regime. To put an end to the demonstrations, Assad’s government used violent force against the protest, using extensive use of police, military, and local protection units made up of volunteers known as National Defence Force. The conflict gradually morphed from important protests to an armed rebellion after months of military encirclement. Despite the violence, the protests intensified and spread to other

The Syrian War is a worldwide issue that has dominated our newsfeeds and media outlets. Syrian Arab Republic is a small country located in the Middle East, surrounded by countries like Turkey, Jordan, and Iraq (see Figure 1.). Syria also partly boarders the Mediterranean Sea, where fertile plains and high mountains occupy the lands which were once vastly used for the countries agricultural resources. Their main source of income of Syria’s trades is oil which is approximately 70% of their exportation. The remaining 30 % of workforce are employed in agriculture, producing crops such as wheat, barley, and cotton. But because of over farming the lands they have turned mainly into dried desert. The soil has deteriorated and most areas are no longer rich for farming this has resulted in to deserts from the arid climate (Encyclopedia 1998).