César Corrales

Carlo Rivera

Gerardo Pizarro

Ignacio Pedreros

Kevin Lozano

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SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

The "independence flag" of Syria, used before the Ba'athist coup in 1963, has been widely used by protesters as an opposition flag and has been adopted officially by the Syrian National Coalition and the Free Syrian Army.

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Syrian Ba'ath Party government and those seeking to oust it.

The conflict began on 15 March 2011, with popular demonstrations that grew nationwide by April 2011. These demonstrations were part of the wider Middle Eastern protest movement known as the Arab Spring.

Protesters demanded the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has held the presidency in Syria since 1971, as well as the end of Ba'ath Party rule.

When and why this war was developed?

The Arab Spring is a media term for the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both non-violent and violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010.

What is the “Arab Spring” ?

The Syrian opposition is an umbrella term for groups and individuals calling for regime change in Syria and who oppose

its Ba'athist government.

National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces

Syrian National Council Local Coordination Committees of Syria Free Syrian Army & Higher Military Council Kurdish Supreme Committee

Some countries that supports Syrian Opposition are: Pakistan, Iraq, Qatar, United States, Israel, United Kingdom, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc.

Syrian Opposition

Bashar Hafez al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is the President of Syria and Regional Secretary of the Syrian-led branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He has served as President since 2000, when he succeeded his father, Hafez al-Assad, who had ruled Syria for 30 years prior to his death.

Bashar Al-Assad

The armies and forces that support the Syrian government are:

Syrian Armed Forces Jaysh al-Sha'bi Shabiha National Defense Force al-Abbas brigade Lijan militias

Syrian Government

• Iran:Revolutionary Guards

Foreign militants:• Hezbollah• PFLP–GC• Houthis• Others

In June 2013, the death toll was updated to 92,900–100,000 by the United Nations. According to various opposition activist groups, between 72,960 and 96,430 people have been killed, of which about half were civilians, but also including 58,500 armed combatants consisting of both the Syrian Army and rebel forces, up to 1,000 opposition protesters and 1,000 government officials.

Consequences

How is the situation nowadays?