TishreenDaily

Damascus, Syria
Monday, March 23, 2015
2 pages
94.46
Syrian pounds
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Civil War In Syria

Syria has been in civil war for quite a while
now. It all started with the anti government
protests they had been having,and it just
exalted from there. Because of this very huge
armed conflict over 200,000 people of Syria
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lost their lives in only four years.
More than
11 million people have been forced to leave
their homes and those against president
Bashar Al-Assad battle against one another.
How long do you think it take until this crisis
comes to an end?
The Syrian Civil War began during the Arab
Spring revolts in 2012. The people revolted
because of President Assads beliefs and his
unwillingness to take the peoples
perspectives in mind. Assads family and
ruling party are Alawite,

which is a small portion. Only 13% of

the population are Shiite and only a
fraction of those are Alawite.
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a leader that has the same beliefs as

them. The people do not respect Assad
due to the fact that he puts thousands of
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lives in danger all just for power.
In
addition the UN has condemned Assads
actions, and calls for his resignation.

The
atmosphere of Syria is so horrible
that ISIS is practically invited into the
country to torture innocent lives.
Syrians are in jeopardy because their
country is hideout. This is allowing ISIS
to do whatever they want because their
are no rules being enforced. This
situation can potentially get out of
hand. ISIS already has power in Syria,
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influence their power elsewhere? Syria
is ungovernable space, which makes it
Approximately 74% of the population
very easy to ISIS to operate with little to
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are Muslim.
President Assad does not
no interruption. A free ISIS is not only a
have the peoples respect and they want

threat to Syria, but a threat to the world.

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Although some say that supposedly

2. "International Religious Freedom

Report 2006."
U.S. State Department
State Department, 1 Jan. 2006. Web. 23
Mar. 2015.
3. Gladstone, Rick. "General
Assembly Votes to Condemn
Syrian Leader."
The New York
Times
. The New York Times, 16
Feb. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 201
5.

Syria is freedom of religion country,

the facts prove otherwise. The way the
country is set up is unfortunately what
people call religiously driven. This all
means that it is ruled by one religion
only. What kind of freedom is that?
The answer is simple. There is zero
freedom in Syria. When there is no

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A Religiously Driven
Country

government to be found, Muslims are

known to rape, kidnap, and even put
innocent Christian women to death.
Syrian Christians can not even step out

The First Amendment states that "Congress

to go to the store without being held at

shall

an

gunpoint! So little has been done to

establishment of religion, or prohibiting the

make the Christians of Syria feel

free exercise there of", which is also known

secured, the only thing they can do for

as the separation of church and state

now is hope and pray.

make

no

law

respecting

Citations Op-Ed:

famously quoted by Thomas Jefferson. We as

Americans have the luxury of living that way.
Religion does interfere with state, nor does
state with religion. Syria however does not
get to live that way.

Citations Cover Story:

1. Rodgers, Lucy, and David Gritten.
"Syria: The Story of the Conflict."
BBC
NEWS
. BBC, 12 Mar. 2015. Web. 23
Mar. 2015.

1. "Persecution In Syria.
christianfreedom.org
N.p., n.d.
Web.
2. Damon, Arwa, and Zeynep
Bilginsoy. "Amid Brazen,
Deadly Attacks, Gay Syrians
Tell of Fear of ISIS
Persecution."
Http://www.cnn.com/
. CNN,
6th Mar. 2015. Web.
3. "Syria."
Freedomhouse.org
. N.p.,
n.d. Web.