Revisiting the spark that kindled the syrian uprising a year ago sunday, protests were held in daraa against the arrests and beatings of a group of. In addition, from 2011 it was clear that bashar alassad would benefit from the unfailing support of russia and iran, enabling him to resist an insurrection that was quickly backed by irans enemies. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Estimates of deaths in the libyan civil war vary, with figures from 2,500 to 25,000 given between 02 march 2011 and 01 october 2011. The narrative of the corporate mainstream media is that the vast majority of syrians resorted to peaceful protests against the dictator assad regime. The syrian revolution appears to have started tuesday, with a facebook group called the syrian revolution 2011 syrian revolt against bashar alassad garnering more than 41,000 fans, twitter. Revisiting the spark that kindled the syrian uprising.
Tracing state formation and deformation in syria from independence to the syrian uprising. Safe zones and considerations for the future hassan mneimneh. How schoolboys began the syrian revolution cbs news. The end of the syrian revolution by eyal zisser israel hayom. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title syrian revolution. The planning and the unfolding conspiracy was inspired by the iraqi regional branchs successful military coup. Hassan mneimneh is a contributing editor with fikra forum and a principal at middle east alternatives in. Media channels monitored the the syrian revolution 2011 facebook page to get pictures and videos of what was happening in syria, which facilitated the propagation of the reality that syrian protestors faced. In the internet realm of social mobilization, twitter functions in a centralized networking role as a. In syria, it will take a revolution to end the war the. In syria, it will take a revolution to end the war as the political uprising in syria devolved into bloody civil war, omar al muqdad finds a few glimmers of hope amid a deeply depressing conflict. The emphasis here is on the civil and political aspects of the syrian revolution. The ongoing syrian revolution has caused tremendous amounts of bloodshed and has not ended so it is impossible to tell how long it will last.
Syrian rebels are seen in a bus as they are evacuated from the town of douma near. The 1963 syrian coup detat, referred to by the syrian government as the 8 march revolution arabic. The syrian arab republic aljumhuriyyah alarabiyah assuriyyah in arabic is the official name of modern day syria, the land which could be as old as history itself. Updated statistical analysis of documentation of killings. This community is an archive and resource to document the syrian uprising since its inception in early 2011 to the present day. As of april 2016 a furter total of about 4,750 had been killed. Browse the independents complete collection of articles and commentary on syrian revolution. The leader of al qaedas syrian wing tried unsuccessfully at a recent meeting to convince rival islamist factions to merge into one unit, several insurgency sources have told reuters. He remained in power as president for 30 years, until his death in 2000. Do you support the popular struggle against dictatorship and for. Syrian rebel splits deepen after failed merger with al. Hrdag chose to combine the snhr and srgc datasets into a single. Compare and contrast syria comparing the revolutions. The focus is especially on the rise of the asad regime under hafiz, its evolution under bashar and its d eformation in the period of the uprising 2011.
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