Summary report of the Syrian civil war, brief background and important groups and figures discussed.

1. Syrian Civil War
Presented by: Eugene Javillonar

3. BACKGROUND/CONTEXT

5. RISE OF THE SINGLE PARTYRISE OF THE SINGLE PARTY

6. The Syrian
Regional
Branch Gov’t
•Dominant
political
authority
•Syria: Single-
party State
The Syrian
Regional
Branch Gov’t
•Dominant
political
authority
•Syria: Single-
party State
Rise of the Damascus Spring
•Between July 2000 –August 2001
•Intense social and political Debate
•Ended when its leaders were
Arrested
Hafez to Bashar al-Assad

7. Population
Demography
Alawi
Domination
Assad
Part of Shi’ite
Islam

10. Human RightsHuman Rights

11. • ARAB SPRING
• December 2010
• Mass anti-
Government protests
began in Tunisia
• Spread across the
ARAB World
• February 2011
• The revolutions of
Tunisia and Egypt,
Libya began its own
Civil War

12. • The Demand for the
Resignation of
President Bashar al-
Assad
• (Family held
Presidency in
Syria since 1971)
• As well as the End of
the Arab Socialist
Ba’ath Party
• Revolutionary
Wave of
Demonstrations
and Protests
• Began Dec. 18,
2010 (Tunisia)
• Believed to have
been caused by
dissatisfaction w/
local governments

13. Emergence of Independent
Conflict Groups

14. Shabiha

15. Free Syrian Army

16. Harati

18. Leader: Hassan Nasrallah

19. Political Groups involved
• Formed Aug. 23,
2011
• Based in Turkey
• Has links to FSA
• Later formed the
Syrian National
Coaltion
• A Syrian bloc of
13 left-wing
parties
• In between SNC
and pro-gov’t
• Leftist
• A Syrian bloc of
13 left-wing
parties
• In between SNC
and pro-gov’t
• Leftist

20. International Reaction and Actors

21. Both Nations will convene in
the G8 summit to share their
interest in stopping the
violence

24. Human Rights Violations

25. • Update:
• 458,837 in
Turkey
• 714,069 in
Lebanon
• 160,082 in
Iraq
• 500,579 in
Jordan
• 110,569 in
Egypt

26. Refugees