NEHRU SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

TOPIC: SYRIAN WAR AND ITS AFTER EFFECTS

PRESENTED BY: GROUP B-8

THEY ARE SYRIOUSTHE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

ABOUT SYRIA

GEOGRAPHICAL SYRIA  Small, poor and

crowded country.A total span of 1,85,000

square kilometers.Only a quarter of this is

arable land.The other regions are

mostly desert.

POPULATION  74 percentage Sunni Muslim.13 percent Shea Muslim10 percent Christians. 3 percent Druze.

LEADERSPresident Bashar al-Assad- has been

president of Syria for 11 years; accused of violating human rights

The Syrian uprising has no defined leader but is comprised of mostly Syrian men.

REASONS FOR SYRIAN UPRISING Political repression   Discredited ideology & Uneven economy   Drought & Population growth   New media   Corruption & State violence   Minority rule Tunisia effect

THE BEGINNING Pro-democracy protests erupted in March 2011

(Arab Spring). After security forces opened fire on

demonstrators, killing several, more took to the streets.

The unrest triggered nationwide protests demanding President Assad's resignation.

The government's use of force to crush the dissent merely hardened the protesters' resolve.

Opposition supporters eventually began to take up arms, first to defend themselves and later to expel security forces from their local areas.

THE DESCENT INTO WAR The Syrian civil war is an ongoing armed

conflict taken place in Syria. The armed opposition consist of various

groups like free Syrian army and Islamic front.

In 2013 Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant, made rapid military gains from Syria and Iraq.

Alawite government forces, militias and other Shiah groups fighting largely against Sunni dominated rebel groups.

WHO IS WITH WHO

SOME GRIM IMAGES FROM WAR

EFFECTS OF WAR

NATIONALThe deadliest single day in Syria saw death

tolls of 397 people.Overall the death toll sits somewhere

around 2,20,000.Generally the people have lost faith.Almost all have spread to neighboring

countries.

FATES WORSER THAN DEATH Increasing numbers of

refugees are attempting to reach Europe.

According to human rights organizations and United Nations human rights violations are committed by both Syrian government and rebels.

Violence against woman – approximately 6000 women have been raped.

The violence in Syria caused millions to flee their home. Almost half of the population have been displaced.

THE EFFECTS cont.… Infectious diseases have spread rebel held

areas , due to the collapse of sanitation and deteriorating living condition.

Children affected by the Syrian conflict are at risk of becoming ill, malnourished, abused, or exploited. Millions have been forced to quit school.

ECONOMIC EFFECTS

The economy has shrunk 45% since the start of the conflict.

Unemployment increased 5 fold. Its currency decreased one-sixth from its

pre-war value.The public sector lost US $ 15 billion.

THE REFUGEE SITUATIONTHE COUNTRIES WHICH BEAR THE MOST BURDEN

THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN EUROPE

CONCLUSIONOver the years, the situation has worsened

and the country has no doubt become a living hell.

The native people are the hard hit, millions losing lives and many more forced to leave their land and houses.

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