SYRIAN PROTESTSBy Cameron Bell

The current situation In Syria at the moment

there are many anti-government protests and the government have responded to this through the use of military force

The government have sent tanks which shoot citizens and snipers are shooting people who come out of their homes

The cause It began in mid-march The cause of these protests are thought

to be because of two teenagers who were arrested for spray painting a wall with an anti-government slogan

Although this action was made in the southern city of Deraa protests have been found all over the country

Something that doesn’t help Another fact that doesn’t really help the

president of Syria is that he is part of a minority

The majority of the population are Sunnis while he is Alawite

The severity The military forces have invaded into more than 9 cities

and have used tanks and snipers as well as multiple of the forms of weapons in order to control the public

There has been videos from civilians which show soldiers firing guns and other firearms

So far there has been a total of 1,600 deaths and tens of thousands more injured and arrested

Examples On the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha (one of the

holiest days for them) 27 people were killed In a neighborhood called Baba amr in the city of

Homs (one of the most effected areas by the protests) during the first week of protests nearly 100 people were killed

Leaving the country There are many people who are leaving

the country and going into Turkish refugee camps.

They seem to be leaving a lot more near the Turkish border where it is easier to cross

Aid

Multiple different organizations are trying to help out Syria

Turkey is considering sending in some of its own military forces into Syria

Although the UN are trying to help they still have not reached a proper decision for what they should do about the problem

All video evidence All of the video evidence that BBC has

got has been filmed by the protesters themselves as no journalists are allowed into the country.

BBC program http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle

-east-15615583

This is a short part of a news report that BBC did on the events happening in Syria

Sources BBC website :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13855203, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15612294, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15615583, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15624414