A Hypothetical 'Arab League Report on Syria'
Arab League Report on Syria WYP? Link tree: https://linktr.ee/WhatsYourPurpose The Current Situation in Syria Bashar Al-Assad has ruled Syria since 2000, succeeding his father Hafez as President/dictator. However, in 2011, brutal government crackdowns during the Arab Spring protests sparked a civil war. The Arab League tried to arbitrate peace throughout November 2011 until January 2012, but Syria repeatedly reneged on its promises to cease the violence against civilians and the Arab League, therefore, suspended both its monitoring mission and Syria’s membership of the organisation. As an Alawite himself, Assad’s core support area is from Alawites concentrated along the Syrian coast, but he also has large support from the wider Shia, Christian and Druze population of Syria (Uludag, 2015). His military forces dropped from 220,000 in 2011 to 90,000 in 2016 but are well-trained and supplied and augmented through pro-government militias such as the National Defence Forces and Popular ...