Syria Blog Post

Recently, there were reports of students who put graffiti on Anti-government signs in Syria. As a result of the graffiti, those students were tortured, and altogether this caused protests throughout Syria. President Bashar al-Assad was the president while the protests were taking place. He took action by sending tanks and security forces into the cities where protests were occurring. The protests continued for a long time, so the government took action by sending in soldiers to control the crowds. Although the soldiers were supposed to be controlling the protesters, they actually began going against the government as well. This contributed the formation of the Syrian National Council (a group that opposed the government.) Today, there are many groups of people in Syria who are opposed to the government, but these groups have failed to join together and rid of Bashar al-Assad out of power. A piece of evidence that shows an increasing rate of violence is stated best by saying, "According the United Nations, more than 5,400 Syrians have been killed, thousands are missing, with 25,000 refugees in other countries and more than 70,000 internally displaced". With the interviews that investigators have done to gain knowledge of the situation in Syria, they ultimately have been able to accomplish a lot. They were able to vote Bashar al-Assad to give his power and duties to current vice president. The US is now working with the United Nations to support Syria. Human rights are dishonored in a lot of places around the world, and this very serious issue needs to be taken care of.