World War Stories - What happen to Syria right now is something that happened during the early stages of the Libyan Revolution against the Government of Gaddafi. Demonstrations struck the streets of Syria the government forces tries to disperse the protesters but it resulted to arrest,injuries and the worst deaths.
We may be far from Syria - but hearing the reports and watching the videos make us feel uncomfortable, people are dying and hungry. It is very sad to watch reports of innocent civilians killed by the shelling made by the Government forces. So Why the people are protesting?
According to http://www.thedailybeast.com
"Religion is a complicated proposition in the country: Most Syrians are Sunni, but Syrian President Bashar al-AssadAssad and many leaders in the government are Alawites, members of an esoteric Shiite sect, and they have ties to the Shiite regime in Iran, funneling weapons to Hezbollah on its behalf. They haven't been kind to Islamists in their own country, launching a huge 1982 assault on members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who were revolting in the city of Hamah; between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed. But despite the repressive regime and disdain for Islamists, the president isn't a hated figure like Hosni Mubarak was in Egypt. "Assad is not universally reviled, and actually he's pretty well-liked," Lesch says. "You won't see any WikiLeaks reports detailing his extravagant lifestyle, because he doesn't have one." And Assad has managed to keep Syria relatively stable—even though it's perched precariously between Lebanon and Iraq—and has pursued some economic reforms."
Despite so many people wanted reforms or wanted to oust their leader, still so many Syrians supported Assad especially the Arab world, in particular, because he is seen as one of the few Arab leaders who has the determination to stand up against the U.S. and Israel. The presence of divided beliefs between Syrian people worsen the problem in Syria. Recently an American Reporter Marie Colvin was killed while making ways to chronicle the horrors in Syria in her last dispatch for the British Newspaper:
"It is a city of the cold and hungry, echoing to exploding shells and bursts of gunfire," Colvin wrote. "There are no telephones and the electricity has been cut off. ... Freezing rain fills potholes and snow drifts in through windows empty of glass. No shops are open, so families are sharing what they have with relatives and neighbors. Many of the dead and injured are those who risked foraging for food.
"Fearing the snipers' merciless eyes, families resorted last week to throwing bread across rooftops, or breaking through communal walls to pass unseen."
Colvin often focused on the plight of women and children in wartime, and Syria was no different. She gave interviews to major British broadcasters on the eve of her death, appealing for the world to notice the slaughter taking place.
"I watched a little baby die today," she told the BBC on Tuesday. "Absolutely horrific, a 2-year old child had been hit. They stripped it and found the shrapnel had gone into the left chest and the doctor said 'I can't do anything.' His little tummy just kept heaving until he died."
Her report is an eye opener, we thought that there is no shooting or shelling but only peaceful demonstrations. We were wrong many people in Syria are dying and suffering from hunger and they need our help. I don't know how will America respond to the situation of Syria now, but if ever the world will help -- they better find ways to restore the Peace first.
We may be far from Syria - but hearing the reports and watching the videos make us feel uncomfortable, people are dying and hungry. It is very sad to watch reports of innocent civilians killed by the shelling made by the Government forces. So Why the people are protesting?
According to http://www.thedailybeast.com
"Religion is a complicated proposition in the country: Most Syrians are Sunni, but Syrian President Bashar al-AssadAssad and many leaders in the government are Alawites, members of an esoteric Shiite sect, and they have ties to the Shiite regime in Iran, funneling weapons to Hezbollah on its behalf. They haven't been kind to Islamists in their own country, launching a huge 1982 assault on members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who were revolting in the city of Hamah; between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed. But despite the repressive regime and disdain for Islamists, the president isn't a hated figure like Hosni Mubarak was in Egypt. "Assad is not universally reviled, and actually he's pretty well-liked," Lesch says. "You won't see any WikiLeaks reports detailing his extravagant lifestyle, because he doesn't have one." And Assad has managed to keep Syria relatively stable—even though it's perched precariously between Lebanon and Iraq—and has pursued some economic reforms."
Despite so many people wanted reforms or wanted to oust their leader, still so many Syrians supported Assad especially the Arab world, in particular, because he is seen as one of the few Arab leaders who has the determination to stand up against the U.S. and Israel. The presence of divided beliefs between Syrian people worsen the problem in Syria. Recently an American Reporter Marie Colvin was killed while making ways to chronicle the horrors in Syria in her last dispatch for the British Newspaper:
"It is a city of the cold and hungry, echoing to exploding shells and bursts of gunfire," Colvin wrote. "There are no telephones and the electricity has been cut off. ... Freezing rain fills potholes and snow drifts in through windows empty of glass. No shops are open, so families are sharing what they have with relatives and neighbors. Many of the dead and injured are those who risked foraging for food.
"Fearing the snipers' merciless eyes, families resorted last week to throwing bread across rooftops, or breaking through communal walls to pass unseen."
Colvin often focused on the plight of women and children in wartime, and Syria was no different. She gave interviews to major British broadcasters on the eve of her death, appealing for the world to notice the slaughter taking place.
"I watched a little baby die today," she told the BBC on Tuesday. "Absolutely horrific, a 2-year old child had been hit. They stripped it and found the shrapnel had gone into the left chest and the doctor said 'I can't do anything.' His little tummy just kept heaving until he died."
Her report is an eye opener, we thought that there is no shooting or shelling but only peaceful demonstrations. We were wrong many people in Syria are dying and suffering from hunger and they need our help. I don't know how will America respond to the situation of Syria now, but if ever the world will help -- they better find ways to restore the Peace first.
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