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SYRIAThe Revolution
Amy Freeman Pd. 2
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Syria
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Demographics• Population(as of 2009): 21 million• Major Ethnic Groups: Arabs(90%), Kurds(9%),
Armenians, Circassians, Turkomans• Religions: Sunni Muslims(74%), Alawis(12%),
Christians(10%), Druze(3%), small numbers of Muslim sects, Jews, and YazidisOfficial Language: Arabic
• Life Expectancy: Male-69.8 years; Female-72.68 years
• Population Growth Rate(2009): 2.37%• Literacy:90.8%
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Goal of Revolution:
•The Syrians say that their protest is against the “repressive measures” of Assad’s rule. This includes more controlling Internet censorship, arresting political prisoners, and the spreading use of travel bans.
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President Bashar al-Assad
•President Assad inherited the power his family has had for four decades. He decided to move towards more reforms politically in Syria
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Key Events
•March 15-Dozens of people stormed into Damascus due to a Facebook page calling for a “Day of Dignity”
•March 20- Crowds set the Baath Party headquarters on fire.
•March 29- The government resigned.•March 30-Assad speaks to the people for
the first time since protests started. He doesn’t expand on any major reforms.
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Key Events(Cont)•April 16- Assad gives another address saying
that emergency laws are going to be abolished and that there will be further reforms.
•April 22- Security forces are reported to have shot at least eighty people dead.
•April 23- Bloodiest Day since the uprising began. 75 people reported killed.
•Syrian troops begin an 11-day siege on Deraa•April 29- May 23- U.S., Switzerland, and EU
begin sanctions on Assad and other officials.
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Key Events(Cont.)• May 28- Call for new protest after word comes of
the alleged torture and killing of a 13 year-old boy from Deraa.
• May 31- Amnesty announced by Assad for political prisoners.
• June 18- Tanks enter a city on Turkey’s border where there were 100,000 Syrians seeking refuge.
• June 29- U.S. impose sanctions on the security forces from Syria due to human rights abuses and also against Iran for their support of Syria.
• July 2- Assad sacks the Hama province’s governor.
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Key Events (Cont)• July 10- Main group of opposition boycotts
talking with the government until they end the violent crackdown and free political prisoners.
• August 18-Barrack Obama and EU tell Assad to step down.
• Oct. 6- UN says that more than 2,900 people have been killed since protests began.
• Oct. 7-National investigation under way into killings.
• Oct. 8- At least 14 mourners are killed when Syrian forces open fire on them as they go to funerals of those who had died that Friday.
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Like the American Revolution
•The Syrian Revolution is like the American Revolution in that they both wanted freedom from their overbearing rulers.
Vs.
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Unlike the American Revolution
•The Syrian Revolution is unlike that American Revolution in that The American Revolution was somewhat more organized, and they Americans were trying to escape from a foreign leader, not from their own leader.
Vs.
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The Effects of the Revolution
•The Activists have said that more than 2,000 people have been killed and thousands of people have been arrested. There end has not yet come.
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