ARAB SPRING

• Happened in Tunisia
• 22yr old college grad
• Opens a fruit stand that gets shut down by government.
• Lit himself on fire to prove a point to the unfair government
• Citizens stand up for him and start the Arab Spring

BASHAR AL ASSAD

• Dictator of Syria
• Father passed power down to him
• Doesn't go through with his plans for peace
• Allows very little democracy

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

WWI

• French/Brittish put people who don't like each other next to each other

DICATOR ASSAD

• No protesting
• No freedom
• Assad used chemical weapons vs his own people

RELIGON

• Sumi Muslim (Islam) 74%
• Alawhites (Islams) 16%
• Christians 10%
• Assad gives best jobs and favors to Alawhites, because he is a Alawhite.

WHO IS FIGHTING THE WAR

ASSADS ARMY

• Assads military

REBELS

• Aka Free Syrian Army
• Sumi Muslims
• Used to be a part of Assads Army
• USA gives money to them for weapons

TERRORIST GROUPS

• Al queda
• Hezbullah
• ISIS

WHAT ROLE DOES AMERICA PLAY

• America wants to step in but can't because all of the country's given "Veto" power didn't agree

WHY DOESNT THE UN STEP IN

• Only 3/5 countries agree to give troops
• China and Russia do not agree

ROLE OF RUSSIA AND CHINA

• Don't want to attack Assad because he is a good supplier

CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR

• 320,000-500,000 people died
• Refugee Crisis
• Economy is wrecked