Syrian Civil War

1. PowerPoint Show by Andrew

2. INTRODUCTION
 Shia Muslium & Sunni Muslium
 Shia with French became
 NEW CONSTRUCTED SYRIAN MILITARY
 Europian promoted the military
 French left
 Syrian power 1963
 1970 Hafez al-assad

3. BASHAR HAFEZ AL-
ASSAD
Born 11 September 1965
President of Syria, commander-
in-chief of Syrian Armed Forces
Syrian electorate twice in 2000
and 2007-Without Opposing
Candidate
Parents: Anisa
Makhlouf, Hafez al-Assad-
Former President of Syria 30
years
Wife : Asma Assad

4. CONT...
 Graduated from the medical school of Damascus
University in 1988
 “Tishrin”
 Postgraduate training in ophthalmology at
the Western Eye Hospital
 After Death of Bassel (Bashar’s Brother)–Bashar
was recalled
 Basher was trained –Security Apparatus, Image
amoung Public, running of country
 Granted Wide Powers

5. REASON FOR WAR
 Assad intervenes in labanon
 Christian fought with muslium
 Sunni saw & assad need to go
 Low intensity war for 6 years
 Alawite & Sunni & Christian to counter Assad
 Brutal fashion 1982 & christian to cunter Assad
 Hama didn’t solve real cause unequal bal of pwr

6. SYRIAN CIVIL WAR -2011
 26 jan -Protest starts ended uneventfully
 18 March - largest protest
 Barack Obama Signed Executive Order
 23 May - , EU Foreign ministers agreed
 24 May -Canada imposed sanctions on Syrian leaders
 20 June-Assad’s Promises - new parliamentary elections
and greater freedoms and he blamed other parties
 Military start attacking people – Starts with Ali Farzat
(Cartoonist)

7. SYRIAN CIVIL WAR 2012
 End of jan -5,000 civilians and protesters had
been killed -1100 killed by anti regime forces
 27 Feb – Updated Constitution- But it was not
accepted by foreign nations
 On 15 July -International Committee of the Red
Cross (death count neared 20,000)

8. SYRIAN CIVIL WAR 2013
 6 January 2013 Assad’s interview-Pointing the
outside enemies as reason for war
 Syria TV, Addounia TV, Syrian News
Channel, RT,Russia-24, Fox
News, ABC, ARD and Ulusal Kanal.
 Assad Said "does not mean we are not interested in a
political solution."
 June 13 –Proof for chemical weapons used by
Assad

9. SYRIAN CIVIL WAR 2014
 3 July : Islamic State group takes control of Syria's
largest oil field, al-Omar, after fierce battles with the
Nusra Front, al-Qaida's branch in Syria.
 Mid-September 2014: IS begins offensive to take
Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, on the Turkish
border.
 September 2014
 fall of four regime military
 Economic level- decreased by 20.6 percent (it will take 10
Years to reach 2010’s GDP)

10. SYRIAN CIVIL WAR 2015
 “Jonathan Tepperman” reported Assad "voiced untruths
with confidence” , "unrepentant and inflexible“
 Comparing Assad (Family Affairs)with Hitler
 January 2015: UN estimates Syria's conflict has killed at
least 220,000 people and uprooted nearly a third of the
prewar population of 23 million from their homes.
 Intelligence chief Ali Mamlouk was placed under house
 In June 2015, United Nations special envoy to Syria

11. CONT…
 US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff General Martin Dempsey stated "The future
of Syria doesn't run through Assad“
 On 4 September 2015, Russian president
Vladimir Putin stated "already giving Syria quite
serious help with equipment and training soldiers,
with our weapons".

12. ECONOMY CONDITION

13. Before and After

14. A prayer for Syria
Almighty God
Today we remember before you the people of Syria.
Our hearts ache for their pain and suffering.
Lord we ask for your comfort to be made known.
Loving Father
We pray for all who are responding in love in Syria and in the surrounding countries.
Bless them as they work day and night to help those in need.
Lord we ask for your mercy to be made known.
Prince of Peace
We ask you to raise up peacemakers
Grant discernment and wisdom to leaders and others with influence,
that a road of peace may be found.
Please help us to be faithful in your ministry.
Lord we ask for your peace to be made known.
Amen.