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This document provides an overview of Syria. It notes that Syria has a population of 17 million, with Arabs making up 90% of the population. The official language is Arabic. The country's economy relies on industries like petroleum, textiles, and phosphate mining. Syria has experienced political instability and conflict throughout its history, including being ruled by various empires and undergoing a civil war beginning in 2011 during the Arab Spring protests against President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has ruled Syria for over 40 years. The ongoing civil war has led to over 100,000 deaths so far.

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Syria

This document provides an overview of Syria. It notes that Syria has a population of 17 million, with Arabs making up 90% of the population. The official language is Arabic. The country's economy relies on industries like petroleum, textiles, and phosphate mining. Syria has experienced political instability and conflict throughout its history, including being ruled by various empires and undergoing a civil war beginning in 2011 during the Arab Spring protests against President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has ruled Syria for over 40 years. The ongoing civil war has led to over 100,000 deaths so far.

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SYRIA

Map of Syria

DEMOGRAPHICS
Full country name: Syrian Arab Republic
Area: 185,180 sq km (72,150 sq mi)
Slightly larger than North Dakota
Population: 17 million
Capital city: Damascus (pop 6 million)

DEMOGRAPHICS
People: Arabs (90%), Kurds, Armenians,

Circassians, Turks
Language: Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian,
Turkish, English
Religion: 74% Sunni Muslim, 16% other
Muslim, 10% Christian

ECONOMY
GDP: $63.86 billion (2005 est.)
Industry:
Petroleum
Textiles
food processing
Beverages
Tobacco
phosphate rock mining
Currency: Syrian pound
48.5 Syrian pound = $1 US (2004)

MILITARY
Syrian Arab Army
Syrian Arab Navy
Syrian Arab Air Force
Police and Security Force
Conscription force
24 months upon reaching age 18
Active troops: 319,000
Infantry Support Weapons: 2,750
Battlefield squad support weapons such as

mortars

HISTORY
Syria has been a country of conflict.
Syria has been under the rule of many

ancient empires.

Rome, Persia, Egypt, and Babylon

Came under Turkish rule in 1516 and

remained under their control for four


centuries.
Came under French occupation in 1919.
Finally gained independence in 1946.

HISTORY CONT.
The country lacked political stability and

experienced military coups.


They united with Egypt in February 1958 to form
the United Arab Republic.
In September 1961 they separated and the Syrian
Arab Republic was reestablished.
In November 1970, Hafiz al-ASAD, seized power in
a bloodless coup and brought political stability to
the country.
President al-ASAD died in July 2000, his son,
Bashar al-ASAD took power.

LEBANON OCCUPATION
Lebanese president invited Syria in 1976

after a bloody civil war


Entered country 1 June 1976
Suppressed Palestinian forces and Soviet-

backed Muslim militia


Resistance to Israeli occupation

LEBANON OCCUPATION
~14,000 Syrian troops occupied Lebanon
Syria exerted control over government
economical and security interests in region

Syria left Lebanon 27 April 2005

Bashar Al-Assad
Bashar Hafez al-

Assad(born 11 September
1965) is the President of
Syriaand Regional
Secretary of theSyrian-led
branchof theArab Socialist
Ba'ath Party. He has served
as President since 2000,
when he succeeded his
father,Hafez al-Assad, who
had ruled Syria for 30 years
prior to his death.

SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

The "independence flag" of Syria,


used before the Ba'athist coup in
1963, has been widely used by
protesters as an opposition flag and
has been adopted officially by the
Syrian National Coalitionand
theFree Syrian Army.

When and why this war was


developed?
TheSyrian civil waris an ongoing armed conflict

inSyriabetween forces loyal to the SyrianBa'ath


Partygovernment and those seeking to oust it.
The conflict began on 15 March 2011, with
popular demonstrations that grew nationwide by
April 2011. These demonstrations were part of the
wider Middle Eastern protest movement known as
theArab Spring.
Protesters demanded the resignation of
PresidentBashar al-Assad, whose family has held
the presidency in Syria since 1971, as well as the
end of Ba'ath Party rule.

What is the Arab Spring ?


The Arab Spring is a

media term for the


revolutionary wave
of demonstrations
and protests (both
non-violent and
violent), riots, and
civil wars in the Arab
world that began on
18 December 2010.

Syrian Opposition
TheSyrian oppositionis anumbrella termfor groups and
individuals calling for regime change inSyria and who oppose
itsBa'athist government.
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
Syrian National Council
Local Coordination Committees of Syria
Free Syrian Army&Higher Military Council
Kurdish Supreme Committee

Some countries that supports Syrian Opposition are: Pakistan,


Iraq, Qatar, United States, Israel, United Kingdom, Egypt, Saudi
Arabia, etc.

Consequences
In June 2013, the death toll was updated to 92,900

100,000 by the United Nations. According to various


opposition activist groups, between 72,960 and 96,430
people have been killed, of which about half were civilians,
but also including 58,500 armed combatants consisting of
both the Syrian Army and rebel forces, up to 1,000
opposition protesters and 1,000 government officials.

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A PRESENTATION BY

SAI KRISHNA Y

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