Syria

On the Brink of Civil War

President Al Assad is facing more and more pressure every day. At first he was just criticized in the way he was handling the 8 month protest in his country. However, outside powers have called for his removal and his regime is causing Syria significant harm. His heavy handed dealings with the protestors has even cause part of the army to split off and attack governmental forces. These renegarde soldiers call themselves the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and recently attacked an airforce base. The situation in Syria continues to grow closer to all out civil war everyday. Protestors are growing in number, and President Al Assad refuses to back down amid heavy outside pressure, such as economic sanctions from the Arab League and the European Union.

President Al Assad needs to rethink his situation. He is losing any and all support he had from the rest of the world with the way he is running things, and virtually everybody is calling for his removal. His situation became even more precarious when part of the army split off and turned against him. Even though a recent sanction did not pass in the UN security council, it may not be long before the outside powers leave economic santions behind and choose to intervene with force, like what happened in Libya. With pressure mounting inn the form of rebels soldiers and growing numbers of protestors, it will be interesting to see if Al Assad tries to get out while he can, or conitues down his current path of trying to crush the protest.

Realist

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/syria/arab-league-to-syria-end-violence-within-three-days-1.932931

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15785798

November 17, 2011 at 6:30 pm