Model Arab League Syria Notes

University:
University of Wyoming
Course:
HIST3220 | History of the Modern Middle East
Academic year:

2023
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276

Pages:

2
Author:

Allison B.

SYRIA - Syrian National Coalition GDP 27.26 billion Population 16.43 million Languages Arabic, Kurdish, Syriac, Assyrian Military Size Syrian Armed Forces -- 130,000 military Foreign Military Purchases/Aid Syria: Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Iraq, Egypt Syrian National Coalition: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Turkey, UK, US, European Union Major bodies of water Euphrates River, Lake al-Asad Major natural resources in the economy Olive oil, Petroleum, natural gas, iron 5 Social Issues Lack of free-speech against the al-Asad regime Political prisoners and detainees COVID-19 lack of accurate testing and reporting information Lack of education, housing, medical care access Mental health/generational trauma of the “lost generation” Status of women (voting, marrying, initiating divorce) Have suffrage, can apply from divorce in some circumstances, women can serve in the military, honor killings of women still common with legal loopholes in the status quo, 11% of the Parliament is women International Conflicts Syrian Civil/Proxy War Domestic Conflicts Syrian Civil War al-Asad: forced disappearances, unlawful killings, substantial human rights abuses, with no regime accountability Official Alliances with Foreign Governments Syria: Iran, Russia, Iraq Syrian National Coalition: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Turkey, UK, US, European Union, Arab League Key Political Parties/domestic influential actors and agendas Ba'athist Party - President Bashar al-Asad Syrian Social Nationalist Party Arab Socialist Union Party Syrian Communist Party Informal alliances of top three Free Syrian Army (FSA) parties with any foreign actors/ Syria Islamic Liberation Front governments