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4 - The Syrian Government’s War against Its People

from Part I - The Syrian War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2019

Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen
Affiliation:
Academic College for Law and Science and Ariel University
Nir T. Boms
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
Sareta Ashraph
Affiliation:
Garden Court Chambers
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Summary

This chapter charts Syria’s descent into conflict, from the eruption of demonstrations in March 2011 to the unrestrained brutality that would come to characterise the Syrian conflict – itself an umbrella for a number of distinct conflicts, both civil and international. The chapter focuses on the Syrian government’s leading role in Syria’s conflagration. Beginning with an analysis of the conflict’s origins and the Syrian government’s strategy, which developed from suppression and terror to a ‘total war’, the chapter describes the conduct of the Syrian government against its own people, elaborating on the chemical weapons attacks. It then discusses Russia’s and Iran’s intervention and concludes with an assessment of the implications of the conflict on the civil society in Syria in terms of deaths and casualties, demographic changes in the population of Syria, and the economic repercussions of the conflict.

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The Syrian War
Between Justice and Political Reality
, pp. 56 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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