Book contents
- The Syrian War
- The Syrian War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Table of Treaties
- Table of Cases
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Syrian War
- 2 Syria: International Use of Force and Humanitarian Intervention
- 3 Legal Classification of the Conflict(s) in Syria
- 4 The Syrian Government’s War against Its People
- 5 All the Red Lines
- 6 Scorched Earth in Syria
- 7 Weaponising Gender
- Part II The Syrian Neighbourhood
- Part III A New Syria in a New World Order?
- Index
4 - The Syrian Government’s War against Its People
from Part I - The Syrian War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2019
- The Syrian War
- The Syrian War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Table of Treaties
- Table of Cases
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Syrian War
- 2 Syria: International Use of Force and Humanitarian Intervention
- 3 Legal Classification of the Conflict(s) in Syria
- 4 The Syrian Government’s War against Its People
- 5 All the Red Lines
- 6 Scorched Earth in Syria
- 7 Weaponising Gender
- Part II The Syrian Neighbourhood
- Part III A New Syria in a New World Order?
- Index
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 WarBetween Justice and Political Reality, pp. 56 - 78Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020