Syria is one of the few countries that is dealing with internal war in the 21th century. The war inside Syria brought many fatalities and destruction to communities and cities where normal citizens live. To understand more about the current civil war inside Syria, we need to go back to a single protest that turned deadly.

In 2011, pro-democratic civilians of Syria came out to call out the authoritarian president, Bashar al-Assad for his dictatorship against the citizens. The protest consisted of walking and chanting that wasn’t violent. But soon after, the protesters were met with deadly force. Assad’s military used weapons and violent ways to crush the protesters that left many injured or dead.

This shocked the entire citizens of Syria, and many other protests arose from the deaths of the protesters. And every time, Assad’s military suppressed the protest through violence. Assad’s government restricted any anti-government actions and the anti-gov’n organizations started to decentralize. The decentralization caused different branch organizations to be formed and they had a common goal:Eliminate Bashar al-Assad.

Many armed organizations were made to fight against Assad’s dictatorship putting Syria in complete destruction of war. Even now, Syria is engulfed in the violent reality of war. Many reports are shown revealing horrific tortures and terrible conditions the prisoners are put in.After the civil war got more exposed to external countries, other countries have started to intervene in the war. Since then, the situation in Syria has gotten more complicated with many different countries fighting behalf of their propaganda.

Syria is one of the few countries that is dealing with internal war in the 21th century. The war inside Syria brought many fatalities and destruction to communities and cities where normal citizens live. To understand more about the current civil war inside Syria, we need to go back to a single protest that turned deadly.

Looking at recent news according to CNN, it is reported that Bashar al-Assad has fled to Russia due to constant pressure of the rebel troops. Since then, it has been shown that many people are freed from prisons and jails. We are able to see many people celebrating the momentous freedom they were able to obtain through a long period of struggle.

But the war is not over. According to Shelther Box, Syrian people still struggle with the war that affects them today. Homes have been destroyed and many civilians are left as refugees and still we don’t know what path the war might take. However, it is important to keep even the slightest attention to what happens in Syria and even other parts of the world.