The Syrian Civil War Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, more than 1 in 10 Syrians have been wounded or killed. This means that out of the approximately 18.5 million people that lived there, almost 2 million people have been physically affected by the war since 2011, based on a survey taken in 2015. The Syrian Civil War has been going on for 7 years, but there appears to be no end in sight for the horrible tragedy (Boghani 1). The Syrian Civil war had many causes, and many outcomes. The war itself was destructive, topped only by the effects that came later. One of the major reasons for the Syrian Civil War was the beginning of the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring was an enormous controversial movement that spread across the Middle East, and influenced people to fight for a change in their government. It started as a wave of protests across the Middle East that began …show more content…
Armed battles were increasingly common, and many had chosen sides in the war, or had left the country to escape. The rebels called themselves the Free Syrian Army, and many troops had once been a part of Assad’s militia. They were against Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, and wanted to start a democracy. On the other hand, there were the government troops, dedicated to enforcing Assad’s rule and were opposing the Free Syrian Army. Even though many attempts to make peace between the two were attempted by the UN and other European nations, they were never heeded (Britannica 1). By the seventh year of fighting, more than 465,000 syrians had been killed, and there seemed to be no end in sight for the two opposing sides (“Syria’s civil war explained from the beginning” 1). As the death toll rises, and the injuries are tallied, the effects of the war have caused many chain reactions in the