Pros And Cons Of The Syrian Civil War

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Statistics have reveled that during the duration of 2011 to 2015 more than 200,00 people have been killed during the Syrian civil war according to The New York Times newspaper, the civil war in Syria has caused more than 4 million Syrians to leave their country and to seek shelter due to the war, the country lacks safety and comfort. Revolutionist are fighting the Syrian government, rebels are fighting each other which is leading the government in attacking barrel bombs on civilians who are not involved in this fight (Ross and Malik 2015). As a consequence, the Syrians are leaving their country in order to live in peace. Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey the countries around Syria have accepted the majority of refugees to stay in their land even …show more content…

Gulf countries need workers, and they bring them from many countries from West to East. Of course, Syrians are not capable to do all the jobs that these foreign workers can do, but Syrians are pioneers in the manufacturing field and by investing refugee’s exertion in factories, the GCC countries won’t feel the need to rely on Europe or South Asia for the basic needs, some Syrians are often educated and would fit into the society well without too much difficulty. The gulf countries need doctors, nurses, engineers and accountants; and it would be better to give these jobs to them than giving it to people from foreign countries which don’t share the same values. This would benefit the Gulf countries and allow the Syrian Refugees to start a new life with dignity. If these educated refugees go to the West, they will probably not be able to work in the profession that they tried for and their education will be wasted. Anas Al-Asadi who works as a janitor when he holds a degree in law. He earns one euro per hour. One hour cleaning different places where in GCC he could use his degree to win different law cases (Webb 2015). Also most GCC countries have money and technology but lack experience, but it is the opposite in Syria, more productivity will gain more money …show more content…

On September 7th 2015, a Syrian refugee was kicked and tripped by a Hungarian TV journalist while he was trying to run escape from the police in the Hungary-Serbia border. The video was spread through televises and social network which has caused Hungary and the Hungarian television reputation in huge jeopardy. The chief editor says, “I believe we have done what we had to do in this situation. We don’t understand how this could happen. It is shocking and unacceptable” (Al Jazeera America 2015). This is of course unacceptable to treat a petrified worried Syrian refugee who is looking shelter for him and his children. After the bombing that happened in Paris Syrians are fearing they adapt in the European countries due to Islam phobia they are afraid they would get attacked worse than they were attacked back in Syria. This action showed that European countries especially Hungary are not safe for the Syrians. Media all around claim that GCC countries are not helping the refugees while in fact, studies show that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have donated an approximate price of 900 million in humanitarian aid to Syrians so did the United Arab Emirates have donated 530 million since the year 2012. The GCC also requested another 4.5 billion secure essential nutrients and hygienic conditions in the refugee camps (Al-Khatteeb 2015). One of Syrian refugee who I managed to interview and who managed to escape the