The Refugee Crisis: The Genocide In Syria

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The Genocide in Syria is one that has been going on since 2011. Though Syria is mentioned in the media almost daily, the focus is mainly on the refugee crisis. Refugees and genocide tend to go hand in hand, but the fact is that the entire genocide end of the conflict is being ignored. In Syria, the genocide outbreak began five years ago as a democratic uprising. Anti-Government groups began protesting. The government responded by using violence on these groups which in turn led to further violence. The issue has grown so large so fast that it is now being considered a civil war. Currently civilians are being targeted and killed for being part of a religious or ethnic minority. 20,000 children and 110,000 civilians have been killed. Children