Syrian Conflict

It is well known that the Middle East has been having different internal and external conflicts throughout time. However, the Syrian conflict was the one that caught my attention and interest.  It is also known as the Syrian Civil War. This conflict draws back to about 20 years ago, but is commonly known to be going on since 2011. It all began with protests. Syrian protestors were claiming an economic and democratic reform. The Syrian army took action against them. After a while the protestors became armed rebels.

Both sides of the war have different external countries supporting them. For example, the United States, Qatar and Saudi Arabia transfer weapons to support the rebels. Today, the Syrian conflict is still going on. It has caused many people to run away from Syria and find refugee in other countries. The life conditions in Syria have become very difficult. There is an estimate of about more than 100,000 casualties in this war. It seems that the end of this conflict is not coming any time soon.