Syria Y El Impacto En Los Países Del Medio Oriente
The revolution across the Arab world doesn’t seem to come to an end; after the newborn democracy that came in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen in“pacific manners” and the long and bloody Libyan civil war that left the forty plus years in power Gaddafi dead with many of his supporters dead or imprison, it was supposed to be the last and the climax ofthe revolution for democracy known as the Arab Spring. But in January 26th of 2011 a new conflict starts at the ex-French colony know as Syria, between the president Bashar Al’ Assad with the populationfrom the north part of the country. This cell from the “Arab Spring” started with a pacific protest like in Egypt, reclaiming from the government more respect for Human Rights and democraticelections not seen in the country since 1971, but after the mobilizations were repressed by the police and the army the protesters began an armed resistance.
The Syrian revolution has left a big part of thecountry’s infrastructure partially or totally destroyed, having between 40.000 and 70.000 Syrians dead’s from both sides according to different information’s from the U.N .While the death tollremains high, another 700.000 refugees are looking for help in countries like Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Lebanon.
What weight do the countries that take in the refugees have to withstand, especiallywhen it comes to their stability?
According to the U.N, close to 5000 Syrians leave the country every day and the budget asked from the UNHCR valuated in 1.5 billion dollars, has only received 3%generating a need for assistance from host countries, which some of them announced their lack of resources to attend all of the refugees. This added to the crowded of hospitals and schools and the urgentneed of tents, food and medicines.
The refugees are becoming numerous and the need of assistance has collapsed the social aid systems in Syria’s neighboring countries, but this is not the only...
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