M E STU 10 Lecture 2: Syria_ The Civil War and Its Aftermath
7 Dec 2017
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Civil wars do not have a winner. Cw are highly unlikely to produce an outright winner. Tartus: where russia has a naval base. Sunni muslims (63%), alwais (10-12%), christians (8-10%), druze (3%), and small numbers of other muslim sects, jews, and yazidis (who have elements of. Major ethnic groups: arabs (90%0, kurds (9%), armenians, circassians, and turkomans. Languages: arabic (official), english, and french (widely understood), kurdish, Armenian, aramaic, circassian literacy : 78% male and 51% female. Independence: april 17,1946 from lon mandate under french admin. Because syria didn"t go through a full war for independence, syrians were never able to reach a state of unity or create a national identity, which set the stage for the unstable political climate to follow. Legal systems: based on a combination of french and ottoman civil war; islamic law is used in the family court system. Diversity: it is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including kurds, armenians,
