GMS 695 Chapter 2: Civil War in Syria

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 695
• Professor: Dale Carl

Document Summary

Assad, and a group of ghters known as rebels, who don"t want him to be in power: because it is being fought between two sides within the same country, it is known as a civil war. Majority are sunni islam: president: bashar al-assad (replaced his father, hafez al-assad, who ruled syria for. 30 years and died in 2000: one political party: arab socialist baath party. Supported by iran through hezbollah group (pictures of iranian religious leaders everywhere: supported politically by russia. Russia"s only naval supply and maintenance base in the mediterranean is located in tartus, syria. Sectarian groups: alwaite shiites: bashar al-assad and his government (baath party) Supported by the army and pro-government militias: sunni islam opposition: syrian national coalition (group of all people ghting against. Assad regime for using chemical agents against the syrian people - this is not about.