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Essay / The Syrian conflict: the reasons for the instability and...
IntroductionSyria, like many countries before it, such as Libya and Egypt, has become the epicenter of change in the region, allowing other countries to follow in their footsteps. The question that arises is what are the factors causing instability in Syria and how does the religious conflict within their region have causal relationships with the growing instability and mixing of borders? due to refugees and the displacement of their citizens? Looking exclusively at Syria, serious key factors can be depicted sociologically regarding stratification, religion and the power held by the elite class, which also constitutes the religious minority. While around 90% of the country is Muslim, 74% are Sunni, making up the majority of the population and are mainly poor and underprivileged, while Alawites make up only 12% of the population who hold power in the country. Another factor explaining Syria's growing instability is the median age of its citizens, which is 22 years old according to the CIA's global population statistics. Leaving the country very impressionable, leading to extremist political groups and irrational decisions led by charismatic leaders, with a nation as young as Syria, stability would be difficult to maintain, arguably leading to all-out civil war that is currently taking place. Led to a mass exodus of its citizens to escape atrocities committed by both sides, forcing refugees to seek refuge in neighboring countries and estimates put the number of Syrian refugees at over 2 million (according to the UN Agency United Nations for Refugees), which has caused a blurring of its borders due to the large number of displaced citizens seeking refuge and placing a very heavy burden on Syria's neighboring countries. Probably halfway through the article...the answer is probably no, I feel there are such divergent opinions on religious ideology that breed and breed contempt for each other, thus history continually repeats itself in the region. , and US-backed change only made things worse, for example the results in Iran, when the US attempted to intervene in the 1970s, created even more animosity and of hatred towards the West, which caused the country to become reclusive and invaded by the West. extremist groups and the implementation of stricter laws based on religious beliefs. With the current rise in conflict throughout Syria and exponential growth in the number of refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, creating a massive drain on economic and natural resources. That over time, stability can be maintained and governed by itself without international intervention, such as the events in Iran and Iraq..