Syrian Human Rights Violations

Syria may not be the most known country, but over the last couple years it has received a lot of attention all over the world. Most likely unknown to most, there has been a lot of human rights violations happening within Syria during the last four years. Three violations happening that bring the most concern to the citizens of Syria would be all the murders happening by forces in the war, rebel groups recruiting children to be soldiers, and millions of people being displaced with nowhere to go. Life in Syria is nowhere near how any human should live. The living conditions in most areas are unfit. Millions of people are left stranded on the street with no idea where they are going to sleep at night or what they can eat for their next meal.
Americans could imagine it as a postmodern apocalypse. Mooney (2014) states that as of September 2014, almost nine and half million people have been forced to leave Syria due to the conflict within. That does not include nearly six and a half million people displaced within the country. Displacement is when a population is forced out of their homes due to whatever reason, and have to find new territory to inhabit. The war has been so bad on the citizens that they are moving out of the country to find safety. They do not think they are safe anymore. No one should feel forced to leave their home country to keep their life out of danger. Most people who live in Syria, live their lives day by day unknowing of what will come next. They do not know where to go for shelter or where to even get food to survive. Most displacees are turning to other countries to become refugees. Countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and many more are taking as many refugees as they can hold. Stated by Hamilton (2015), at the end of 2014, almost one in four inhabitants of Lebanon are refugees from Syria. Lebanon has a population of roughly four million people. Approximately one million of that four million are refugees from Syria. Countries are trying to refrain from becoming overpopulated so surrounding
Citizens are living in fear, anger, and worry. They live day to day never knowing when their last breath or last sentence could be. The conflict started in early spring of 2011. The quarrel between rebels and the government started when Arab Spring protests started occurring. Arab Spring is known as a series of anti-government protests and uprisings across the Middle East in 2011. President Bashar al-Assad did not take kindly to these protests happening. The protesters did not agree with what President Bashar was preaching. He realized something had to be done about these people protesting against his word. Bashar officially started the war by taking things too far; he thought the necessary means to get them to stop would be the kidnapping, torturing, and the killing of protesters by the hands of the government. This only angered the protesters even more. Government troops were not happy with the protesters response so they decided to arm themselves and show them what they were really capable of by opening fire on the unarmed protesters. The protesters caught the government by surprise and fired back in response. When the protesters started firing back at the regime, they thought it would be a good idea to band together and form rebel legions. Over the past 4 years as the war has gone on, many more sides have joined the fight. The regime and rebels each have more allies. A new