Syria has been experiencing civil unrest since March of this year. Homs, Syria has been a major contributor and recently has gone to the next level, moving from protests to violent acts. It is reported that Homs sees gun fights several times a day, which are armed by the weapons that are flooding the streets, furnished by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. A 21-year-old engineering student stated, “We are done with the protesting phase. We’ve now entered a more important phase.” There have been a number of targeted killings. These assassinations have claimed a thoracic surgeon (Dr. Hassan), Abu Ali (accused government informers), and three Alawite teachers. Dr. Hassan was killed even despite his fair treatment of all injured patients he cared for. Abu Ghali, one of the “revolutionary” activists, said that you can find out anyone who is an informer, as long as you have enough money to bribe the police. This conflict has claimed more than 2,700 lives. The Sunni and Alawite are in the countryside, while within the city limits there are measures that keep these two groups apart, as well as some ties between other groups that keep some relative order in the city.
I believe that this event will bring about global problems. Often times when a country enters into a civil war, others will come to the aid of the side they are in agreement with. Also, if these violent activists rise to power, who is to say what they may do with that power and whether it will find its way across Syrian borders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/world/middleeast/homs-syria-spirals-down-toward-civil-war.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=war&st=cse&scp=2
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