The harsh reality is that peacekeeping
and peacebuilding in Syria needed to start before conflict escalated into a
civil war. The Syrian War was brought about following the Arab Spring; a series
of protests by disgruntled, hungry and thirsty citizens in numerous Arab
countries. In Syria, the situation was dire. Syria was in the midst of a six
year drought; the worst experienced in Syria in over 900 years. According to
the United Nations between 2006 and 2011 the drought caused 75 percent of
Syria’s farms to fail and 85 percent of livestock to die. The exodus of
refugees and internally displaced people was well underway long before the
first bombs fell. More…
Friday, December 9, 2016
Venezuela: Time to Prevent Another Syria
The harsh reality is that peacekeeping
and peacebuilding in Syria needed to start before conflict escalated into a
civil war. The Syrian War was brought about following the Arab Spring; a series
of protests by disgruntled, hungry and thirsty citizens in numerous Arab
countries. In Syria, the situation was dire. Syria was in the midst of a six
year drought; the worst experienced in Syria in over 900 years. According to
the United Nations between 2006 and 2011 the drought caused 75 percent of
Syria’s farms to fail and 85 percent of livestock to die. The exodus of
refugees and internally displaced people was well underway long before the
first bombs fell. More…
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