... -style in Daraya. Following the new spike in violence, the United Nations is in a heated battle as to whether they should intervene. Western countries, Gulf Arab states, and Turkey all support the rebels, but Iran, Russia, and China stand behind Assad and his current government. With the United Nations in a deadlock, France stepped forward to announce that they would recognize a provisional Syrian ... and representative - that can become the legitimate representative of the new Syria," said Hollande. "We are including our Arab partners to accelerate this step. France will recognize the p...

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... British control of the Syrian coastal areas. In 1915 Britain had assured Hussein, the leader of Mecca in the Arabian Penisula that independent Arab entities would be established in parts of the former Ottoman Empire. Despite this promise, it was revealed by Russia in 1917 that in ... inhabitants of the French mandate pressured France to discuss the future independence of the area, and France held negotiations with local Arab nationalists throughout the late 1920s. There was major disagreement during these negotiations about the links between Mount Lebanon, Jabal Druze, Alexandretta, and...

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... of the time they fire randomly at bystanders and homes. Rarely they hit rebels," said Haitham, an activist who also relayed that the government troops were encircling the suburbs with roadblocks and then firing with machine guns (Holmes). Syria, backed by Russia, vowed to encourage peaceful ... but Syrian deputy prime minister, Jamil Qadri, and Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, warned the United Nations not to interfere. The Syrian government attributes the increase in fighting to the tension caused by Western and Israeli forces trying to dominate the region (Holmes). "What is h...

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Since March 2011, the Syrian Arab Republic has undergone extreme political turmoil due to the protests that began demanding more human freedom in the country, and later led to the demand for the resignation of the incumbent president, Bashar Al Assad, due to government attacks being set off to protesters. Being a previous victim of an authoritative, tyrannical, and militant government from 1964-1985, the ... well into their political system. This justifies Brazil's position in regards to the Syrian Conflict. Since the beginning, Brazil has stood in a position that firstly, supports the founda...

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