Daily Life In Syria

HAMA, SYRIA, APRIL 01: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was created using the iPhone Hipstamatic application.) The town of Hama, famous for its water whels on April 1, 2011 in Syria. Hama was the scene of the 1982 massacre of up to 30,000 citizens by the armed forces, ordered by Hafez al-Assad in the face of an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood. President Bashar al-Assad is facing protests against the rule of his goverment, formed mostly from the minority Alawite sect, across the country in the wake of the Arab Spring movements. Western journalists have been banned from entering the country, and security forces have been supressing demonstrations. Syria is a predominantly Sunni muslim country, with a high unemployment rate and a lack of human rights such as freedom of speech, but many residents see the bloody sectarian conflicts in neighbouring Iraq and Lebanon as the alternative to the current regime.
HAMA, SYRIA, APRIL 01: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was created using the iPhone Hipstamatic application.) The town of Hama, famous for its water whels on April 1, 2011 in Syria. Hama was the scene of the 1982 massacre of up to 30,000 citizens by the armed forces, ordered by Hafez al-Assad in the face of an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood. President Bashar al-Assad is facing protests against the rule of his goverment, formed mostly from the minority Alawite sect, across the country in the wake of the Arab Spring movements. Western journalists have been banned from entering the country, and security forces have been supressing demonstrations. Syria is a predominantly Sunni muslim country, with a high unemployment rate and a lack of human rights such as freedom of speech, but many residents see the bloody sectarian conflicts in neighbouring Iraq and Lebanon as the alternative to the current regime.
Daily Life In Syria
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