Impact on the civillians

The conflict between all the different factions in Syria has reached such a scale that no syrian in the country can live a normal life. There is constantly fighting going on all around them, forcing them to leave their homes. 11 million of them had to do it because the village around them are constantly being attacked or bombed, leaving no survivors behind. According to the United Nations approximately 250 000 civillians have been killed so far since 2011.

Certain groups of people in particular are more persecuted than others. Kurdish people from the north of the country have historically been persecuted and extremist groups have targeted them during the conflict, forcing them to join forces and defend themselves. Multiple soldiers from western countries like the United-States and Canada have decided to join them as mercenaries. There is also the terrible case of Yazidi women being kidnapped by ISIS soldiers to sell as sex slaves.

All these dangers that constantly awaits the syrians wherever they are in the country has forced many of them to completly leave the country, seeing no safe place inside. This is the origin of the refugee crisis currently going on which will be explained in the following blog.