LANDMARKS THAT OCCURED IN SYRIA CIVIL WAR 2011

 The civil war began.....

March 6,2011 some of the children who painted anti-regime graffiti were jailed,some were killed in detention and this led to public peace protests which spread around the country -fuelled by  the failure of the government to punish the perpetrators.The country before war was already unstable as the government was failure to his long -promised economic and poliical reforms. By July 2011 the free syrian army was formed (FSA)had formned. The FSA never existed before.People like local areas formed thier own militias with the aim of toppling the government without any co-ordination or centralizes command or control. The FSA are the ones who trained the rebels .The rebels are anti government people who want to overthrow the regime.

US Imposes sanctions

The  US imposes sanctions against syrian President Bahar- al-Assad and six other senior syrian offical.The us imposes new economic sanctions on syria ,freezing syrian government assets in the us barring American from making new investments in country. President Barack Obama calls on Assad to resign and orders Syrian government assests frozen.

RUSSIA AND US INVOLVEMENT IN SYRIA CIVIL WAR

Twin suicide bombings

Twin suicide bombs outside security buildings in Damascus killed 44 people.The blast came a day after an advance team of Arab League observers arrived in the country to monitor Syria`s promise to end its crackdown on protesters.

TWIN SUICIDE BOMBINGS

Stop the killing of civilians

 Russia and China veto a European-backed UN Security Council resolution that threatens sanctions against Syria if it doesn’t immediately halt its military crackdown against civilians. The Arab League votes to suspend Syria’s membership.The Arab League overwhelmingly approves sanctions against Syria to pressure Damascus to end the crackdown, an unprecedented move against an Arab state.