10 years on, Syria’s war still rages  

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By Ismail Auwal

The 10-year old war in Syria has reportedly consumed the lives of 500,000 more than half of country’s pre-conflict population remains displaced, including 6·2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs)

A pro-democracy group in March 2011, went under protest in the southern city of Deraa, inspired by uprisings in other countries against repressive rulers.

When the Syrian government used deadly force to crush the dissent, protests demanding the president’s resignation erupted nationwide.

The unrest spread and the crackdown intensified. Opposition supporters took up arms, first to defend themselves and later to rid their areas of security forces. Mr Assad vowed to crush what he called “foreign-backed terrorism”.

The conflict in Syria was allegedly one of the largest humanitarian crises since World War 2, with multidimensional health effects. More than 585 000 people have died in this conflict.

The extensive use of heavy explosive weapons, particularly in urban settings, has resulted in high contamination with explosive remnants of war.

The country’s child life expectancy in Syria has dropped by a shocking 13 years.

After a decade of war, Assad still remains the president of the war ravaged country.

 

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