Syrian Civil War Rojava conflict
kurds, assyrians, , arabs demonstrate against syrian government in qamishli, 6 january 2012
in 2011, arab spring spread syria. similar beginning of tunisian revolution, syrian citizen hasan ali akleh soaked himself in gasoline , set himself on fire in northern city of al-hasakah. inspired activists call day of rage , ended being sparsely attended, because of fear of repression syrian government. days later, however, protests again took place, time in response police beating of shopkeeper.
smaller protests continued, on 7 march 2011, when thirteen political prisoners went on hunger strike, momentum began grow against assad government. 3 days later dozens of syrian kurds went on hunger strike in solidarity. on 12 march, major protests took place in qamishli , al-hasakah both protest assad government , commemorate kurdish martyrs day.
protests grew on months of march , april 2011. assad government attempted appease kurds promising grant citizenship thousands of kurds, until time had been stripped of legal status. summer, protests had intensified, did violent crackdowns syrian government.
on 22 july 2012, serê kaniyê (ra s al- ayn) pictured above , series of other towns in rojava captured people s protection units (ypg).
in august, coalition of opposition groups formed syrian national council in hopes of creating democratic, pluralistic alternative assad government. however, internal fighting , disagreement on politics , inclusion plagued group beginnings. in fall of 2011 popular uprising escalated armed conflict. free syrian army (fsa) began coalesce , armed insurrection spread, largely across central , southern parts of syria.
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