1. César Corrales
Carlo Rivera
Gerardo Pizarro
Ignacio Pedreros
Kevin Lozano
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The "independence flag" of Syria, used
before the Ba'athist coup in 1963, has been
widely used by protesters as an opposition
flag and has been adopted officially by the
Syrian National Coalition and the Free
Syrian Army.

2.  The Syrian civil war is an ongoing armed conflict
in Syria between forces loyal to the Syrian Ba'ath
Party government and those seeking to oust it.
 The conflict began on 15 March 2011, with popular
demonstrations that grew nationwide by April 2011.
These demonstrations were part of the wider Middle
Eastern protest movement known as the Arab Spring.
 Protesters demanded the resignation of
President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has held the
presidency in Syria since 1971, as well as the end of
Ba'ath Party rule.

4.  The Arab Spring is a
media term for the
revolutionary wave of
demonstrations and
protests (both non-
violent and violent),
riots, and civil wars in
the Arab world that
began on 18 December
2010.

5. The Syrian opposition is an umbrella term for groups and individuals
calling for regime change in Syria and who oppose its Ba'athist
government.
 National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
 Syrian National Council
 Local Coordination Committees of Syria
 Free Syrian Army & Higher Military Council
 Kurdish Supreme Committee
Some countries that supports Syrian Opposition are: Pakistan, Iraq,
Qatar, United States, Israel, United Kingdom, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc.

7.  Bashar Hafez al-Assad (born
11 September 1965) is the
President of Syria and
Regional Secretary of
the Syrian-led branch of
the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
He has served as President
since 2000, when he
succeeded his father, Hafez al-
Assad, who had ruled Syria for
30 years prior to his death.

8. The armies and forces that support the Syrian government are:
 Syrian Armed Forces
 Jaysh al-Sha'bi
 Shabiha
 National Defense Force
 al-Abbas brigade
 Lijan militias
• Iran:
Revolutionary Guards
Foreign militants:
• Hezbollah
• PFLP–GC
• Houthis
• Others

9.  In June 2013, the death toll was updated to 92,900–100,000
by the United Nations. According to various opposition
activist groups, between 72,960 and 96,430 people have
been killed,of which about half were civilians, but also
including 58,500 armed combatants consisting of both the
Syrian Army and rebel forces, up to 1,000 opposition
protestersand 1,000 government officials.