A comparison of Syrian conflict and conflict between Sudan and South Sudan
The ongoing conflict in Syria and the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan draw many similarities in regard to the causes and nature of their respective conflicts. The civil war in Syria began in March of 2011 due to a growing resentment of the government regime led by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, creating an eventual armed civil conflict between rebel groups and the government. A direct result of the conflict has been the humanitarian refugee crisis involving refugees fleeing to surrounding states. The ongoing conflict between Sudan and South Sudan has a similar basis to Syria, also starting as a civil war in Sudan as early as 1962 . Ethnic motives and efforts to gain power have driven much of the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan, which began in 2012 after South Sudan was formed as a state in 2011. The conflict involves fighting being undertaken by armed rebel groups, fighting other armed rebels over ethnic and religious position.
Syria and Sudan are similar states in regard to the instability of their nations and the …show more content…
The civil characteristics of both conflicts are the strongest similarity regarding the nature of warfare, Syria is an ongoing civil conflict and Sudan and South Sudan is now between two independent states but historical tensions and past wars show it is a conflict of civil beginnings. Furthermore, post-independence of South Sudan, the Sudanese conflict has become a conflict of three viewpoints, internal conflict in Sudan, internal conflict in South Sudan and unresolved political and economic issues between the two states , this complexity is not shown in the Syrian civil
The ongoing conflict in Syria and the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan draw many similarities in regard to the causes and nature of their respective conflicts. The civil war in Syria began in March of 2011 due to a growing resentment of the government regime led by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, creating an eventual armed civil conflict between rebel groups and the government. A direct result of the conflict has been the humanitarian refugee crisis involving refugees fleeing to surrounding states. The ongoing conflict between Sudan and South Sudan has a similar basis to Syria, also starting as a civil war in Sudan as early as 1962 . Ethnic motives and efforts to gain power have driven much of the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan, which began in 2012 after South Sudan was formed as a state in 2011. The conflict involves fighting being undertaken by armed rebel groups, fighting other armed rebels over ethnic and religious position.
Syria and Sudan are similar states in regard to the instability of their nations and the …show more content…
The civil characteristics of both conflicts are the strongest similarity regarding the nature of warfare, Syria is an ongoing civil conflict and Sudan and South Sudan is now between two independent states but historical tensions and past wars show it is a conflict of civil beginnings. Furthermore, post-independence of South Sudan, the Sudanese conflict has become a conflict of three viewpoints, internal conflict in Sudan, internal conflict in South Sudan and unresolved political and economic issues between the two states , this complexity is not shown in the Syrian civil