Refugees mark two-year anniversary of Syrian conflict
- 11 years ago
Hundreds of Syrian refugees march in Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp.
On Monday, they marked the two-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising, which began on March 15, 2011.
The U.N. estimates that 70,000 Syrians have died in the conflict.
Around a million more have fled to camps like these in neighbouring countries, hoping with each day that Bashar al-Assad's government will be defeated.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN REFUGEE AMIR NASR SAYING:
"We are commemorating the beginning of the revolution, where we went out peacefully and asked for freedom. This led dictator Bashar al-Assad to respond by killing -- killing children and the Syrian people. And so we started calling for the fall of Bashar and he will fall."
What started off as peaceful protests has now turned into a bloody civil war.
Assad is blaming the ongoing violence on outside influences and has defied calls from the international community to step down.
The U.N. predicts that the nu
On Monday, they marked the two-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising, which began on March 15, 2011.
The U.N. estimates that 70,000 Syrians have died in the conflict.
Around a million more have fled to camps like these in neighbouring countries, hoping with each day that Bashar al-Assad's government will be defeated.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN REFUGEE AMIR NASR SAYING:
"We are commemorating the beginning of the revolution, where we went out peacefully and asked for freedom. This led dictator Bashar al-Assad to respond by killing -- killing children and the Syrian people. And so we started calling for the fall of Bashar and he will fall."
What started off as peaceful protests has now turned into a bloody civil war.
Assad is blaming the ongoing violence on outside influences and has defied calls from the international community to step down.
The U.N. predicts that the nu