For years the Syrian Regime has acted without a care or a thought for the Syrian People.

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Brought into power through a bloodless coup, the father of Bashar Al-Assad, Hafez Al-Assad, enacted multiple oppressive and dictatorial laws.

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Political freedom was and still is virtual nonexistent in Syria.

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​Any form of dissent was violently crushed, and thousands of innocent civilians died at the hands of a brutal regime that would go through all means necessary to suppress anyone who spoke out.

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For twelve years after his father's death Bashar ruled Syria with what many viewed as a more 'moderate' hand.

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Syrians did not speak up for they knew what had happened before.

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While the rest of the Arab world struck out against its dictators, Syria stood silent.

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No one expected the country who had been so brutally repressed for so long to speak out.

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But on March 11th, 2011 protestors went out into the streets and asked their government  to end corruption and give them more freedoms.

In response, the government gave them bullets and kidnappings. However, this time Syrians didn't stand down.

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They continued to take to the streets in protest of their governments.

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This horrified and shocked the world, bringing back memories of his father a regime that many thought would never go this far.

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Syrians abroad took steps to support their brothers and sisters back home; no longer did they have to stay silent about the abuses, the terror, and the pain the Assad family and their cronies have committed.

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This movement has brought out activists and organizers in people who before now could not or would not speak up.

 

The fear that Bashar had hoped would keep him in power ceased to exist.

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The hope that keeps the movement alive today began to flourish.

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