Some contexts of the Syrian crisis

الملخص EN

The research presents some of the contexts of the Syrian crisis which started in mid-March2011.

Those contexts contributed to creating disagreements concerning the opinions and attitudesof the Syrian society.

The study axes are: an overview of some features of the Syrian history; thegovernance in Syria from Alexander the Great to the reign of Bashar Al-Assad; the religious andethnic diversity; the splitting of the Syrian community into supporters and opponents of thegovernment; and some data about the Syrian opposition and the woman in Syria.

The Syrianhistory which is full of conflicts, the religious and ethnic diversity with the ence of a sufficientawareness, Assads´ policies, the Non-unity of the opposition and the ence of a clear vision, allare factors creating and enhancing the rift in the Syrian society.

The importance of research lies ondiscussing the fogginess of the Syrian identity to understand the behavior of the Syrians with eachother, especially during the crisis time.