Yes Govenment Structure

Question 1

Argument

Answer 1

Yes as the powers helped construct governments by favouring certain groups this still effects today in Syria

Question 2

Britain and France

Answer 2

Kamrava 2013 said there were theee actors responsible for modern Middle East Britain France and local elites

• hashemite

Question 3

Syria history

Answer 3

French backed alawites as they thought would balance the Sunni majority harris 2013

Joseph Berger 2016 French had “western friendly “ put in alawite sect

1958-61 UAr then 1963 Ba’ath

Hafez al Assad

Question 4

Syria now

Answer 4

Alawite have over 12 % population

64% Sunni

This is why at war

Using insecurity power goldsmith 2015

The French helped them to get in to power and they are trying to maintain in government

The power given under mandates

500,000 dead