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Syria's civil war has inflicted a humanitarian crisis, expansive exodus of the population and a severe death toll. New Internationalist presents the facts in this zoomable infograph.
Tags: infographic, Syria, migration, political, refugees. 
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A color-coded map of the country's religious and ethnic groups helps explain why the fighting is so bad.
Jessica Rieman's curator insight,
April 2, 2014 6:19 PM
This map shows tha tthere are an overwhelimg amount of Arabs especially in centeral Syria. And then on the coast lline it is mostly mixed with pink representing the overwhlming other majority. 
Joseph Thacker 's curator insight,
April 2, 2014 8:11 PM
It appears from this article that Syria is a complicated country. The map shows the different ethnic and religious groups of Syria, along with other groups, all of which live within a small area. Syria, along with other countries within the Middle East have been faced with one serious issue or another. Many different people live within a very small area; those people practice different religions and are ethnically and culturally different. Unfortunately, being different in this part of the world may get you killed. 
Paige Therien's curator insight,
May 4, 2014 1:25 PM
Maps such as this one are very valuable when trying to understand conflict. In Syria and the greater Levant area, unbalanced power and representation in politics is the result of many different religious and ethnic groups living in such close proximity each other, allowing conflict to become very invasive. |
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