Ten years since its outbreak in 2011, Syria\u2019s ongoing civil war remains on the list of top world crises, with tens of\u00a0thousands\u00a0of civilians killed and millions displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A decade after taking refuge in Jordan, hopes of Syrian refugees for a free and democratic Syria remain hanging in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Syrian conflict enters its 11th year, despair has been looming among the refugees as the crisis persists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Muhammad al-Hariri, 33, blamed world powers for the ongoing bloodshed in Syria. \u201cThese powers only want to usurp our country\u2019s resources, but don\u2019t care about whatever happens to us,” al-Hariri told Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We keep waiting every year for the day to see an end to the crisis, but surprisingly days quickly pass without any achievement on the ground,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt has been years since tyranny and injustice thwarted our revolution,\u201d al-Hariri lamented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Khaled Al-Awda, 46, the Syrian revolution was stolen, blaming politicians for the bloodshed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPoliticians stay in the most prestigious hotels and eat delicious food and negotiate in our name without authority,\u201d Al-Awda bitterly said, adding that they only think of their personal interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Khaled Al-Rifi, the pseudonym of a young Syrian in his twenties, believes that resistance is the only solution to the Syrian conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We lost our country and our homes and became refugees and nothing is worse than that,\u201d Al-Rifi told Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey took away our freedom and dignity — our most precious possessions,\u201d Al-Rifi painfully recalled. \u201cWe will achieve our goal no matter how long it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Syrian young man praised the opposition groups fighting the Bashar al-Assad regime, describing them as \u201cheroes\u201d and “defenders of freedom”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sarab Ayyash, a mother of three sons, says her support for the revolution is stronger than ever and called for its continuation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having lost her husband in attacks by pro-regime militias, Ayyash called on the world to show a \u201creal humane stance\u201d towards Syria and remove the \u201cunjust regime\u201d to pave the way for the safe return of Syrians to their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No silence to injustice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeing no end to the crisis, Abu Khaled reminisces the good-gone days of life in Syria before the civil war and narrates the stories to his sons, daughters, and grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a tone of despair, Abu Khaled told Anadolu Agency that bloodshed in Syria will not stop \u201cbecause many countries do not want that to happen\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis [civil war] makes many things easier for them,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Everyone knows that many countries are trying to deepen the crisis,\u201d Abu Khaled said, going on to add that \u201cthe revolution was forced to take a different course despite initial enthusiasm about its success\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abu Khaled expressed hope that revolutionaries will continue their struggle against the Assad regime. \u201cHistory proves that Syrians have never been and will never be silent to injustice,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Muhammad al-Hawari, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), told Anadolu Agency that the agency will continue to provide necessary services to Syrian refugees in Jordan and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “No matter how long the conflict in Syria continues, we will make sure to serve them [Syrian refugees] and assist them with all the means available to us despite the difficulties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The middle of March marks the start of the Syrian revolution when peaceful demonstrations organized by a group of young people in the southwestern province of Deraa demanded reforms by the Assad regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The revolution soon turned into a civil war when the regime branded the people demanding change “terrorists” and used force to brutally disperse peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Armed conflicts between the Assad regime and opposition groups gathered under the Free Syrian Army (FSA) banner started in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the UNHCR, 6.6 million Syrians had to leave the country, which before 2011 had a population of around 22-23 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordan, which shares a 375 km border with Syria, hosts approximately 1.4 million Syrians, nearly half of them registered as refugees by the UNHCR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ten years since its outbreak in 2011, Syria\u2019s ongoing civil war remains on the list of top world crises, with tens of\u00a0thousands\u00a0of civilians killed and millions displaced. A decade after taking refuge in Jordan, hopes of Syrian refugees for a free and democratic Syria remain […]<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5842,5843,1922],"class_list":["post-7918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-world-news","tag-hopes","tag-syrian-refugees-hanging","tag-threat"],"yoast_head":"\n