Syrian Civil War

"Syrian Civil War" is a title based upon conjecture.

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A war took place in Syria during the 2010s.

History

In the 2000s, a joint UK-US invasion of Syria overthrew the country's dictator, before handing control over to the United Nations. (AUDIO: Time Heals ^[+]Loading...["Time Heals (audio story)"], The Longest Night ^[+]Loading...["The Longest Night (audio story)"])

By the 2010s, a war had started that led many to flee the country as refugees. A refugee camp was set up in Kahramanmaras in neighbouring Turkey.

A Syrian family from Damascus made up of Amira, Yana and their Baba and Ummi fled to Turkey after a rocket hit their house. While Amira and Yana survived their trip across the Mediterranean Sea, their Ummi did not. Yana would later pass away while being smuggled across the English Channel. Baba lost contact with the rest of the family as he was the first to leave the country, and reunited with Amira in London in 2016. (PROSE: The Stone House ^[+]Loading...["The Stone House (novel)"])

Hakan Amine was a Syrian refugee who lived in Wales. Prior to the war, Hakan had done research into computer programming and psychographics, and would later create models of human behaviour for social media. (AUDIO: Aliens Next Door ^[+]Loading...["Aliens Next Door (audio story)"])

Behind the scenes

Although not identified as such, the war referenced in both The Stone House and Aliens Next Door was intended to be the real world Syrian Civil War and its refugee crisis, which were ongoing at the time both were released.

However, a notable example of how history in the DWU differs from the real world is the invasion of Syria referenced in the UNIT audio series. It is analogous of the real world invasion of Iraq which overthrew Saddam Hussein, which has also been referenced in DWU sources. Notably two significant parallels in this analogy are that in the early 21st century Syria and Iraq were the only two states ruled by Ba'athist regimes and each had a significant Kurdish minority population.