Stephen Lewis Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:33:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Stephen Lewis Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Syria’s “New Constitution” Ignites Further Conflict https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/02/27/syria/ Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:00:35 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=5613 Syria is a country in the Middle East.

Many Syrians have been protesting against its government, which has been accused of doing terrible things to its own people.

The leader of Syria is President Bashar al-Assad.

The fighting between the Syrian government and its opponents this year has been intense and very violent.

Many Syrians want al-Assad to step down as leader. They want to be able to elect a new leader. (Bashar al-Assad’s family has ruled Syria for more than 40 years.)

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