#militant groups
As climate talks are underway in Paris this week, and in light of Bernie Sander’s - American democratic presidential candidate - recent claim that “climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism,” it is worth examining the role climate change plays in the war in Syria. The Syrian uprising-turned-civil war was the result of a myriad of complex interrelated social, political and economic factors. Among such factors were a widespread dissatisfaction with the repressive rule of the Assad family…