After an outbreak of revolution in Tunisia and Egypt president of Syria, being afraid of simmilar problems in his country, decided to reduce taxes and allot more money for social care. These preventive methods haven't helped and the goverment of Syria had to stand up to demonstration. They hit back and cracked down on revolutionarys. The Army took over at streets. The Syrians didn't give in and they fight up to now, despite the powers that be has the support of Iran, China and Russia.
USA and UE imposed economic sanctions against Syria but really it had no effect and more and more people still die.
Musiałam użyć takich phrasal verb: crack down on, stand up to, hit back, take over, give in i jeszcze "the powers that be" ale nie wiem, czy są dobrze wkomponowane.
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