The United Nations (UN) has estimated that the two and a half years of civil war in Syria have caused more than one hundred thousand deaths in the region. The continued conflict in Syria has caused the UN to stop updating the death toll in Syria, as it has found that information from Syria and the surrounding region is no longer verifiable (UNCHR, 2014). The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNCHR) (2014) noted that 2.4 million Syrians have registered as refugees, but estimates that there are actually many more unregistered Syrian refugees fleeing through the country. Iraqi border. Globalization and its negative implications for SyriaGlobalization has had negative implications for the Syrian nation. As cultural norms spread across the world, globalization has brought many changes to the complex evolution of “systems, ideas, and structures” (Stetter, 2012, p. 7) in the Middle East. First, the influence of Western cultures on Syrian culture has led some to question more traditional Syrian-Arab-Islamic traditions (Handi, 2008). Second, Syria has for many years been a place of refuge for people from other Middle Eastern countries that have experienced conflict. For much of its existence, Syria has been primarily an agricultural nation, although it has very limited arable land. Syria regularly hosts around 350,000 refugees from neighboring Palestine and Iraq. However, between 2006 and 2011, a drought in Syria created disastrous circumstances in which almost 75 percent of Syrians experienced a total loss of their crops and herders in northeast Syria lost 85 percent of their livestock (Erian, Katlan & Baban, 2011). . As a result, many Syrian farmers find themselves in the middle of the document......recommended-resources/newsletters/march-2011/psychosocial-support-emergenciesStetter, S. (2012). The Middle East and globalization: encounters and horizons. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. UNCHR. (2014a). Emergency in Syria. Retrieved from http://www.unhcr.se/en/support-us/refugee-emergencies/syria-emergency.htmlHCR. (2014b). Syrian crisis: education disruption – global action to save a generation's education. Retrieved from http://www.unhcr.org/52aaebff9.htmlUNESCO. (2010). Global education data: Syrian Arab Republic. Paris, France: UNESCO.UNICEF. (2013). Syrian crisis: education interrupted. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/media/files/Education_Interrupted_Dec_2013.pdfU.S. Embassy. (2014). Safe spaces help Syrian children cope with stress. Retrieved from http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2014/01/20140107290069.html#axzz2uD2nPGPw