Contents Introduction 2 Syria 2 Rise of ISIS 2 Private Funding 3 Propaganda 3 Ideology 3 Iraq 3 Corruption 4 Lack of Motivation 4 Indifference of Population 4 Aftermath 4 Current State of Mosul 5 Looking to the future 5 Works Cited 6 Introduction How could a city of 2 million‚ with almost 25‚000 US-trained deployed troops‚ fall overnight by 2‚500 militia members with little to no formal combat training? No one knows. That answer pretty much sums the whole “ISIS‚ ISIL‚ IS” situation. No one really
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seized Palestine and Syria and were within a few days march of Constantinople. Russian intervention led to a negotiated solution in 1833‚ leaving Muhammad Ali in control of Syria and Palestine. In 1839 Sultan Mahmud II resumed the war‚ but was decisively defeated by Ibrahim at Konya and died shortly thereafter. Once again‚ Egyptian armies neared Constantinople‚ and this time were turned back by multilateral European intervention that required Muhammad Ali and Ibrahim to give up Syria in 1841. Muḩammad
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made a lot of money by trading to Gulf States Syria‚ Iraq‚ Palestine‚ Lebanon and many more. In surah 106 verse 2 ‘That is the familiarity with the trips of winter and summer.’ The Quraish would travel to Syria and buy from there in the winter and then sell the products in Yemen during the summer‚ in which they would also buy from Yemen and sell to Syria. This is how the Quraish also made a lot of money; they would also sell idols to the people in Syria. Although Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was brought
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UW Activities The most influential unconventional warfare activity of Hezbollah is guerrilla warfare. “Guerrilla warfare‚ type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast moving‚ small scale actions against orthodox military and police forces either independently or in conjunction with a larger political-military strategy.” (Asprey‚ 2002) Through the use of guerrilla warfare Hezbollah has been able to advance their cause and cement themselves as a force to be reckoned with. Hezbollah waged a guerrilla
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that they might try to depose him. Because of his fears‚ Hussein had the PLO offices in Jerusalem closed‚ arrested members of the PLO‚ and withdrew recognition of the organization‚ thereby betraying the Arab cause. A major cause of conflict between Syria and Israel was Syria’s objection to Israel’s decision to take water from the Jordan River to supply the country with the creation of a National Water Carrier. The Syrian army used the Golan Heights to shell Israeli farms and villages‚ forcing citizens
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donated to the United Nations by people around the world has been given to the Syria. However‚ this money does not aid the situation as much as the U.N. Would like. There has also been forced internal migration. Researchers have guessed that this number is around 1.2 million. As the violence increases‚ so will the number of refugees. I found this article interesting because it really enlightened me about the severity of the Syria crisis. I assumed that there were refugees‚ but I didn’t realize that that
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of Iraq and Syria partaking in a genocide against Shias. An article from the Huffington Post highlighted‚ “For much of its modern history‚ the country’s Sunni and Shiite Iraqis intermarried‚ socialized and lived alongside one another in mixed neighborhoods. Certainly there were differences‚ but they could be subtle and often only privately felt. They
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disagreement on inconsistent in agreement or approval over the opposition. Taking a few war as examples‚ The Syria civil war‚ started when Syria’s government system disagreement on citizens’ requests for the tortured kids’ release‚ Syria’s claim of democracy and greater freedom for people in the country. Situation worser as the Syria government angrily responded to the citizens‚ terminated people around Syria citizens. World war II‚ happened when German initiates invasion against Poland‚ as Hitler‚ Nazi leader
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that are being radicalized. I also think that there should also be a way for Britain’s government to have someone go into Syria and retrieve the girls that want to come back. I know that there may not be many that want to come back home‚ but for those that do it is very difficult for them to get back on their own because their passports get confiscated once they get into Syria. There may also be lots of security present preventing them from getting on a plane to return home. The women that have already
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Bibliography: Chomsky‚ Noam. 9-11. New York: Seven Stories‚ 2001. 40-55. Print. Kaplan‚ Robert D. "Interventionism ’s Realistic Future." Washington Post (2006): 1-2. Print Mendes‚ Errol. "The Cost of Non-intervention in Syria." The Cost of Non-intervention in Syria. Ottawa Citizen‚ 26 Aug. 2013. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. ""The Reasons for My Concern"" Interview by Celia Jakubowicz. Noam Chomsky and U.S. Foreign Policy. Third World Traveller‚ n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. .
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