and government from the region. The Arab disunity was very evident during the 1948 war‚ as the Arab nations had various‚ contradicting personal agendas. There was a clear lack of trust‚ and each Arab country – including Iraq‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Egypt‚ Syria and Lebanon – with each individual country aiming to capitalize and annex the area of conflict. Despite the formation of the Arab League in 1945‚ and a clear mutual goal to force the Jews out of Palestine; there was divisions among the Arabs. The Arabs
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According to TC 7-100‚ a hybrid threat is defined as‚ “the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces‚ irregular forces‚ and/or criminal elements all unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects”. This is an accurate description of the relationship between the ISIS‚ South China Sea pirates‚ and the diverse terrorist groups located in Indonesia. Conditions for a merger of bad-intentioned groups in the region backed by an increasing wage gap and a lack of options lead Indonesians into a
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HISTORY OF THE HITTITES Between 1400 and 1200 BC the Hittites established one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East. At its height‚ the empire encompassed central Turkey‚ north western Syria‚ and Upper Mesopotamia (north eastern Syria and northern Iraq). Although they spoke an Indo-European language‚ the Hittites adopted many of the traditions of Mesopotamia‚ including the cuneiform writing system. At the capital‚ Hattusa‚ Archaeologists have excavated royal archives written in cuneiform
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that caution‚ covert action and a modest American military footprint around the world fit the geopolitical moment. The question is whether that approach will fit the coming challenges of stopping Iran’s nuclear program and the potential collapse of Syria. Gone for the second term are the powerful personalities‚ and more hawkish voices‚ that pressed Mr. Obama to pursue the surge in Afghanistan in 2009‚ a gamble championed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert M. Gates‚ the former
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ALI SIGNIFICANCE DURING THE PROPHET’S LIFETIME: Ali was the first cousin of the Holy Prophet and so belonged to the Banu Hashim. His father was Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib‚ who had brought up Mohammad in his childhood. Ali was about ten years old whepn the Prophet received the first revelation. Ali got the special opportunity of living in the company of the Prophet and so developed great love for him since his childhood. Ali was brave and literate and was a very intelligent youth of Makkah. He
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cooperate on a shared interest‚ have tried to blame Iran and its allies for the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). I have no doubt that Bashar al-Assad welcomed ISIS’s rise in the insurgency. An Alawite family does get to rule over Syria for decades by failing to recognize opportunities that land on its doorstep. And while I disagree with aspects of Reynold’s piece‚ his argument that the U.S. did far more to facilitate ISIS’s rise than Iran is virtually undeniable. To briefly recap:
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The A-10 is the platform of choice for supporting ground troops in Iraq‚ Afghanistan‚ and Syria. The largest campaign currently‚ is the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).8 A recent example of a skirmish occurred in November of 2015‚ when A-10 and AC-130 aircraft hit a convoy of oil tanker trucks.9 This action greatly reduced the amount of ISIS terror funding.10 In
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July 2013‚ the casualties ever month exceeded 1‚000 which weren’t seen since April 2008. In March 2011‚ protests began in Syria against the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. In the following months‚ violence between demonstrators and security forces led to a gradual militarization of the conflict. In August‚ al-Baghdadi began sending Syrian and Iraqi ISIS members into Syria to establish an organization there. Led by a Syrian known as Abu Muhammad al-Julani‚ this group
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is a region that has existed in turmoil and is the "never was" country. The Kurds are the fourth largest ethnic group of the Middle East‚ numbering between 20 and 25 million. Approximately 15 million live in the regions of Turkey‚ Iraq‚ Iran‚ and Syria‚ an area they called Kurdistan‚ yet they do not have a country of their own. Formal attempts to establish such a state were crushed by the larger and more powerful countries in the region after both world wars. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed after
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Brad Weiss Mrs. Euziere American Government Honors 25 August 2013 National Government Event As President Barack Obama considers military action in response to Bashar al-Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria‚ a debate over whether he must seek Congress’ consent has surfaced. It’s a debate with which the president is extremely familiar. As a senator‚ Obama was a staunch critic of President George W. Bush for not obtaining renewed authorization for the war in Iraq. He blasted his
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