The Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group that is located in Turkey‚ Iran‚ Iraq‚ and Syria. They are a group that is not located centrally. The Kurds are located in all four of the countries listed. The Kurds were promised a state of their own after World War I. There was a treaty in 1920 that was revoked from them. The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a state (O’Leary 17). They are currently fighting to gain their own state. They want to be officially recognized as a state called
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The French Mandate of Syria and its Effect on the Political State of Syria Today TheBlewn 31 May 2013 The Effect of the French Mandate of Syria on the Political State of Syria Today The French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon was established by the League of Nations after World War One during the partition of the Ottoman Empire. This mandate‚ which was
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not know the details about refugee. It is true that many people are aware of this without knowing what it is. So today‚ I’ll talk about the refugee crisis‚ the meaning‚ people’s point of view‚ my point of view and the suggestion for the solution. Syria has a democratically elected regime headed by Bashar al Assad. This regime is being tried to annihilate the opposite religion from him‚ Sunnis‚ because he’s religion is Islam Shia and his family. Therefore the tension between citizens and the government
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at the End of Days. The tomb of Saladin stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque. HISTORY and REVOLUTION Damascus was the capital of the Aramaean state Aram-Damascus during the Iron Age. The Arameans of western Syria followed the cult of Hadad-Ramman‚ the god of thunderstorms and rain‚ and erected a temple dedicated to him at the site of the present-day Umayyad Mosque. It is not known exactly how the temple looked‚ but it is believed to have followed the traditional Semitic-Canaanite architectural
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What would they be willing to do next if they achieved the position? Although we have leaders corrupted by power in the United States‚ we also have these issues around the world. Syria is one of the top world issue at the moment. They are also an extreme example of power corrupting a leader. For several months now Syria has had mulpitple fights between President Bashar al-Assad and his people. “This has cost the lives of at least 10‚000 people” (Precious). Many disagree with the President and in
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------------------------------------------------- Etymology Main article: Name of Syria The name Syria is derived from the ancient Greek name for Syrians: Σύριοι‚ Sýrioi‚ or Σύροι‚ Sýroi‚ which the Greeks applied without distinction to theAssyrians.[16][17] A number of modern scholars argued that the Greek word related to the cognate Ἀσσυρία‚ Assyria‚ ultimately derived from the AkkadianAššur.[18] Others believed that it was derived from Siryon‚ the name that the Sidonians gave to Mount Hermon
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recent Syrian anti- government protests‚ during which seventeen protestors were killed. Each source puts its own twist on the issue‚ or in other words‚ its own bias. Often‚ it is only by comparing news sources from countries both in the same region as Syria and those on completely different continents can we truly pinpoint the bias and differences in how issues are reported. The bias in the CNN article is focused mainly around the death of Syrian children and civilians as well as the Syrian government
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waiting for such a moment?” Well‚ although we were siding with the other revolutions against their dictatorial regimes‚ we never thought it would reach Syria one day. Just because Syria’s regime is even worse than all of those countries mentioned above and the facts from videos‚ pictures and real tragic stories heard every day from families in Syria are enough to prove it. Of course‚ my family and I are with the revolution‚ and because we believe in our relatives’ love in justice‚ fairness‚ righteousness
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price and etc. accumulated on each Arab country. Therefore‚ it is difficult to assure what makes them to start it. Syria‚ an Arab country also in the conflict‚ is located on very particular place in Western Asia; north of Arabian subcontinent‚ south of Anatolia‚ west of Mesopotamia‚ and at the easternmost point of Mediterranean Sea. Given its geopolitical significance‚ Syria has been a crossroad of cultures for a long time which means there have been lots of languages; Arabic‚ Aramic and Cherkess
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The Syrian Civilian Conflicts The Syrian conflicts have been occurring since the 15th of March 2011‚ as a secular revolt against autocracy. It turned out to be more than just a conflict that would be resolved with war. Some claiming it started of with only peaceful demonstrations then it evolved in to a continuous matter of disasters. While others claimed that they were more than just ‘peaceful demonstrations’. Obviously each discourse has their reasons for believing the truth they want to believe
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