government forces in Syria and Iraq. Its leader is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi‚ who joined the rebellion that erupted in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. Its original aim was to establish a caliphate in the Sunni-majority regions of Iraq. Following its involvement in the Syrian Civil War‚ this expanded to include controlling Sunni-majority areas of Syria. The CIA source (Jomana Karadsheh 2014) showed that more than 15‚000 foreign fighters‚ including 2‚000 Westerners‚ have gone to Syria to be jihadists
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Analytical essay on Jordan and the US relationship In this paper I would like to examine the relationship between United States of America and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan‚ the reasons for their long-lasting close relationship as well to draw some future prognosis from both a realist and liberal point of view. I must state here at the beginning that this relationship is very complex when it comes to the whole region of the Middle East. The countries are very interdependent and also religion
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each day and pose a threat to the United States and her allies. The most recent threat that has gained notable media attention is the formation of a large group of terrorists who call themselves ISIS. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and is also commonly known as ISIL which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. During the group’s first years after forming they chose to associate themselves with other Jihad extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Ladin.
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President Obama and President Putin are great examples of leaders who have different views on how to run a country. Both Obama and Putin are Presidents who are in charge of controlling the military‚ vetoing legislative bills‚ and appointing their Cabinet. In both cases Presidents Obama and Putin seek the assistance of their cabinets to support them on their opinions on how to run their country. Similarly‚ Obama and Putin choose to fill their cabinet with close friends who all think congruously.
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THE SYRIAN UNREST The Syria unrest‚ which has been going on since March of 2011 is an uprising by a rebel group against a governing party in Syria. The main objectives of the rebels are to overthrow current president‚ Bashar-al-asshad. In April of 2011‚ the president deployed the army‚ still loyal to president asshad whose family lineage has been ruling Syria for decades‚ to open fire on any protesters. The rebels‚ in retaliation‚ formed their own group of armed troops mainly consisting of ex-soldiers
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Rohith Sundar Donnenfeld AP Government 6th Period December 8‚ 2014 Media Bias in ISIS Legislation Media bias is a very complicated thing‚ as it may sway a reader’s thoughts towards one side of the spectrum rather than keeping it fair. Most news sources are usually biased towards a certain side‚ whether it is liberal or conservative‚ or democratic or republican. Although most news sources are biased‚ some are moderate and in the middle. Examples of a news source biased towards the liberal side would
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thousand and fifteen. Who are these men she’s referring too that can cause such an unimaginable senseless act terror? They are The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria‚ better known as ISIS‚ a Jihadist militant terror group. ISIS is a growing terrorist group that seemed to come from nowhere but as times passed‚ claimed its territory in Iraq and Syria. Growing evidence has suspected this terrorist group seemed to form in an American prison in Iraq‚ known
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I’m sure that at some point in their lives‚ everyone faces an existential crisis and questions‚ very philosophically of course‚ their roots and achievements and reasons for being. For some‚ this point is not reached until middle age‚ at which point they realize that their lives have been for naught and that the countless goals that they had set for themselves in their youth must be achieved immediately. For others‚ like myself‚ every other day contains an existential crisis of sorts. It’s easy to
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The structure of the literature review is arranged in order to state the value of the old Urban fabric and how did it get formed throughout the history in the first paragraph. Whilst‚ the second paragraph will analyze the introduction of modernity elements in urbanization and urbanism during the french colonial period‚ The value of monuments‚ axis and streets network‚ squares‚ recreational areas and building typologies will be discuss through the second paragraph. The third paragraph will correlate
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Lebanon Lebanon is a Middle Eastern country that is delimitated to the west by the Mediterranean and to the east by the Syro-African Depression. Lebanon borders Syria to the north and to the east‚ and Israel in the south. Lebanon’s climate is "Mediterranean"; mild to cool‚ wet winters‚ and hot‚ dry summers. Some of Lebanon’s natural resources are the limestone‚ salt‚ water and iron ore. Like any other country there are natural hazards such as dust
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