The Controversy: The Political Relationship Between Iraq And Syria

The Sykes-Picot Agreement in May 1916 between Great Britain and France led to the dismantlement of the Ottoman Empire. France and Great Britain have thus provision and divide Turkish-held Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine into various administrated and controlled areas. The agreement led to the creation of the present-day Syria and Iraq based on artificial borders which will arouse the dissent among populations. While the neighbor countries share part of their historical, religious, and cultural identities, their diplomatic relationship has never really been fruitful. An in-deep historical perspective of each country is required to understand the advent of religious extremism. The historical background will also demonstrate into what extent the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is rather an …show more content…
Abd al Karim Qasim seized power in July 1958 during a coup and officially announced the creation of a new Republic of Iraq. Political stability, however, will only come ten years later when the Arab Socialist Ba’th Party; led by Ahmed Hassan al Bakr and Colonel Abdul Salam Arif; impound Abd al Karim Qasim from its ruling. Under the Pan-Arab political ideology of Ba’athism; which promotes the unification of Arab Nations in order to restore the character of Arab societies; the regime built one of the largest armed forces in the Middle East. In 1979, Saddam Hussein, who was then the party assistant general secretary, instigated a coup and become the President of Iraq as well as the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC). Saddam Hussein autocracy dives the country into an 8 year with Iran, which resulted in the devastation of his territory and in the loss of Iraqi. Following the disaster of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), Saddam Hussein engages in the Persian Gulf War (1990-91). While he ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the international order