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The Syrian war has been going on for some time now and has had a dominating presence within our headlines with many newscasters broadcasting on the devastating destruction of countries within Syria. Over the past four years hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives during the wars that have broken out between countries and governments leaving heartbroken families and children left to fend for themselves. As a consequence of this war many people have attempted to flee to other…

The Middle East is a region with a very interesting history. One of the major superpowers of World War I, The Ottoman Empire, rose to power there, and shortly afterward, once World War II ended, Israel was created there too. The establishment of Israel proved to be a problem, as the Jewish nation would have to take land originally belonging to Palestinians. This is not the only situation where land has been an issue in the Middle East; land was also responsible for the Persian Gulf War. The…

With the creation of Israel in 1948 the United States has always sided with Israel. After the creation of Israel, President Truman was the first out of all the world leaders to recognize the country. The United States had backed and has tried to support Israel throughout all of their issues with the Middle East since their creation. It was not until President Obama came into the presidency. That some problems with Israel began to arise and tensions began to form with how Israel was handling…

In 1956, one of the officers who drove out their idle King, Farouk, and took over the government, Gamal Abdel Nasser, became Egypt's President. Nasser performed great contributions to the growing power of Egypt. Regarding a duty of Egypt as a leading Arab country, Nasser was trying to help the Palestinian refugees to fight for their rights to return. So he provided Palestinian armed groups with financial and military aids. By 1956, Israel was no longer capable of ignoring the tricks Nasser was…

Refugees need the right to not be deported. Refugees come to the U.S to be in a safe, equal opportunity country with freedom of religion. Refugees come from unsafe countries and we deport them back, placing them in an unsafe environment. Syrians are living in extremely dangerous environments, many try to leave. According to newsdeeply.com people from Syria are fleeing from “shells and barrel bombs.” 4 million people from Syria have become refugees. 7.6 million others are trying to flee.…

education. Syrians are fleeing to neighboring countries as refugees which is causing a refugee crisis. In the eleven million and counting displaced Syrians, over half of these are children.Civilians have been fleeing to neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon , and Turkey, but also far away countries such as Europe in hope of a better future. The Syrian government is responsible for attacking and even killing their own citizens, in efforts to smash the rebel force. Not all those who are…

Refugees Fleeing Syria Face Hard Choices With little more than the clothes on their backs, thousands of men, women and children of all ages are pouring over the border into Lebanon to escape war-torn Syria. Many are hoping to go further into Europe by way of Turkey. All of them want to be free. Everyday on the run brings hard choices of where to go and how to get there. Why Are the Syrians Fleeing? Four years of war and crimes against humanity. They look for a better life, running from…

Why do Southwest Asia and North Africa form a useful world region? What are some of the problems associated with defining the region? Southwest Asia and North Africa form a useful world reason because the countries that make it up are fairly similar in climate and culture, and in their wealth of oil. In terms of climate, this region consists mostly of desert, making this region useful in grouping these countries together. Culturally, this region is cited as the place the major world religions…

Khadra’s depictions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shed light on a brutally, longstanding contention between two cultures with no end in sight. The disharmony within this sector of the world has been an international battle of choosing sides and allies, but more importantly it has been the cause of violent slaughter for thousands. This fictional literary piece can be used as a vehicle to bring its audience into a state of understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for what it truly is.…

000 Palestinians were forced to flee due to the conflict. The Israelis were going into Palestinian cities and forcing them to leave, while other Palestinians left before the Israelis came. Nearby countries and territories like Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Gaza Strip, and the West Bank set up refugee camps for the fleed Palestinians. The document below shows the percent of refugees in the countries or territories. Palestinians refer to this or these events of 1948 as the Nakba, or…