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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…

Camp David Accords, understandings amidst Israel and Egypt stamped on September 17, 1978, that drove in the going with year of a peaceful course of action between those two countries, the first such deal amidst Israel and any of its Arab neighbors. Facilitated by U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian Pres. Anwar el Sadat and formally titled the "Framework for Peace in the Middle East," the understandings became known as the Camp David Accords in light…

Toll for Syria’s War, it stated that there were by far 470,000 deaths. In the final analysis, war was always a family’s biggest nightmare. It separate the family, some died while some survive during war and this is another way to destroy peace on earth. For example, when there is war, many soldiers are force to leave their homelands. After war, certain amount of soldiers won’t even make it home which cause their family to be emotionally broken. War start because of a fight, fighting for each…

On October 31, 2017, a 29-year-old man, Sayfullo Saipov, ran over pedestrians and cyclists on a Manhattan bike path. He rented a pick-up truck from Home-Depot in New Jersey. Saipov later crashed into a school bus and jumped out of the truck with a pellet gun and a paintball gun and shouted in Arabic, “God is great.” Officials said that he was tied to ISIS because they found a handwritten note near the truck with a few lines of Arabic indicating allegiance to the Islamic State. 8 people were…

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is vastly significant today, but it also has a important rooted history and origin. Many historians start with discussing the late 19th century, however there are many origins long before that play a role in the conflict. Author, David Schafer, describes the theological causes that are rooted in the people. The idea of Zionism is another primary cause that is discussed. Ideas of both nationalism in the region and colonialism abroad…

Since the beginning of an organization ISIS have 143 attacks in 29 countries and have killed nearly 2,043 people (Lister). The enormous amount of terrorist attacks in the Middle East and all around the globe have been caused by this extremist group named ISIS. Some of these regions include Australia, North America, Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe. Since the creation of this extremist group in 1999 in Iraq the numbers of attacks have been climbing, but especially in these past few…

their homes, the Palestinian nationalist movement began to regroup in the West Bank and Gaza, controlled by Jordan and Egypt, respectively, and in the refugee camps set up in other Arab countries. Shortly before the 1967 war, Palestinian organizations such as Fatah, led by Yasser Arafat formed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and launched operations against Israel, first from Jordan and then Lebanon. The attacks also included Israeli targets on European soil. In 1987 it was taken…