History of Syria

Benny Morris, Professor of History at Ben-Gurion University, in his 2001 book Righteous Victims, wrote: "The PLO military infrastructure in southern Lebanon was destroyed, and the organization was driven out of Beirut. Many PLO fighters were killed, and it lost most of its heavy equipment…

This article informs its reader about a comment passed by Donald Trump to a crowd of his followers, a day before the South Carolina GOP primary. In his statement, the Republican candidate said, “Apple ought to give the security for that phone, OK. What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until such a time as they give that security number. How do you like that? I just thought of it. Boycott Apple.” As one can surmise from the quote, Trump is not in agreement with the Apple company. The…

At least half of these victims fleeing from disaster are children. The current Syrian refugee emergency represents the greatest dislocation of people in recent history. Literally, millions of men, women and their children have increasingly traversed over the Turkish, Lebanese and Jordanian borders. However, this flow of human misery has increased significantly because of the intensified battles being waged by ISIS…

because of the lack of trust from the Turks towards the Armenians during World War Ι. This is known as the Armenian Genocide, although Turkey refuses to consider it a genocide to this day. Since all the stages of genocide are completely evident in history, as well as the murder of millions of people, this event should be considered a genocide by Turkey and the rest of the world. The genocide took place during World War I, between 1915-1917. At the time, Russia was a huge enemy of the Ottoman…

As stated in Atlas of World History, “The first to extend their trade routes into the western Mediterranean were the Phoenicians” (82). The Phoenicians moved “…having migrated to the Mediterranean and settled in the parts which they now inhabit…” (Herodotus) from their homeland of Canaan to what would be “the coasts of present-day Lebanon, Syria, and Israel” (Phoenicians Establish Trade). Around the 11th century, the Phoenicians began…

interviews we conducted with a formal leader “Mokhtar” in Bourj Hammoud, as well as a representative of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA). These interviews served as interactive contact methods that enabled us to gain insight into the district, its history, the complexity of the challenges faced by its inhabitants, and ongoing community development projects. This approach was also utilized to gain further insight on the residents’ perceptions of their community. Residents approached were…

rehabilitation of socioeconomic infrastructures, as well as demand-based vocational and business skills trainings” that ultimately would strengthen the upcoming population of working-class people in the United States (Jordan Response Platform for the Syria Crisis and United…

Muslims. Terrorism. ISIS. Nowadays, when people watch news on TV, they will often hear these words. Violence in the Middle East has caused millions of people to flee for their lives, hoping to reach Europe and start a new life. Many extreme ideas are arising amid all of this discussion, and are resulting in xenophobic actions towards Muslims and others fleeing from ISIS in the Middle East. Many Americans now no longer want Syrian refugees to enter the United States because they are a so-called…

heavily in favor of conviction” (Ragsdale 15). Knowing this, the Sedition Act should not apply to refugees from the Middle East as they have no intent to defame nor harm the Americans as much as they want to save their own lives. The casualties in Syria can only be expected to increase considering all of the nations that are involved in war in it. The “Sedition Act” would be a great tool to have a legal method of “protecting” American citizens from terrorists but would be far too subject to the…

through barbaric punishments. In addition, they are accused of fabricating elections in order to maintain their powers. Social media has played one of its prominent roles in addressing the issues of the Arab spring. Countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria were the most significant in dominating the internet and spreading awareness of the horrific events taking place in their…