Iran–Iraq War

“Iraq is under control of ISIS so there is a bureaucratic hierarchy and the old government struggles for control.” (Black). Iraq is in dire need of a political reform especially if ISIS is control. “Iran has a republic led by president Hassan but, Supreme leader Ayatollah calls the shots.” (Black). Iraq has a government set up but, it’s complex with power struggle between two leaders. “Syria is led by…

200,000 Syrian nationals to enter into Suruc, Turkey, and 150,000 arrived at that Turkish camp in the space of only three days. Thus, presently, more than half of Syria’s population, before the onset of war, is now dislocated and took flight into the neighboring countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Turkey. Turkey has become the national host nation with the largest number of Syrian-born refugees in the Middle East. Turkey has accepted the most wartime refugees of any nation on the globe…

During the rule of Saddam Hussein and the Ba’ath Party Iraq experienced a tragic and eventful time. In a matter of years their country had undergone a complete transformation because of war and tyranny. Georges Sada, a well-known Iraqi General and fighter pilot was a man who was very close to the former dictatorial ruler of Iraq—Saddam Hussein. Georges relays in the novel “Saddam’s Secrets”, his experiences and the tragic events that occurred in Iraq during the rule of Saddam. He gives a…

create an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Originally they were referred to as ISIL but the name currently adopted by the organisation is ISIS. However many of the governments of the western world have taken to referring to ISIS as Daesh as an attempt to degrade and undermine them. This essay will attempt to follow this trend, but will use the two names interchangeably. Since their announcement, Daesh have grown more powerful. Holding vast areas of territory in both Syria and Iraq, as well as…

insubordination from an affiliate to al Qaeda core would have been “unthinkable in bin Laden’s era” (Celso, 2014, p. 41). During the tug-of-war for supremacy, Baghdadi relocated to Syria lured many fighters from JN to ISIS (Zelin, 2013, September 10). To garner increased support, the group began to hold neighborhood forums that included fun games like tug-of-war. Additionally, they began to provide social services such as medical services, food, and fuel. ISIS also began to extend its outreach…

Ever since man, we wondered about our origin, so our advances in technology allows Anthropologist to answer this lingering question. Early civilizations, discovered in the 1800’s, were found along the Nile River and other areas just northeast of Africa. The early civilizations were diverse in particular ways, but had similarities too. The political, social, and institutions of these areas will be analyzed further, because ideas eventually developed to form better civilizations in the future.…

underlying synthesis of Persian culture was a more important objective in retaining the autonomy of this culture within an Islamic caliphate: “To these one could add the Buyids as well, but the history of that dynasty is so closely interwoven with that of Iraq that it is best considered in the context of the caliphate’s history.” Certainly, this comparable trend in the autonomy of religious leadership defines the Perso-Islamic synthesis that overrode Arabic orthodoxy in terms of the descendents…

the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” For America to live a good life free from outside threats such as; war, Environmental damage, Climate change, and many more. We cannot create experience, but we must undergo it, many great countries and societies that once ware great was destroyed by war, environmental damage, climate change, and many more because they did not have countries and society that they can refer to. For this reason they did not…

became determined to end their religious authority over the Muslim world. The anonymous author of the earlier mentioned Tārīkh-e Sīstān further adds that Yaʿqūb’s the ʿAbbāsid caliph al-Muʿtamid’s (r. 256-78/870-92) armies fought each other outside Iraq in 265/879 (2002:…

Throughout most of this class this semester, the idea of what makes an Islamic movement authentically “Islamic” appears to be explicit, hardline doctrinal ties to the establishment of some sort of Islamic polity. As Ali Rahnema mentions in the introduction of the Pioneers of the Islamic Revival: “Islamic Revivalism …is characterized by a renewed interest in Islam as an endogenous ideology with redeeming powers. For the born-again Muslim the Qur’an and the Tradition of the Prophet provide…