Libya

pilot alive, and carried out a mass execution of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya. ISIS is not centered in one specific place; It’s a network of terrorist cells with fanatic followers, that feeds on chaos and makes up a nation. The organization is a part of many troubles in the the Middle East: conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, refugees stranded by the Syrian civil war, no leaders in Yemen and Libya, Sinai breaking away from Egyptian control, etc. The caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…

On September 11, 2012, there was an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. During this attack, four Americans were killed: U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and CIA contractors and former Navy SEALS Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. The attack began during the night and lasted through the next morning with ten people being injured as well. This attack has become a source of mistrust against President Obama and…

devastating situations and cause further international disorder. The effectiveness of intervention be debated and even with the parameters of the R2P, the intervention in Libya was not entirely successful, with the international community failing to fulfil the ‘responsibility to rebuild’ criteria for which they should have assisted Libya in restabilising after the conflict (Berti, 2013). Historically, intervention has had dire repercussions that continue to concern the international community…

The Arab Spring has challenged the authoritarian resilience paradigm that had been dominant in academics since the early 2000s. Scholars within this paradigm focused on the lack of democracy within the region and attributed this lack to a number of factors and dynamics. This paradigm was normative in the sense that authoritarian resilience was seen as a negative and in need of change (Lob 2015). Even though as authoritarian resilience was perceived to be negative there was no expectation that…

President Bush argued for a ‘war on terror’, according to Tom Engelhardt, American officials were “against the idea of a Muslim enemy, as well as against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and later Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.” (Engelhardt) While the terrorists responsible for the attack were not Iraqi (they were Saudi Arabian) Bush viewed Saddam Hussein as being a supporter of terrorist organizations in the region, particularly Al-Qaeda who was responsible for the…

the world are affected by war, taken from their homes and forced to grow up. Currently, thirty million children are displaced, most recently the media has centered around the problem in Syria and yet, displacement is in Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, Libya, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Myanmar, and Bangladesh. The New York Times would like to share the stories of the displaced children all over the world. Starting with three children, Chuol, Hana, and Oleg. Chuol a nine-year-old boy from South…

“When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls – the World” - Lord Byron Nowadays, when people think about the Ancient Roman civilisation, they think about the pillar of our modern world. This quote, from the British poet George Gordon Byron, says it all: when Rome falls, the World falls. This very strong quote really shows how much the Romans influenced and gave to our present society. But, we shouldn’t forget one thing, as much as the Romans influenced us, they have been…

of the oppression of the people of Egypt at the hands of the Monarchy and British colonialism (the period after 1952) Eagle of Saladin represents power and strength. “In 1972, when Egypt formed the Federation of Arab Republics along with Syria, and Libya and the two stars on the flag were replaced by a golden hawk of Qureish, symbol of the tribe to which the Prophet Muhammad had…

Do we actually know what ISIS is, or do we just go by what we hear over the news? ISIS stands for the Islamaic State of Iraq and Syria. ISIS is run by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. This group controls the western parts of Iraq, Syria, and some parts in Libya, but not too many. The group was formed in 1999, which pledged to al-Queada and went on to participate in the Iraqi Insurgency. al-Queada was under the leadership of Osama bin Laden, who flew two planes into the World Trade Centers. How does ISIS…

World War II started in September, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. The attack was not provoked by Poland in any way. This upset Britain and France; which ultimately led them to declare war on Germany. Both Japan and Italy joined Germany and created the axis powers. These three countries attacked other countries (unprovoked) just for the sake of acquiring more land and gaining power. Around 1942, it seemed that Japan and Germany were invincible. However, things soon changed. There…