Syria

al-Islamiya fil Iraq wa al-Sham (Daesh) or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in English is considered to be the original name of the group. But it is also known as, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State (IS), The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and even Islamic State Group. Name matters for everything and everyone. The world community has difficulty to find a common name for this common…

source of information that is put out as bias or attempting to sway a reader in a certain viewpoint whether it be intention or not. The author and reader are both equally at fault for the perpetuation of misinformation in today's society. In article A “Syria: The story of the conflict” the author gives a clear and concise descriptions…

New York Times titled “Who Failed Aylan Kurdi?” describes briefly a recent headline of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi who, along with his mother and brother, drowned and washed up on the shore of a Turkish beach after trying to escape the atrocities in Syria. Responding to the debate about the best option to stop occurrences like that of the Kurdi’s, Douthat argues against military intervention and firmly attacks the belief that combat is most persuasive option. Douthat disputes that the…

De-Baathification of the Baath Party emerging Under Hussein’s regime resulted in the rise of contemporary terrorism in Iraq. War in Iraq was carried from the Bush to the Obama administration. United States actions helped the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria recruit dramatically. The Islamic State would have collapsed in certain parts of Iraq because of its own internal contradictions; however, American occupation during the Iraq War effectively incited an emerging insurgency. Subsequently,…

consequences. The long war with Iraq was a war which had many reasons. The United States did not want for Saddam Hussein to give these weapons of mass destruction to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Saddam Hussein was not directly supporting al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but he did have training camps and other support for…

Syrian Refugees in the United States “One day I heard a big sound and I saw that my best friend Miriam’s house had been destroyed. We walked to school together every day. I went to see if she was OK and I saw Miriam on the ground. She didn’t have any legs and she was screaming and I can still hear that sound now. They pulled me away but I saw everything. I don’t think it was good for a child to see this.” -Aya, a Syrian refugee currently in Turkey. 6.5 million Syrians have been displaced…

was held in the United States for the next thirteen days for questioning. After the thirteen days he was sent to Syria where Arar spent the next year being tortured. He was released on October, 2003 after the Canadian government’s investigation on Maher Arar. The Syrian Ambassador, announced that there was no connection between Mahar Arar and terrorism. The reason he was Sent to Syria was because of an American program known as “extraordinary rendition” The goal of extraordinary rendition is…

It all began in 2011 when the president of Syria Bashar Al - Assad attacked innocent protesters in the country. Assad regime , militias and opposition groups caused war that involved chemical weapons which led to 1,400 deaths. Due to this, Civilians were forced to abandon their homes. Assad regime…

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has a structure quite similar to the old Ottoman Empire, in that the Ottomans and ISIS both have its caliphate foundation. In another example, the Ottoman Empire started to grow when the Western powers began to decline. The modern day ISIS also grows larger and stronger, and though their power may not grow as much as the Ottomans did, the Eastern identity increased when the Western powers ever so slightly lagged to enforce power. Furthermore, a key…

The Syrian Civil war has been plaguing the Syrian Arab Republic for many years; inflicting large casualties on the people of Syria. There seems to be no reasonable or possible resolution. The current government in Syria, the Assad regime, is backed by Russia and is fighting against rebel groups backed by the United States. There are also terrorist organizations attempting to push their agenda in the region which complicates the situation. The United States and Russia are on opposing sides of the…