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    reasons behind letting the volcano between these two parties to explode is the reply of Hezbollah by firing rockets at Israeli borders towns and this was a because of a clear alteration of an anti-tank missile attack on two protected Humvees patrolling the Israeli side of border town. And this act resulted in death of some Israeli soldiers as well as adduction of some others and they were taken by Hezbollah, and Hezbollah refused to release any of them except if an exchange of Lebanese prisoners is done

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    Syria's Civil War

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    Syria’s Civil War The civil war going on in Syria has been a topic of much discussion. What began as peaceful protests has turned into brutal civil war with over 100,000 deaths and counting. The images of men, women, and children being gassed or shot to death are just horrible to watch and hard to bear. With all these casualties and the U.S government expects to make a series of targeted military strikes against the Syrian government? Syria is a country in the Middle East, along the eastern shore

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    The post 9/11 world has bought about huge changes throughout the Middle East and many countries are experiencing challenges unprecedented since the end of the Second World War. United States foreign policy, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, and the geopolitical struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia throughout the Middle East has made the region politically unstable and ripe with conflict and human suffering. This dire situation is a great example of how interconnected the relationships of Middle

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    1960s Secular Movements

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    In the late 1960s secular movements such as Liberation of Palestine started targeting civilians outside the immediate area of conflict. Once Palestine leaders realized they could not defeat Israel using military forces alone. This is where they moved away from classic guerrilla warfare towards urban terrorism. Radical Palestinians took advantage of modernized communication systems to launch a series of hijackings, kidnappings, bombings, and shootings (Moore, 2014). These movements provided a

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    Iran’s government by definition is considered to be theocratic since it is ultimately controlled by a single religious leader; Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei. Although Iran has an elected president, Hassan Rouhani, the supreme leader/ayatollah controls the military, state broadcasting services and the judicial sector. The Islamic Republic of Iran, previously known as Persia, first established diplomatic ties with the United States in 1883. Many people do not understand the importance, significance

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    Historical Background Throughout the 1980’s, Lebanon was engulfed in a brutal civil war that was waged between the government and different rebel factions. Hezbollah, a fundamentalist Shia militant group allied with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), was one of the major forces fighting against the Lebanese government. With Ronald Reagan as acting president of the United States, he made an effort toward stabilizing the Area by sending peacekeeping forces to Beirut. In retaliation to this

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    The Iran Contra Scandal, an undisclosed arrangement of illegal trading, that took place during the 1980’s , during Ronald Reagan's presidency, involving people from the United States government, Ronald Reagan's administration , and the United States military. The scandal was a covert action never authorized by the United States Congress. There were two countries involved with the United States in the scandal, Iran in the Middle East and Nicaragua in Central America. Nicaragua is the sight of the

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    Terrorism State terrorism occurs when a county’s own government, within its own borders, oppresses its own people, takes away their personal freedoms and instills fear in those it is supposed to protect (Taylor & Swanson, 2016). Adolph Hitler is a prime example of a leader who committed some of the worst acts of state terrorism known to man, killing millions of men, women, and even children during a dark period known as the Holocaust. According to the United States Department of State (USDOS, 2017)

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    describes the effects of conflict on the lives of both people who have experienced war and people who have not experienced war. Stack provides an example in the form of her relative, John a former American marine. John was sent to Beirut to combat the Hezbollah and whilst fighting there he experienced the true nature of war. He returned later however “he wasn’t all right”. He committed suicide due to the effects of war and the conflicts that he experienced. Thus Stack came to the conclusion that after being

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    Kristian Coronado Professor… Political science… 3 November 2014 Syrian Uprising Syria, expanding over 185,180 square kilometers of southwest Asia, is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It includes five main geographic zones. These are the; Jazirah in the northeast; a country with low rolling hills, the area east of the Ansariyah and Anti-lebanon ranges, the Euphrates river that crosses a desert region, the coastal plain along the Mediterranean shore, and the mountain and hill

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