Kurdish people

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a military and political organization which is mainly led by nationals of Iraq and Syria. ISIS has committed crimes of unimaginable cruelty in Syria and Iraq but the international criminal court (ICC) does not have the power to open a case, according to Fatou Bensouda. The court was unable to prosecute because neither Syria nor Iraq were members of ICC. (ICC, 2015) Crimes which have been reported, consist of mass executions, sexual slavery, rape and other

country, controlling hundreds of confiscated and nationalized factories, trading firms, farms, and apartment and office buildings, as well as two large newspaper chains. The Crusade for Reconstruction (Jihad), established in June, recruited young people for construction of clinics, local roads, schools, and similar facilities in villages and rural areas. The organization also grew rapidly, assuming functions in rural areas that had previously been handled by the Planning and Budget Organization (which

ISIS then extended their efforts into Syria, opposing Assad and his Alawite/Shiite government. Making the Syrian situation even more complicated, Kurds from Eastern Syria seek to establish their own independent Kurdish state. The Syrian National Coalition was formed in 2012 as a government that could replace the Assad government, but the Assad regime refuses to relinquish power. The Netherlands Stance on the Syrian Civil War: In his address to the

We accomplish this by providing material assistance for projects requested by the churches themselves, so that the local Church can do those things it thinks are needed to endure. SPC seeks to be the vehicle for concerned people who want to express their support and solidarity for Christians brothers and sisters at risk. By contributing to an IRS recognized non-profit such as Solidarity with the Persecuted Church, individual contributions are tax-deductible. In fact, it is

and demanded that Kurdish leaders reject it. Worried that independence for Iraqi Kurds would stir up their own Kurdish populations, Turkey threatened to impose sanctions or even use military force on the Kurds; Iran closed its border with Kurdistan and is backing Shia militias who fought with the Iraqi army against the peshmerga. Regional actors worried about their own stability were not the only ones to condemn the Kurds. Prior to the referendum, the United States pushed Kurdish leaders to delay

My country assessment of Syria contains much of the recent history, but I believe to truly understand what is happening today, we must understand how historically Syrian politics, geopolitical regional experiences and culture has come into play in the world understanding of a proud, but fractured Country. In this assessment I will tackle modern history, political and insurgent threats to the region and to the United States foreign missions as well as short and long term analysis on the direction

against Iran, but the Peshmerga later joined forces with Iran to gain more control of Iraqi Kurdistan lands. As retribution for siding with Iranian military forces and wanting more land, Saddam Hussein used a campaign called "Anfal" against the Kurdish people. One of the most terrible acts of the "Anfal" crusade was in 1988 when Halabja was attacked by deadly chemical weapons (“Who are the Peshmerga?,” 2014). The Peshmerga was greatly affected by the "Anfal" crusades, but they persisted on with combat

causing many people to terrorize the group for their beliefs. 2. Isis is an Iraqi terrorist group who is trying to gain more control over the war torn country. The group has “a reputation for brutal rule in the areas that it controls”(CNN). Many innocent civilians have been killed due to the inhumane acts that this group has committed. They have been named “the most cash-rich militant group in the world”(CNN). 3.The United States

Many journalists were arrested, tortured and imprisoned. Most of the cases were associated with terrorism. According to the BIA Media Monitoring Reports, 104 journalists and 30 distributors were imprisoned in 2012. Also 64 of the journalists were Kurdish as well as almost all distributors. (Depeli, 20112). When Atatürk founded the Republic of Turkey, his ideology was to westernize the country through changing the education and political systems. Even though the majority of the population of Turkey

I am writing to you today as a student at the College of William and Mary. I am in an International Security class and recently we studied the events occurring in Syria. As you are well aware, the situation in Syria has been dramatically deteriorating in recent months with the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the recent entrance of Russia into the conflict. Syria, meanwhile, has been in the midst of a ravaging civil war since the early spring of 2011. Currently, the government