the Islamic movements. In Egypt and Tunisia‚ the religious leaders were supportive of the protests. In Syria on the other hand‚ the religious leaders were reluctant to support the revolts. They condemned the protests and stood in support of the government of the day. The religious leaders feared that had they taken a stand against the government it would boomerang on them (Esposito‚ 2015: Syria‚
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surrounded by Turkey to the North‚ Egypt to the south‚ Mediterranean Sea to the west‚ Iraq and northern Saudi Arabia to the east. The Levant consists of the countries of Cyprus‚ Israel‚ Jordan‚ the northeastern tip of Egypt‚ Lebanon‚ Palestine‚ and Syria. Geographically‚ this area became divided between the coastal plans of the west and the hill country of the East. As a result of rainfall‚ which decreases from the north to the south‚ the northern regions quickly became more economically developed
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to Bashar al-Assad desire to stop Islamic insurgents and the success of the Arab spring in Egypt that over threw that despot government. This motivated Syrians to protest and seek the removal of Assad’s dictatorial government. To compound matter in Syria Muslims and Christians religiously divide the country. These conflicts resulted in the rise of the free Syrian army‚ the rebels‚ who have earned them selves against Assad military. In response president Assad has order swift and cruel attacks on his
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BROTHERHOOD IN SYRIA Syrian Islamist organization started by Syrian students returning from studies in Egypt in the 1930’s‚ where they were confronted with the ideology of Hassan al-Banna‚ the founder of the original Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.[1] So‚ the Syria branch of Muslim Brotherhood’s roots based on students of the shari’ah (Islamic law). Firstly‚ association’s name was “ Muhammad’s Youth”‚ after it became the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. Most of the society’s devotees in Syria stemmed from
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Exercise (A): Which of these sentences are correct? Write or 1. In this essay I am going to compare Malta with Cyprus. 2. In this essay I am going to compare between Malta and Cyprus.
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Anti-Lebanon. Between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon ranges lies the valley of Biqa’. Lebanon is bounded on the north by the Eleutherus River (Nahr al-Kabir)‚ on the east by the Anti-Lebanon mountains‚ both of which they share with what is present-day Syria. It is also bounded on the west by the Mediterranean Sea and on the south by the highlands of the Galilee‚ or what is today Occupied Palestine (Israel). Beirut‚ the capital of present-day Lebanon‚ its largest city and principal port‚ is located almost
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differences and speak their own language‚ Kurdish. This goes all the way back to World War I and the breaking up of the Ottoman Empire. The Kurdish people are instead spread out between four different states where they are a minority; Iran‚ Iraq‚ Syria‚ and Turkey. The Kurdish people have been pushing for an independent Kurdistan ever since they were promised on after World War I. They have tried to accomplish this through a few different ways (Who are the Kurds‚ 2016). One of the biggest ways
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The Crisis in Syria Since the early spring of 2011‚ Syria has be enveloped by a bloody and violent civil war that has cost the lives of over 100‚000 civilians and over 1 million people have had to flee to neighboring countries such as Jordan and Turkey(http://syriahr.com/en/). With so much bloodshed and continuing escalation in the conflict‚ many in the international community believe that this war could last many more years or even decades. As we will see the conflict that stemmed in March of
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السورية)‚[56][57][58] is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Ba’ath government and those seeking to oust it. The conflict began on 15 March 2011‚ with popular demonstrations that grew nationwide by April 2011. These demonstrations were part of the wider Middle Eastern protest movement known as the Arab Spring. Protesters demanded the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad‚ whose family has held the presidency in Syria since 1971‚ as well as the end of Ba’ath Party rule
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the mandates to new states without any strong built institutions or civic engagements‚ and sectarian rife and power struggles have kept them from reaching consensus among the different identities ever since. The sectarian and ethnic divide in both Syria and Iraq runs deep. Iraq’s
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