Since then, Americans and its allies have vowed to fight and end terrorism and their supporters in the Middle East while terrorist groups continue to grow. ... Iran continues to arm militants and plays a major role in sustaining violence in the Middle East, particularly in Syria. ... As the Weekly Standard editors Hussain Abdul-Hussain and Lee Smith write, "What's most extraordinary about the Middle East at present isn't ISIS and the rest of the Sunni rebellion. ...

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The Definition of Israel Before we begin, let me remind you of the definition of Israel. Israel considers itself to be a Jewish state (formally codified in its 1948 Declaration of Independence), which means that its entire purpose is to provide what is commonly referred to as a "Jewish homeland". Why a race or religion must have a singular nation-state forcibly created for it is something of a mystery; my sons are white/Asian interracial, so they have no "racial homeland"; should this be considered a crisis? The natives of the Americas have no distinct "homeland" either; should families be di...

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The continuation of political unrest in Syria could spread to the entire Middle East and require U.S military intervention. ... "Moscow is the number one arms supplier in the Middle East"9 and their weapon sales to Syria and Algeria alone total to forty-eight billion US dollars per year.10 Russia's one and only naval facility is Tartus, located on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. ... The reasons for supplying this type of military equipment on the part of the European Union with these conditions is to counteract and abolish the violation of human rights in the Middle East as mu...

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The Syrian government received a surge of backlash following their attack on protestors, which could prompt an intervention by the United Nations. Almost five months ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for...

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The Syrian government received a surge of backlash following their attack on protestors, which could prompt an intervention by the United Nations. Almost five months ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for...

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The Middle East has experienced a plethora of issues over the years; the uprisings in the Arab Spring have led to an abundance of problems especially in Syria. ... However, as the Civil War continues to engulf Syria, the United Nations is struggling to support more than 9 million displaced people. 0 Lebanon, a considerably small country in the Middle East, is taking significantly more Syrian refugees than any other country. ...

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The first success of the Ismaili movement was the establishment of the Qarmat State in East Arabia. ... Today, though a minority community that is not politically active, the Ismailis are spread in small pockets in parts of the Middle East, central and south Asia, and increasingly North America and Europe. ...

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Although protestors around the world, particularly in Syria and Egypt, vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Syrian army attacked the city of Hama, killing at least 113 people just one day before the month of fasting and prayer began. The...

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It is located to the west of the Asia continent, borders Lebanon and the Mediterranean sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south and Israel to the southwest. ... Therefore a direct military involvement in the Syrian cause must be avoided not only because it does not meet the criteria of Just War laid down by Augustine, but also looking at it from the interests of the Syrian cause, a direct military intervention in Syria will allow president Assad to rally an already popular anti-U.S sentiment, to shape our humanitarian intervention as a crusade in the middle...

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Also, Murhaf Jouejati, a Middle East Institute scholar-in-residence contends Syria views the State of Israel as a rouge state at best and still has no formal diplomatic relations with them. ... With Damascus being the longest continually inhabited city in the world and Beirut one of the cultural centers of the Middle East, Syrian government has long understood that the region of Lebanon has been a large asset to them both militarily as well as economically. ... After shots were fired at a church, gunmen in Christian East Beirut ambushed a busload of Palestinians. ...

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THE LEBANESE POLITICAL SYSTEM 1943-POST 1990 The division of the Lebanese system: Since the end of World War I, after the Ottomans had been defeated by the Allied Powers specifically Britain and France, split up the remaining Arab territories. France took control of the Lebanese and Syria...

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Lebanon is now hosting more than one million Syrian refugees, which is more than any other country in the Middle East; in some communities, the Syrians have started to outnumber the Lebanese (Davies 2014). ...

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