CULF 3331: "Middle Eastern Revolutions"

With the bombing in Brussels taking place earlier this week, ISIS has pushed forward to make further threats to the rest of the world. France has been threatened and now London has been threatened to have their streets left with blood filling them.

A construction conglomerate at the center of Saudi Arabia's petrodollar-fueled economic boom is teetering under billions of dollars of debt, bankers and financial advisers familiar with the matter said, showing the strain of cheap oil on the kingdom and its companies.

According to this article, many claims associated to Hezbollah that have been against the US forces in Iraq, were not made by Hezbollah. Rather, they were made by an Iranian Militia

The Hezbollah movement in Iraq said the new deployment of US marines is a plot to help IS terrorists. The shiite group added that if these troops are not withdrawn, Hezbollah will treat them as IS forces

An Indian Priest was captured three weeks ago by ISIS gunmen in Yemen. Father Thomas was then used as a message to the rest of the world from ISIS when the group crucified him on Easter Sunday

Ultimately, Hezbollah's goal is to turn Syria into an extended springboard for attacks against Israel, but it is still far off from being able to realize this vision, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

"Hezbollah Brigades fighters in Iraq have threatened to attack the American soldiers stationed in the country, following the decision by the US army to send reinforcements to Iraq to support the international coalition in its fights against ISIS."

This article delves into the issues of war crimes, chemical weapons, humanitarian issues, and the rise if islamist groups interventions

This website offers eight steps to understanding the Syrian conflict. The sections include: uprising turns violent, descent into civil war, war crimes, chemical weapons, humanitarian crisis, Syrian refugees in the region, rebels and the rise of the jihadists, peace efforts, & proxy war

More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other - as well as jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State.

Libya's uprising began in February 2011 after security forces in the eastern city of Benghazi opened fire on a protest. Anti-government demonstrations then erupted in other towns before eventually reaching Tripoli. They swiftly evolved into an armed revolt seeking to topple to Muammar Gaddafi.

In June 2010, Khaled Said, a young Egyptian citizen of Alexandria, was beaten to death by plain-clothes police officers outside a local internet cafe. At the time, the Ministry of Interior said he died of asphyxiation caused by swallowing a bag of narcotics, but a picture of Said's battered face began circulating online.

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IS left behind hundreds of mines in the town of Palmyra. Experts are currently working on disarming them, and have disarmed 150 bombs so far in the city. The mines are keeping historians from reaching remote sites in the town to assess damage done by IS. 

Syrian forces, backed by Russian military, have captured the city of Palmyra from IS after three week offensive. This is seen as a big victory for Assad and is expected to increase support for the president. 

This article talks about Egyptian women in the workforce. According to this article Egyptian women make up around 50% of the country's population, yet they constitute less than a quarter of the country's labour force.

This article talks about a man who was sentenced to three years in prison for claiming that many women in the country have extramarital affairs. This man made this claim during a television interview, which sparked an uproar. The court convicted him of spreading false news that disturbs the public peace.

This article talks about women's employment in Egypt. The author explains that women's employment issues are at the heart of many Egypt's most urgent policy issues.

This article talks about the Parliament to draft a new law. This new law will ban niqab (full-face veil) in government institutions and public places.

Libya's newly formed unity government, which is backed by many, if not all, of Libya's neighbors and regional partners, has yet to be approved by the Libyan parliament. Malta, who stated the obvious in this article, is calling for the government to be established and installed as quickly as possible in an effort to prevent ISIS from acquiring even more territory inside of Libya.

This article looks at the trial of the Bosnia war criminal. He was persecuted and given 40 years in prison after 20 years of being chased and waiting for trial. The Bosnia war has roots of strife which still exist in the Middle East today. 

This article was ignited after Obama's nomination of Garland to the Supreme Court. Garland is a Jewish which makes the Supreme Court 4 Catholics and 3 Jews. This article goes deeper into Government and looks at the statistics of Jews, WASPS, and Catholics in the Government. There is a distinct lack of Islamic or Muslim persons in the government. This article is based on how this could hurt U.S. chances with all foreign policy in the MIddle East.