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Syrian women fear abuse during marriage - but divorce frightens as much - 0 views

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  • sambofoster on 23 Mar 16
     
    The night after their wedding, Eren stood over Nur in a dusky Mediterranean hotel, "You are old enough! Get ready to fuck or I will send you back to the camp!" A friend of Eren's married a Syrian woman last year who he said was pious and subservient.
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MARRIAGE IN THE ARAB WORLD - 0 views

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  • sambofoster on 23 Mar 16
     
    Policies related to young adults, women, and families in Arab countries need to take into account the changing marriage patterns and their social and economic implications. This policy brief highlights current trends in marriage patterns of women in the Arab world, emerging policy issues, and links between marriage patterns and other social and demographic trends.
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How Arranged Marriage Works in Saudi Arabia - 0 views

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  • sambofoster on 23 Mar 16
     
    Many marriages in Saudi Arabia continue to be arranged marriages. However that is not to say that the bride or groom do not get a choice in the matter. They do. But if a bride and groom are brought together through family it is rare for either to reject the match.
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Women's roles in Iran society are evolving as divorce rates soar - Middle East - 0 views

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    REUTERS - Weddings in Iran have long been an over-the-top affair with families spending thousands of dollars to celebrate a union. But now some couples are splurging on an entirely different sort of nuptial celebration: a divorce party. Local media outlets and blogs have been abuzz for months about lavish parties, complete with sarcastic invitations and humorous cakes, for couples splitting up.
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ISIS has sent 400 fighters to attack Europe, officials say | Fox News - 0 views

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  • mwrightc on 23 Mar 16
     
    ISIS is preparing to make a move on Europe with 400 fighters that they have trained for attacks. The caliphate has already shown its willingness to bomb Europe with its attack in Belgium.
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Brussels Attacks: Manhunt Underway as ISIS Claims Responsibility - ABC News - 0 views

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    ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks that took place in Belgium this Tuesday. The manhunt has begun as authorities look for the people who are responsible for the attacks. At least 31 were killed and 250 injured including 9 Americans who were hurt.
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Brussels Terror: Belgian Police Find Bomb-Making Factory, ISIS Flag - NBC News - 0 views

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    Belgian police have been moving rapidly in the past couple of days as they have been searching for any information regarding what happened during the bombings. They have found a bomb making factory that housed chemicals, nails and bolts.
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17 years after war - Yugoslavia again protesting NATO - Workers World - 0 views

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  • Home » Global » 17 years after war — Yugoslavia again protesting NATO 17 years after war — Yugoslavia again protesting NATO By Heather Cottin posted on March 22, 2016 Share On March 24, 1999, the U.S. led its European NATO allies in a 78-day bombing campaign targeting
  • Serbia in order to destroy Yugoslavia, the last socialist country holding out in Europe. NATO planes bombed hospitals, factories, schools, trains, television stations, bridges and homes, killing thousands of Yugoslavs.
  • n 2000, the same NATO forces destabilized what remained of Yugoslavia — the republics of Serbia and Montenegr
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  • ugoslavia was an independent and relatively prosperous country. With no Soviet Union after 1991, Yugoslavia was vulnerable to the powerful imperialist countries in Western Europe and the United States, which provoked and exacerbated disputes among the various Yugoslav peoples
  • cialism in Yugoslavia produced artists and intellectuals, free health care, zero unemployment, free education, excellent public transportation and advanced industrial and agricultural developmen
  • NATO’s pattern for the destruction of Libya and Syria — and also of Iraq and Afghanistan, with variations
  • After the destruction of Milosevic and his party, neoliberal forces in Serbia and the other republics privatized the health care system, sold off the mines, and closed automobile, petroleum and other industries. Now Bosnia has an unemployment rate of 43 percent, Croatia’s is 19 percent, and tiny Kosovo’s is 45 percent. Kosovo hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Balkans, Camp Bondsteel, which protects Kosovo’s criminal government and oversees NATO control in the Balkans.
  • n the U.S. in 1999-2001, the International Action Center and Workers World Party played a leading role among those who stood firm against expanding NATO’s mayhem and slaughter in Yugoslavia.
  • mcooka on 24 Mar 16
     
    This is an article about Yugoslavia which doesn't want the interference of NATO in their lives any more. NATO and Yugoslavia gets into details about foreign policy 
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L. TODD WOOD: Iran-supported Hezbollah threatens to attack American forces in Iraq - Wa... - 0 views

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    "Israel has long been worried that Hezbollah will be emboldened by access to sophisticated weapons in Syria provided by the Russian military, concerned that once the Syrian opposition has been vanquished, Hezbollah would turn its focus to the Jewish state. "
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Report: Prisoner exchange deal takes place between ISIS and Hezbollah in Syria - Middle... - 0 views

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    "Hezbollah-ISIS prisoner exchange took place last week following an ISIS ambush on a group of Hezbollah fighters in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo"
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Lebanese Army, Hezbollah target ISIS on northeastern border | News , Lebanon News | THE... - 0 views

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  • irede123 on 25 Mar 16
     
    "The Lebanese Army and Hezbollah fighters pounded extremist posts Saturday along the country's northeastern border for the second day in a row."
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Hezbollah sent fighters to Iraq in secret to fight ISIS: Nasrallah | News , Lebanon New... - 0 views

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  • irede123 on 25 Mar 16
     
    "Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah Sunday announced that Hezbollah had covertly sent fighters to combat ISIS in Iraq, saying that his party had fought under local command and not interfered in the country's internal affairs as Saudi Arabia had in some Arab states."
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U.S. Attack Kills a Top ISIS Leader in Syria, Pentagon Says - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • ralph0 on 25 Mar 16
     
    This is a big deal because it is the highest level of involvement by the US in Syria to this date. A US attack killed Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al Qaduli, a high placed member of ISIS.
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Turkish officials: Europe wanted to export extremists to Syria | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

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  • ralph0 on 25 Mar 16
     
    Turkey's role in this war is interesting. Accused of loosening border restrictions to let foreign fighters enter Syria, Turkey is now accusing EU countries of doing the same. There is a huge number of foreign fighters in Syria and it is hard to believe that EU countries had no idea these people were leaving.
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After Raising the Stakes, Is Turkey's Erdogan Out of Options in Syria? - 0 views

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  • ralph0 on 25 Mar 16
     
    The conflicting interests of the US in Syria continued. Turkey hates the Kurds, but the US is using them to fight ISIS, despite them being terrorists in the eyes of their ally. This makes it sound like Erdogan is growing defiant and may provoke action by the US.
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