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ralph0

A Remote Syrian Airstrip Hints At A Growing American Military Role : Parallels : NPR - 0 views

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    This article comments on the growing US involvement in Syria. It refers to a remote airstrip in a Kurdish-controlled town, with American planes arriving and leaving often.
ralqass

How $40 Oil Is Driving Social Change in Saudi Arabia - 0 views

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    women in Saudi Arabia know how to drive. They can vote, at least in local elections. And every Saudi citizen, men and women, may be about to see the end of generous, oil-driven subsidies that explain a lack of income taxes and utility costs so low as to be practically free.
ralqass

Largest U.S. refinery now belongs to Saudi Arabia - 0 views

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  • ralqass on 27 Mar 16
     
    Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco appear to be getting a divorce, breaking up their joint venture in U.S.-based refining assets.
  • ralqass on 02 Apr 16
     
    Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco appear to be getting a divorce, breaking up their joint venture in U.S.-based refining assets.
  • ralqass on 02 Apr 16
     
    Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco appear to be getting a divorce, breaking up their joint venture in U.S.-based refining assets.
atownen

UNHCR - The situation of stateless persons in the Middle East and North Africa, by Laur... - 0 views

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    This dissertation written by United Nations Commissioner for Refugees Laura Waas, provides some more academic insight into what exactly constitutes as stateless peoples in the Middle East and North African regions as well as the underlying conditions and legislation these stateless persons have developed. Waas points to the lack of nationality as the primary concern.
atownen

Erdogan, ISIS, and Turkey's War Against the Kurds - The Atlantic - 0 views

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  • atownen on 27 Mar 16
     
    Here is a personal account of an innocent civilian family affected by the daily and ongoing fight between the PKK and the Turkish Republic. A two-year ceasefire has been broke, as Turkey has increased its bombing campaign against the Kurds in the mountains.
atownen

Russia presents proof of Turkey's role in ISIS oil trade - RT News - 0 views

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    This report from December 2015, released news from Moscow that uncovered Turkey as ISIS' main destination for smuggling oil. Three main oil routes to Turkey have been discovered. Although ISIS' income from oil smuggling has been significantly reduced from $3 to $1.5 million per day, this still suggests Turkey was not only aware of ISIS' stealing, but aiding and buying.
mcooka

The risk of pushing border changes in the Middle East - MURAT YETKİN - 0 views

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  • They were drawn mostly as “lines in the sand” through two world wars. Starting from the collapse of the
  • Ten years later, the Syrian civil war has resulted in the potential for two separate and hostile border changes.
  • If Syria and Iraq end up officially failing, disintegrating and imploding, there will be four countries with a new political, economic and military potential to expand: Iran, Saudi Arabia (at odds with Iran), Israel and Turkey
  • mcooka on 28 Mar 16
     
    This article explores the border changes in the middle east. Specifically, Syria border changes which are still being effected from the two World Wars. There could be a large implosion in the Middle East from the ineffectiveness of the borders.
mcooka

The Rise of the Jewish Policy Elite: Meritocracy, Myth and Power - 0 views

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  • mcooka on 28 Mar 16
     
    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.
mcooka

The conviction of Radovan Karadzic has lessons for Syria's war | Middle East Eye - 0 views

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  • Thursday saw the closure of a long and drawn out story for the victims of Bosnia’s bloody civil war as the guilty verdict was finally delivered in the trial of Radovan Karadzic.
  • of a 40-year jail sentence for Karadzic for genocide and war crimes.
  • Memory and justice are two themes
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  • So much of the strife afflicting Europe and the Middle East today has its roots in the Bosnian conflict, yet scant attention has been paid to the country in the years following the war.
  • Up to 100,000 people were killed in the Bosnia conflict between 1992 and 1995 when, following a referendum to secede from Yugoslavia, the country was plunged into an inter-ethnic war between Serbs, Croats and Muslims (or Bosniaks).
  • Karadzic and his Serb forces have long been considered the worst perpetrators of the violence - which nevertheless saw atrocities on all sides - and culminated in the brutal Srebrenica massacre in which over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered in 1995 in full view of the UN peacekeeping forces. 
  • n forging notions of global Muslim solidarity and identity which has played such a major role in the conflicts of the Middle East.
  • Much as in Syria today, hundreds - potentially thousands - of foreigners travelled to Bosnia to join the mujahideen and protect Bosnian Muslims from the Bosnian Serb forces
  • It's hard not to draw parallels between such language and the language of anti-Muslim demagogues in Europe, India, Myanmar and America today.
  • When the dust settles in Syria, and should the war criminals survive long enough to be put on trial, the long-term work of reconstruction and reconciliation will begin
  • mcooka on 28 Mar 16
     
    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. 
cthomase

Malta warns of clashes in Libya - New Europe - 0 views

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    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.
pvaldez2

Parliament to draft law banning niqab in government institutions, public places | Egypt... - 0 views

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    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.
pvaldez2

Egypt: Why we need to talk more about women's employment - Opinion - Ahram Online - 0 views

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    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.
pvaldez2

Egypt jails man who claimed many women are adulterous | Arab News - 0 views

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    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.
pvaldez2

Egyptian women make up less than quarter of workforce: Authority - Politics - Egypt - A... - 0 views

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    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.
joepouttu

Syria retakes Palmyra from Islamic State. - 0 views

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    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. 
joepouttu

Syria: 150 Mines Removed So Far in Palmyra's Ancient Site - ABC News - 0 views

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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. 
csherro2

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My Arab Spring: Egypt's silent protest - 0 views

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    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.
csherro2

Arab uprising: Country by country - 0 views

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  • csherro2 on 29 Mar 16
     
    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.
irede123

Hezbollah Brigades vows to attack US forces 'defending ISIS' in Iraq - Middle East - Je... - 0 views

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  • irede123 on 29 Mar 16
     
    "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."
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