WHICH SYRIA WITNESSED INTO THE FOLLOWING: • Syria after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and French Occupation in 1920 until the independence in 1946 • Syria since the independence until 8th march 1963. • Syria since the first days of 8th march coup until 1970 • Syria under the rule of Al-Assad until today. SYRIA’S FIRST INDEPENDENCE AND THE FRENCH MANDATE • By the end of the ottoman empire‚ in the 8th of march 1920 Syria was given it’s independence by the French and King Faisal bin Al-Hussain
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the London Stock Exchange.[11] It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. BP’s origins date back to the founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909‚ established as a subsidiary of Burmah Oil Companyto exploit oil discoveries in Iran. In 1935‚ it became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and in 1954 British Petroleum.[12][13] In 1959‚ the company expanded beyond the Middle East to Alaska and in 1965 it was the first company to strike oil in the North Sea. British Petroleum acquired
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establishment of Islamism‚ and the Organization of African Unity. In 1979‚ after several years of civil resistance‚ strikes‚ and demonstrations‚ the people of Iran overthrew their US-backed leader‚ Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi‚ because of his unjust rule and his ties to the States. Mohammad Reza Shah was put into power during the Iranian coup d’etat by the CIA‚ solidifying the US’s control over Iranian oil‚ which was previously nationalized by the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh
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Ayatollah Khomeini The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khumeini born in Khomein‚ Iran‚ 1901 bacame leader of Iran in 1970 by forcing the overthrow of the SHAH(MUHAMMAD REZA SHAH PAHALVI) and Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar. The son of ayatollah of the Shiite sect‚ he achieved the high religious rank of ayatollah in the 1940’s and by 1962was one of the 6 grand ayatollah’s of Iran’s Shiite muslims. Exiled in 1963 for his part and religious demonstrations against shah‚ he moved to France in 1978. In Paris Khomeini
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The Causes of Unrest in the Middle East The causes of unrest in the Middle East are historical‚ religious‚ economic and geo-political. Ancient history and ancient civilizations can serve as a framework for understanding some of the existing enmity. For example‚ the Persians (Iranians) and the Babylonians (Iraqis) have been fighting for more than 3‚000 years. However‚ the current unrest in the Middle East is the result of Western ethno-centrism and colonialism (covert and overt)‚ combined with
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Scott Van-Newhouse GVPP Book Review: Andrew Kohut America Against The World Rise of Anti-Americanism There are many conversations and explanations on why America has encountered an anti-American backlash in recent years. In reading Andrew Kohut’s America Against The World‚ I found it particularly useful to debunk the misconceptions that current foreign policy makers and news personnel both –explain as the reason why America is being viewed in such a negative light. Kohut’s book is a collection
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APUSH Study Guide 36 Cold War: The Early Years—1945-1952 Themes/Constructs: America emerged from World War II as the world’s strongest power and commenced a postwar economic boom that lasted for two decades. A bulging population migrated to the suburbs and sunbelt‚ leaving the cities increasingly to minorities and the poor. The end of WWII left the United States and the Soviet Union as the two dominant world powers‚ and they soon became locked in a “cold war” confrontation. The Cold War
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America in a struggle to defeat communism. 2. In Brazil a coup in 1964 brought in a military government whose combination of dictatorship‚ use of death squads to eliminate opposition‚ and use of tax and tariff policies to encourage industrialization through import substitution came to be known as the “Brazilian Solution.” Elements of the “Brazilian Solution” were applied in Chile byte government of Augusto Pinochet‚ whose CIA-assisted coup overthrew the socialist Allende government in 1973 and in
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Crimes against Humanity: Iraq under Saddam Hussein Iraq‚ a country found in Southwest Asia bordered by Syria‚ Turkey‚ Iran‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Kuwait‚ has been constantly featured in the news in recent years. Iraq received its freedom from Britain following World War I in 1932 and in 1958 was converted into a republic (Iraq). However‚ since becoming a republic‚ Iraq has been controlled by military leaders from Abdul-Karim Quassim to Saddam Hussein (Iraqi Rulers’ Page). The most recent ruler of Iraq
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After Castro graduated he went to law school at the University of Havana and became immersed with politics. After Castro’s graduation from law school he went on a trip to the Dominican Republic in attempt to overthrow the government. He gathered a coup but they failed. However it didn’t put Castro down. When Castro got back to Cuba he joined the Partido Ortodoxo. This was an anticommunist political party that was founded by Eduardo Chibas. Its goal was to reform government corruption in Cuba‚ their
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