Jasmine Revolution ( Tunisia Revolution): On December 17‚ 2010 the protest started in the city of Sidi when a 26 year old fruit and vegetable vendor burned himself in front of municipal office. In following 3 weeks protests continued Ben Ali dismisses the minister of the interior. The move fails to quiet demonstrations. Ben Ali again came up with large concessions on state TV‚ but clashes grew more violent. State of emergency was declared with same ministries which outburst population even greater
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Qatar emerged as a strong state actor with extended networks of alliances in the world. The mediator role that Doha plays today is crucial in the region‚ particularly after the Arab Spring (HRW‚ 2013). Indeed‚ Qatar supported the Arab Uprisings across the region in 2011. In addition‚ Qatar invested between $65 billion and $100 billion to the FIFA world cup that it will be hosting in 2022. The Emir founded a number of humanitarian projects in Sudan‚ South of Lebanon‚ Gaza and Asia. In this
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The Slave Wars”‚ prisoners of war enslaved at the end of the Second Punic War rebelled in 198 B.C. This slave uprising in central Italy is the first reliable report of one‚ although it was surely not the first actual slave uprising. There were other slave uprisings in the 180s. These were small; however‚ there were 3 major slave revolts in Italy between 140 and 70 B.C. These 3 uprisings are called the Servile Wars‚ since the Latin for ’slave’ is servus. However these 3 slave wars did not all end
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systematic human rights violations by Syrian authorities and endorses the Arab League plan for a political transition. Somalia further condemned Syria’s oppression of countrywide uprisings and urged an immediate end to the violence. On November 27th 2011‚ Somalia approved the economic sanctions proposed by the Arab League against Syria “to pressure it to stop its crackdown against antigovernment protesters.” These included a travel ban to prevent senior Syrian officials from traveling to other Arab
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solution would obviously be preferable—if it were possible. A military coup against Mr Assad is a godsend. Because protests and unrest continued‚ the Syrian government began launching major military operations to suppress resistance. On 25 April‚ Daraa‚ which had become a focal point of the uprising‚ was one of the first cities to be besieged by the Syrian. About 600 people were arrested during the crackdown. By 5 May‚ most of the protests had been suppressed‚ and the military began pulling out of Daraa
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1. The Battles of the Youth Bulge. Prime among these is a demographic youth bulge of historic proportions that burst the precar¬ious piping of the old political and socioeco¬nomic structures and will continue to over¬whelm the social and institutional orders of the region for some time. Two thirds of the population is under the age of 30 and their search for jobs‚ identity‚ and empowerment will fuel the tumult of the region for many years. Economies are not creating jobs fast enough to accommodate
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the Middle East. Today’s events are a build up of 1‚400 years of turmoil and harmful actions. One of the main topic currently in light is the war and fighting taking place in Syria‚ which is often referred to as a civil war. It started as a uprising of Syrian citizens in 2011 to demand democracy and end to corruption‚ yet was quickly faced with major opposition by the government and quickly spiralled into a war. This was is much more complex than the civil war it began as due to the ties and involvement
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destroyed one by one. Their main method of extermination was through deportation. The Turks did not simply force the Armenian citizens to leave; they gathered up men‚ women‚ and children and proceeded to force many of them to walk hundreds of miles to the Syrian Desert in enormous death
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Syed Muhammad Jalal Ud Din Asad Shah SMC Ba 5 (Journalism) Course Instructor Ma’m Rida Sohail International Mass Media and its Impact Mid-term Assignment – Arab Spring 16/11/2012 Introduction The Arab Spring‚ referring to the chain reaction of revolutions in the Arab world‚ is considered to have begun in Tunisia when a small produce seller lit himself on fire to protest the government taking away his job. Some say that this event‚ coupled with enough pressure from outside media sources‚
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innocent civilians. Please discuss critically using at least one case study of military intervention. Nowadays‚ we can scarcely turn on our televisions or pick up a newspaper without being confronted with yet another depressing news item about the Syrian civil war. As the crisis in Syria rages the question of whether western countries especially UK should intervene militarily in order to halt the Syria regime’s slaughter of innocent civilians is raised. Should the western countries turn a blind eye
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