In the past two weeks, the news has greatly shifted from talking about Aleppo to Mosul.The reason is because this is one of ISIS’s strongholds in the middle east. Since 2014 ISIS had had control over it and there are still many civilians in it. ISIS has taken over government duties such as doing trash day and other duties. But,… Read more »
This week I have probably learned a lot more about the actual crisis of the area in Aleppo than ever before and actually feel what the people are going through over there. 96 children have been killed this week and all of the schools destroyed in some way shape or form. Unfortunately we are half a world away and that… Read more »
Living in the United States, its hard to understand the citizens lives who are living in this war zone and what they are experiencing. Schools continue to be under fire and they are very few left in this area of the world. The Aleppo attack killed almost 400 people, with a quarter of those being children. These kids should not have to be put… Read more »
The situation has taken a disappointing turn of events recently, in Syria. The U.S. and Russia recently ended their cooperation agreement over ending the Syrian conflict, and have shut down diplomatic relations with each other. The United States blamed Russia’s aggressive actions towards U.S.-backed rebel groups, and its reckless bombing campaign towards Aleppo in support of the Syrian government, which was found… Read more »
When researching the current events I wanted to focus them mostly on air strikes. When you hear news talking about the Middle East most of it is about how we are going to use air strikes to defeat ISIS instead of ground troops. I feel as if though I did not understand how often these air strikes happen and how much… Read more »
Although there are many participants currently in the Syrian Civil War, a recent addition that has the potential to cause disaster for the region is the direct involvement in the conflict of Turkey. As a nation, Turkey has strained relations with many of its Allies and adversaries. The actions of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following the unsuccessful coup attempt in July,… Read more »
Out of all the articles I posted I wanted to start with possibly the most bizarre article that really got my attention. The fact that an Egyptian Billionaire is willing to buy an island for refugees is really something I would have not expected at all. He is worried about the living conditions of the refugees and the fact that… Read more »