PPT-Syria

Meredith Joanna Megan and Daira SYRIA Basic Information The Capital of Syria is Damascus Damascus was established in 2500 BC and is the oldest capital in the world The Current Syrian President is. The Syria Needs Analysis Project welcomes all information that could complement this report For additional information comments or questions please email SNAPACAPSorg Disclaimer 57521 Information provided is provisional as it has not been possible t The Russian air campaign began on Wednesday, with Moscow saying it was targeting IS positions and those of other extremists. What does it mean to be bitter?. Objectives (aka what you should be able to do after this presentation). Trace colonialism in the Middle East. Understand what “Arab” means. Summarize history and significance of the Suez Canal. Regime, Opposition, Regional and International Actors. Pre-Revolutionary . Syria. The Assad . Regime #1: . Hafez . al-Assad. 1970 Hafez . al-Assad took over Syria . & . the Ba'ath Party in a bloodless coup . Link to syllabus. Link to . https://ctools.umich.edu/portal. Link to . WDI. Ottoman Empire under Suleiman the Magnificent, 1580. Sykes-Picot: Zones. Secret accord between . France and Britain for . setting out spheres of . How is the Church of . the Nazarene helping?. SYRIA. Syrian Refugee Count Grows. 7000 to 8000 fleeing daily. 1.3 million seeking refuge outside Syria. Almost 4 million displaced inside Syria. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon . K W L. Syria. Syria is a nation of about 21 million people -- roughly 2 million more than the population of New York state. It sits on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Middle East.. The rise of the insurgent terrorist group known as the Islamic State (IS, aka the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL/ISIS) and Russia’s military intervention on behalf of the Syrian government have reshaped debates over U.S. policy toward the ongoing civil conflict in Syria, now in its fifth year. The Islamic State controls large areas of northeastern and central Syria, from which it continues to launch assaults on forces opposed to and aligned with the government of President Bashar al Asad. Meanwhile, fighting elsewhere pits government forces and their foreign allies against a range of anti-government insurgents, some of whom have received limited U.S. assistance. Russian military intervention in support of Asad poses a direct challenge to U.S. goals in Syria, and is raising new questions about the future of the conflict and U.S. strategy. Since March 2011, the conflict has driven more than 4.1 million Syrians into neighboring (Blended LREC Enterprise). Dr. Ibrahimov. 12 August 2014. . CREL Management Office (LRECMO). 14 December 2015. . LREC Management Office (LRECMO). (Blended LREC Enterprise). Dr. Ibrahimov. 12 August 2014. It has been said that for Israel this war was a question of sheer survival; for the Arabs it was one of credibility.. June 5 - June 10, 1967. The war will result in Israel controlling the Golan Heights, Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai. . In this Holy Year of Mercy . Syria enters its fifth year of conflict.. 250,000 people have lost their lives.. 12.2 . million people are in need of assistance, including . five million . children. . At . S. carcity . and . Violent . extremism in Iraq and Syria. . Marcus DuBois King, Ph.D. . John O. Rankin Associate Professor . August 24, 2015 . . Water Scarcity and Extremism Project: Key Hypotheses . We will use this notebook . every day. We will decorate these notebooks at the end of each unit and trimester . We will keep these notebooks . very organized. In class, you will add written assignments worksheets to your notebook. . . Summary and Interconnections. Babylon 1800-1600 BC. Controlled Assyria. Kassite Babylon 1600-1200 BC. Controlled Assyria until 1365 when Assyria gained some independence until 1200. Phoenicians: vassals .