... attacks and empower civilians to go on the offensive against the Syrian regime. 0 Currently, there are 650,000 Syrians who have fled the country to the neighboring states of Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq. 3 The United States has donated more than $2.9 billion, making us the main funder in humanitarian aid. However, as the Civil War continues to engulf Syria, the United ... are separate than those of the regime, like Doctors Without Borders. In order to assert our dominance, we need to establish safe zones in Syria, near the borders of Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq. Safe zones ne...

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... lived in refugee camps, their homes, until now (Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War). The estimated population of Palestinians in refugee camps has risen to 2.7 million since 1991, including 1 million in Jordan, 600, 000 in the Gaza Strip, 500, 000 in the West Bank, and 300, 000 in both Syria and Lebanon. Those Palestinians do not gain citizenships while living in some ... need to take radical actions to get the attentions. In 1967, Israelis won the victory in the Six-Day War. Even though Israelis gained control of some territories from Egypt, Jordan and Syria, some of these territor...

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... effort to further implement communist ideology. The nation of Israel has been a source of tension since it was established in 1948 by a British mandate. The surrounding nations of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq were not ready to welcome the new state into their midst and a territorial dispute commenced. The Israelis further pressed the issue by attacking through the Sinai Desert ... establishment on the canal until international pressures forced their withdrawal, but Israel maintained control over the Gaza Strip. This action paved the road for future aggression initiated from Eg...

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... c., the modernists accepted political ideas such as democracy, evolution, emancipation of women and gained support especially after the end of WWI with the creation of new Muslim states like Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. After WWII, with the French/British colonies gaining independence, the Muslim world fragmented into nation states that were ruled by Western-influenced elites. But in the late ... , welfare and political institutions. These institutions fund military assitance to Hezbollah (the Party of God) in Lebanon (tacitly supported by the Syrian government), to The Muslim Brother...

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... c., the modernists accepted political ideas such as democracy, evolution, emancipation of women and gained support especially after the end of WWI with the creation of new Muslim states like Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. After WWII, with the French/British colonies gaining independence, the Muslim world fragmented into nation states that were ruled by Western-influenced elites. But in the late ... , welfare and political institutions. These institutions fund military assitance to Hezbollah (the Party of God) in Lebanon (tacitly supported by the Syrian government), to The Muslim Brother...

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... vacate after President Nasser commanded that all foreign troops must leave Egypt. In retaliation to Nasser's troop movements, Israel forced Jordanian military groups out of Jerusalem and back over the Jordan river and Syria was defeated on the Golan Heights. After all these actions, Israel turned into the super power of the Middle East, with "its forces sitting on a large expanse ... of territory extending from the banks of the Suez Canal to the Jordan River and the Golan Heights" . A decade of U.N peacekeeping under the UNEF came to an end in warfare. This was a major obstacle for Cana...

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... Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) provides a wide variety of assistance to the Palestinians. It provides education, health, and relief services to 3.9 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The UNRWA educational services currently include both general and higher education as well as vocational, technical and teacher education. The UNRWA ... ...

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... Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) provides a wide variety of assistance to the Palestinians. It provides education, health, and relief services to 3.9 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip. • The UNRWA educational services currently include both general and higher education as well as vocational, technical and teacher education. The ... ...

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... Afghanistan unless the Taliban turned over suspected terrorist Osama Bin Laden to the appropriate authorities. Bin Laden is currently a suspect in financing terrorist activities in nation-states such as Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Kenya, and the United States of America. Worldwide intelligence networks have been attempting to maintain constant surveillance of him in order to help deter further acts. However, he ... ...

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... forces in that region, creating a potentially dangerous flashpoint along the Lebanon-Israeli border." (1) Secondly, the Israeli war with the Palestinians reached into southern Lebanon after the PLO was removed from Jordan and relocated there. The Israeli security has been threatened by attacks from militias from southern Lebanon. Also, Murhaf Jouejati, a Middle East Institute scholar-in-residence contends Syria views the State ... ...

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