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Issues In Southwest Asia
Women In Southwest Asia
- Women status vary – Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt are similar to the USA and as such are very active in society
- In Persian Gulf states, Most women do not work. Or re excluded from working male dominated fields
- Traditionaly-oriented men and women see the restrictions as protections
War and Genocide
- Armenian Genocide began in 1915 when the ottoman empire killed many christians. (Majority Muslim population) Present day Turkey and sorrounding lands. This genocide is not discussed since they were marked as casualties of WW1
- Kuwait Invasion, occured in 1990 when Iraq invaded kuwait when Kuwait went to collect debt from Iraq, Iraq invaded and planned to take oil and when Iraq began to losse they destroyed a substancial amount of oil.
- Israel, Israel is gifted to the jewish people after WW2 dispite previous promises to the palestinians. 1967: SIx Day War, Israel wins, 1973: Yom Kippur War – Arabian Contries failed to force israel to give up territories gained in 1967.
Arab Spring
- When people attempt to take over a dictatorishp
- On going in Syria and causes terrorism.
ISIS/ISIL
- The Islamic State Of Iraq and the Levenant
- Transnational Sunni Insurgent Group
- First appearing April 2013 as rebel factions in the Syrian Civil War
- International efforts to defeat the group led to its decline
- ISIL continues to hold small territory as late as march of 2019
Syria
- The last ongoing Arab Spring, Started march 2011 that opposed president Bashar Al-assad. Which has faced challenges due to the dictatorishp opposing pro democracy activism
Clashes Over Land
- Kurds, are a stateless nation that want land near turkey and plan to name it Kurdistan.
- Many ethnic groups fight for land they claim are theirs