Arab- Israeli Conflict

The conflict between Arabs and the Zionist (now Israeli) is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East concerning the area known as the Palestine. Middle East has not known peace for many years, this conflict have also seen many lives wasted as each camp argues its rights […]

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Iran Iraq War 1980-1988

The Middle East and the Arab world were thrown into fresh confusion in September 1980 when Iraqi troops invaded Iran. Iraq motives President Saddam Hussein of Iraq had several motive for launching the attack He was afraid of militant Islam spreading across the border into Iraq and  Iran. Iran had become Islamic republic in 1979 […]

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Syria

Syria is home to perhaps the most established development on the planet, with a rich imaginative and social legacy. From its antiquated roots to its ongoing political shakiness and the Syrian Civil War, the nation has a complex and, on occasion, wild history. Ancient Syria Current Syria, a nation situated in the Middle East on […]

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The UAE – The United Arab Emirates

Geography The UAE is a coastal nation with many islands in the Middle-East. It extends from the Qatar peninsula to the Strait of Hormuz and along the Gulf of Oman. It shares its borders with Oman and Saudi Arabia. Most part of the country is covered by the Arabian Desert. Only a small part of […]

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Oil and Development – Middle East – Introduction

Throughout the twentieth century, international oil and the Middle East have been inexorably linked. The region, as an increasingly important oil producer and exporter, played and still plays a major role in influencing developments in the international oil industry. Equally, since the first oil was exported, the oil revenues and the oil operations have had […]

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SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

CAUSES OF SPANISH AMERICAN WAR Imperialism America’s imperialism policy was to establish their supremacy in the Caribbean Sea. This Led to the Spanish American war. Though the Spanish colonies became independent in South America. Since 1805.spanish were able to retain their ownership at Cuba and Puerto Rico (islands of Caribbean Sea). Cuban revolt against Spanish […]

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Hamas

PALESTINIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT Hamas is an acronym of Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah, English Islamic Resistance Movement, militant Islamic Palestinian nationalist movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine. Founded in 1987, Hamas opposed the secular approach of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and rejected attempts to cede any part of Palestine. Formation and […]

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Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 until his death in 2004, a tumultuous period in which clashes with neighbouring Israel were prevalent. Synopsis Born in Cairo in 1929, Yasser Arafat was named chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization 40 years later. From this post, he was at the forefront of […]

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Oslo Accords

Introduction: The Oslo Agreement, also known as the Oslo Accords, is an agreement signed between the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on September 13, 1993, meant to effectively bring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to its end by means of territorial concessions and facilitating the creation of the Palestinian Authority. It marked for the first […]

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Arab Nationalism

Arab Nationalism is a nationalist ideology that claim the Arabs as a nation and promotes the unity of Arab peoples. Arab Nationalism is the quest for a national identity and struggle for political power in the fertile crescent. The following are some of the important factors that cause the Arab Nationalism – Religion  :         […]

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