On Friday, November 13, eight separate attackers bombed or shot over 200 people in Paris, France. The targeted attacks were claimed by ISIS, and seven of the attackers are confirmed dead. There is, as of November 15, still a manhunt for the last living attacker. It is believed that at least one of the attackers…
The warzone that is Syria has led to the displacement of nearly 8 million citizens, most of whom have gone to neighboring countries. The civil war began in 2011 with the “Arab Spring,” a movement designed to overthrow President Assad and the regime that he had initiated in Syria. Assad and his forces fought back…
Nobody does civil war like the Middle East. In Libya, four groups are battling it out to gain control of the government: the “Council of Deputies” (the Libyan government), ISIS, the General National Congress (Muslim Brotherhood), and Libyan rebel forces. Currently, the Misrata (rebels) and the General National Congress each claim governance of their individual…
Ukraine established sovereignty from Russia in 1991, but Russia has continued to debate the annexed lands for many years. Ukraine itself has undergone much unrest and political upheaval since 2013, and the citizens effectively overturned the corrupt reign of President Viktor Yanukovych in February of 2014. Crimea planned secession from Ukraine, but Russia took advantage…
Boko Haram, a jihadist group, began forming in Nigeria and other parts of Africa as early as 2008. By 2013, the Boko Haram moved against the Nigerian government, mostly in an attempt to spread Sharia law to all 36 states of Nigeria. Of the 36 states, 12 are Sunni Muslim, and practice Sharia law,…
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is one of the longest ongoing armed conflicts in the world, beginning way back in 1929. At the end of WWII, around 1947, the conflict got much worse as the Jews sought safe haven after experiencing persecution and mass genocide at the hand of the Nazis. The result was an even stronger…
Everyone knows about “the” war in Afghanistan, right? The one where the United States invaded Iraq and Afghanistan in retaliation against the events of 9/11, and where Saddam Hussein was taken out of power, Bin Laden was chased into hiding, and democracy built in the Afghan region. The war ended with a sizzle, but not…
