Tag Archive | ISIL
Posted on March 10, 2016. Tags: Advocacy, Architecture, children, Displaced Peoples, Homeless, Human Rights, IKEA, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Lebanon, Middle East, RE:BUILD, Refugee Camps, Refugees, Shelter, Syria, UN, Urban Planning, Winter, World
I take my home for granted. There, I said it. Chances are you do, too, if your conception of home – like mine – does not include worrying about the daily dangers of a civil war playing out on your doorstep; the mortar shelling that has left your family homeless; or the stability of […]
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Posted in Conflict, Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Middle East, Refugees, Security Issues, Syria, World
Posted on December 6, 2015. Tags: history, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Middle East, morocco, radicalism, Terrorism
The recent creation and sudden conquests of the so-called “Islamic State” have astonished policy-makers, military strategists, and foreign affairs analysts. The self-proclaimed caliphate of Abû al-Baghdâdi went from a broken outfit of Iraqi insurgents to a feared theocracy that currently threatens the established order of the Middle East. One can be forgiven for thinking such a movement as being […]
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Posted in Africa, Culture, Education, Islam, Middle East, Religion, Terrorism, World
Posted on August 30, 2015. Tags: Daesh, Foreign Policy, independence, International Security, Iraq, IS, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, KRG, kurdistan, Middle East, Politics, stability, World
Kurdistan is a nation that encompasses parts of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey, but it is not a state. In post-Saddam Iraq the Kurds have had success in forming a new autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) with their own military. In July last year, KRG President Masoud Barzani asked his parliament to prepare for an independence referendum. The Kurds have a […]
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Posted in Conflict, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, US, World
Posted on April 4, 2015. Tags: Baathist, Counter-terrorism, independence, Iraq, Iraq war, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Middle East, Nouri al Maliki, Saddam, Shi'a, Sunni, Syria, Terrorism, World
ISIS’ exploits dominate headlines, horrifying witnesses around the world. As a history graduate who specialised in researching the rise of Islam, its culture, and its creation of a complex and inspiring civilisation, the recent destruction of millennia old artefacts have almost reduced me to tears. As we now watch and condemn the destruction of priceless […]
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Posted in Conflict, Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Political Security, Refugees, Religion, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World
Posted on August 15, 2015. Tags: Arab Spring, Daesh, Democracy, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Jordan, Middle East, Mukhabarat, Muslim Brotherhood, stability
At a time when the Middle East appears to be crumbling Jordan appears to be standing firm – a beacon of hope in a burning region. But is Jordan really as stable as it appears? Are we just turning a blind eye to the compromises that come with such stability at a time of such uncertainty […]
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Posted in Middle East, Political Security, World
Posted on April 18, 2015. Tags: Arab Spring, ISIL, ISIS, Middle East, nation-state, Nationalism, state development
The Arab Uprisings have resulted in an increase in the expression of both sectarian and trans-state identities, making the process of reunification and the prospects for a peaceful coexistence somewhat dependent on the new leaderships’ ability to unite, make amends and, possibly for the first time in the region, craft a territorial nationalism that complements rather […]
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Posted in Conflict, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Syria, Terrorism, World
Posted on December 31, 2014. Tags: Counter-terrorism, Counterinsurgency, Daesh, Haider al Abadi, Insurgency, Iraq, Iraqi army, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Joel Wing, Musings on Iraq, Nouri al Maliki, Terrorism
Robert Tollast sits down with Joel Wing, author of the excellent Musings on Iraq blog, to discuss the coming year in Iraq. Joel has made his blog an expansive online resource for Iraq analysis and it is now one of the main on-line forums for academic discussion of Iraq, recently hosting a 24 expert review of the […]
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Posted in Conflict, Interviews, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World
Posted on January 25, 2015. Tags: Afghanistan, Aid, Al Qaeda, Counter-terrorism, Culture, development, Enlightenment, Human, Humanitarian, Iraq, IS, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Military, Modernity, Philosophy, Politics, Poverty, rights, Taliban, Terrorism, UN, World
Why are humanitarian workers targeted? On World Humanitarian Day this year the United Nations reported that in various conflict zones in 2013, 155 aid workers were killed, 171 were injured and 134 were taken as captives. We have to ask, what is the justification for such acts? Let us begin with the illegal occupation of […]
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Posted in Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Religion, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, UN, World