HIST114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Al-Qaeda, Tuareg People, Hosni Mubarak
23 Jan 2020
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Jislamic state: this group has had various names, but can trace its origins to. 1999, when it was basically a branch of al-qaeda in iraq: under the name al-qaeda in iraq it took part in the anti-american, Armenians: 74% sunni muslim, 16% other muslims (including alawites), 10% Christians: this diversity helps explain why bashar al-assad, who belongs to the minority of alawites, promoted the ideology of the arab nationalist baath party (it had been similar in iraq, where saddam. Husein was also a baathist: antigovernment protests broke out early in 2011, part of the. Front (funded by saudi arabia) and islamic state (now holds about a third of syrian territory: eu, us, turkey, saudi arabia, and qatar arm the rebels against. Assad; china, russia, iran arm assad: shiite hezbollah in lebanon fights alongside assad, within syria, the alawites are all on the side of assad; the.
