Government in the Middle East World Geography by

Government in the Middle East World Geography by : Dylan Durham and kaitlin Harms 6 th hour

Different Types of Government in the Middle East Examples of government seen in the Middle East: Monarchy Unitary- Federal government Dictatorship Theocracy-mainly in Iran, Religious government Saudi Arabia - absolute monarchy Parliamentary - Israel Iran - Everything in the government is controlled by religion

Government Leaders Syria - Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic ● Bashar al-Assad - Syria - 2000 to present ○ Hated ○ Classified as most articulate Arab leader ○ In the Middle of the civil war in the Middle East ● Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, -Leader of Iran ○ Everything controlled by religion ● Abdel Fattah al-Sisi - president of Egypt

U. S Policies and their effect on the middle East Iranian Revolution. January 1978, incensed by what they considered to be slanderous remarks made against Khomeini in Eṭṭelāʿāt, a Tehrān newspaper, thousands of young madrassa (religious school) students took to the streets. Many people were killed by government forces in anti-regime protests, serving only to fuel the violence in a Shīʿite country where martyrdom played a fundamental role in religious expression Khomeini exiled Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar, hastily appointed by the shah before his departure, was incapable of effecting compromise with either his former National Front colleagues or

Iranian revolution continued Crowds in excess of one million demonstrated in Tehrān, proving the wide appeal of Khomeini, who arrived in Iran amid wild rejoicing on February 1. Ten days later Bakhtiar went into hiding, eventually to find exile in France. After the Iranian revolution, Khomeini declared Iran an Islamic Republic.

U. S policies and the effect on the Middle East cont. U. S. influence has been felt in every country within the region In the Middle East, the U. S. has made itself a key player by using its diplomatic, economic, and military power in support of its national interests. The U. S. , intended to force Saddam Hussein from power and keep Iraq from rearming and further developing weapons of mass destruction, has had a devastating impact on the health and living conditions of the Iraqi people, and sympathetic Arabs hold this grievance against the United States felt the need to get Hussein from power , so we forcefully took him out.

U. S Policies and their effect on the middle east Donald Trump has placed a Travel ban on the following Middle East COuntries: Syria Iraq Iran Sudan Libya Yemen

Current conflicts Syrian and Yemeni civil wars Both of these wars cause us to not be sure of who exactly is in charge in each respective country While the Yemeni civil war began more recently in 2015, both are still very much ongoing Yemen has several other countries, such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia, participating in its civil war whereas Syria does not Both started as peaceful uprisings against almost dictator-like governments and have escalated to

RElations with Israel and the U. S get along great despite having minor disagreements here and there The U. S went against Israel once for an attack they had no right to perform. This was pretty much the only recorded time until recently The U. S and Israel are currently debating on what the U. S should give them annually for financial aid.

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