Noor's Political Opinions

Since the 2011 Syrian uprising, Russia and Iran have been Syria’s most vital political allies. The United States hopes to unseat president Bashar Al Assad from his regime. However, Russia is making it difficult for the United States by blocking the UN Security Council from passing anything that might injure Assad’s regime. As a result, the US is having “to go around the UN” to do anything regarding Syria. [4] Russia also supports Syria by providing it with a great deal of  military equipment from drones, to armed vehicles, to…read more

  The ISIS has managed to cover a lot of ground in a relatively short period of time. They control an area the size of Great Britain and have seized cities, oil fields, and major transit routes in both Iraq and Syria in the last six months. ISIS (the islamic state in Iraq and Levant-al Sham in Arabic) is a Sunni jihadist militant group led by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the name adopted by Awwad Ibrahim Al-Badri Al-Sawarri. [1] The group originated from the Al-Qaida group in the Islamic State of…read more