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Baghdad Before & After 2006-2007 Sectarian Violence

July 11, 2016 1 Comment

Baghdad Before & After 2006-2007 Sectarian Violence

Original maps created by Dr. Michael Izady via Gulf/2000

The two maps above show the impact sectarian violence had on Baghdad’s neighbourhoods in terms of ethnic composition between 2006 and 2007.

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Filed Under: Middle East Tagged With: Iraq

The Situation in Syria

January 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

The Situation in Syria

Jackson Pollock style map of The Situation in Syria found on DifficultyII
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While the Jackson Pollock style map of The Situation in Syria above is obviously not meant to be taken literally, it does a illustrates just how chaotic the situation remains.

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Filed Under: Middle East, Other Tagged With: Syria

French Mandate for Syria and The Lebanon In 1922

December 3, 2015 2 Comments

French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, 1922

Map created by Don-kun via wikimedia

The map above shows the initial 6 states created by the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon granted by the League of Nations in 1922.

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Filed Under: History, Middle East Tagged With: Syria

CENTO: One of The Cold War’s Weirdest & Least Successful Alliances

October 21, 2015 Leave a Comment

CENTO: One of The Cold War's Weirdest & Least Successful Alliances

Map of the Central Treaty Organization’s (CENTO) member states

The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), also known as the Baghdad Pact or the Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), was one of Cold War’s weirdest and ultimately least successful alliances. This was largely the result of the improbable quintet of nations making up the Organization: Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Yet an alliance made up of these unlikely allies is not the only interesting thing to note about CENTO.

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Filed Under: History, Middle East

Blood Borders: A Proposal To Redraw A “New Middle East”

June 11, 2015 51 Comments

Blood borders New middle east

Map created by Ralph Peters and originally published in the Armed Forces Journal, via wikimedia

The map above is a 2006 proposed plan to redrawn the borders of the Middle East by Ralph Peters, a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel, author, and Fox News commentator. It was original published in the Armed Forces journal in an article titled Blood borders: How a better Middle East would look.

The map would make sweeping changes throughout the region such as:

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Filed Under: Middle East Tagged With: borders

The State Of The Kurds

June 9, 2015 13 Comments

Kurdish inhabited areas

Map of Kurdish inhabited areas by the Council On Foreign Relations. Interactive version below.

The map above shows the parts of the Middle East with Kurdish populations and which could make up some or all of a future state of Kurdistan. In a recent article titled The Time of the Kurds, the Council on Foreign Relations explains that:

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Filed Under: Middle East Tagged With: kurds


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