Current Events Research Paper Middle East

UNIVERSITY NAMECURRENT EVENTS RESEARCH PAPERPAPER SUBMITTED TO(PROFESSOR’S NAME)DEPARTMENT OF ByNameCourse titleDate:Current Events Research PaperIntroductionCurrent events are political and social occurrences in the world at that particular time. In recent past, the Middle East has been the center of issues ranging from the Iranian nuclear weapon program intended to attack Israel, an American ally, genocides, coups and failed coups in countries such as Libya, Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt in what is popularly referred to as the Arab uprising that began in 2010. The aim of the Arab upspring was to bring an end to dictatorship, enforce democracy, economic freedom and religious freedom, employment and human rights among other issues. In Syria, the regime of Bashar Hafez al-Assad has been fighting opposition rebels and extremist groups since 2011. The United States and its allies have been on the forefront of the campaigns to unseat Assad for reasons including human rights abuse and genocide. US is also fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq. To avoid direct involvement in Syria, America trains and arms moderate opposition groups to