The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

Following are the text of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, adopted on Sep- tember 2, 2004, demanding the withdrawal of Syria ...

6.Calls uponall parties concerned to cooperate fully and urgently with the Security Council for the full implementation of this ...

“The Security Council reiterates its call for the full implementation of all require- ments of resolution 1559 (2004), and calls ...

“The Security Council shares the view that the full implementation of resolution 1559 (2004) would contribute positively to the ...

The war appeared to catch everyone off guard. Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah later said he would not have authorized the cros ...

Lebanon (UNIFIL), the small peacekeeping force that had been in place since 1978. These points eventually became the basis of UN ...

Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, for “very serious failings” in prosecuting the war. Halutz resigned shortly after the war, and Peretz was f ...

Mindfulof the sensitivity of the issue of prisoners and encouragingthe efforts aimed at urgently settling the issue of the Leban ...

15, and calls onit also to consider further assistance in the future to contribute to the reconstruction and development of Leba ...

(e) Assist the Lebanese armed forces in taking steps towards the establishment of the area as referred to in paragraph 8; (f) As ...

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CHAPTER 5 Iran CHAPTER 5 DOCUMENTS Overview 375 Part I: The Iranian Revolution and Its Aftermath, 1978–1981 The Iranian Revoluti ...

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CHAPTER 5 Overview I n a region beset by almost constant turmoil over the past century, few Middle East- ern countries have face ...

his energy into modernizing Iran, which by his definition included suppressing tribal leaders in rural areas and reducing the in ...

to flee his home, suppressed the Tudeh Party and the National Front, and restored the shah to the throne. Mosaddeq was held unde ...

lic. During the 1980s and 1990s, Iran suffered from isolation. Most neighboring Arab leaders scorned it for fear that the Islami ...

The Iranian Revolution DOCUMENT IN CONTEXT As with most revolutions, in the case of Iran, any one of a number of dates or epi- s ...

government on October 6, encouraged the oil workers’ strike and other protests, which escalated in the last two months of 1978. ...

eri later proved to be a controversial choice, however, because he questioned the sta- tus of the faqih as the all-powerful lead ...