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Soviet-built Egyptian SAM II anti-aircraft missiles captured by the Israelis on the western bank of the Suez Canal await transport to Israel during the Yom Kippur War, November 2, 1973. The Israelis captured a huge number of sophisticated Soviet weaponry during the conflict. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Yom Kippur War of 1973

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:April 20, 2022
Post category:Middle East
Reading time:4 mins read

On October 6, 1973, The Arabs still had the hope to regain back their lost territories to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war of 1967. Therefore, Egypt and Syria launched…

Israeli forces advancing in the Sinai desert during the Six-Day War, June 1967. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Six-Day War of 1967

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:April 20, 2022
Post category:Middle East
Reading time:6 mins read

Assumed to have been precipitated by the Levant (Egypt, Jordan and Syria) state that made moves against Israel, the Six-Day War was fought based on miscalculated information and the influence…

This picture taken on November 17, 2019 shows the Liberia-flagged container ship RDO Concord sailing through Egypt's Suez Canal in the canal's central hub city of Ismailia on the 150th anniversary of the canal's inauguration. - One hundred and fifty years after the Suez Canal opened, the international waterway is hugely significant to the economy of modern-day Egypt, which nationalised it in 1956. The canal, dug in the 19th century using "rudimentary tools" and which links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, was opened to navigation in 1869 and was expanded in 2015 to accommodate larger ships. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

The Suez Canal Crisis of 1956

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:April 20, 2022
Post category:Middle East
Reading time:7 mins read

The Suez Canal crisis of 1956 apparently internationalized the crisis in the Middle East for the first time. The then extra-regional powers that had been secretly influencing the crisis militarily…

The Creation of the State of Israel and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:April 20, 2022
Post category:Middle East
Reading time:4 mins read

As the British mandate expired and they pulled on May 14, 1948, the Israelis proclaimed their independence and the official state of Israel. And this state was quickly recognised by…

Orthographic Projection of the Middle East. cr: Wikimedia

The Middle East

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:April 20, 2022
Post category:Middle East
Reading time:7 mins read

The Middle East is the most strategic and shattered place in the world. Examining the significance of the region, the natural endowment of the region has over several decades summoned…

Herry Wirawan escorted by security officers during a sentencing hearing at a district court in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on February 15, 2022. The court sentenced Wirawan to life in prison for raping at least 13 students between the ages of 11 and 14. The sentence was then changed in April to the death penalty.RAFI FADH / AP

Indonesian Boarding School Principal Sentenced to Death for Raping at Least 13 Girls. Several had Babies.

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:April 5, 2022
Post category:Article
Reading time:4 mins read

Rape, unlawful sexual activity, most often involving sexual intercourse, against the will of the victim through force or the threat of force.[1] “In 2015, rape rate for Indonesia was 0.7 cases per…