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Iraq was ruled by the Ottoman Empire before it broke apart. When it did, Iraq was then imperialized by Britain and were treated very harshly. There was famine and disease due to food shortage along with a shortage of resources which Britain took during WWII. After WWII Iraq was out from under the rule of Britain and were then ruled by a League of Nations mandate which was also lead by Britain. They gained independence in 1932 from the British mandate. After independence Iraq kept close economic and political ties with Britain. Iraq was ruled by several military and civilian governments until Saddam Hussein became a harsh dictator. He ruled until America invaded Iraq.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iraq-wins-independence

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The current government of Iraq is an Islamic, democratic, federal parliamentary republic. This is similar to Britain's government because they both have a parliamentary system. But instead of a monarchy with a king or queen like Britain Iraq has a president. The "top dog" in charge is the Prime minister who appoints all of the cabinet members. Iraq's current Prime Minister is Haider al-Abadi. http://www.irfad.org/iraq-government/

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Iraq suffered in 2014 due to ISIS, a drop in oil prices, and Political instability. This caused the fiscal deficit to rise to 14.5% in 2015. Export earnings dropped and inflation increased. The economy is recovering slowly from 2016 to the present.
http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/iraq/publication/economic-outlook-spring-2016

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GDP-  180 billion US dollars which is a 2.4% growth.
GDP per capita- 4,629 US dollars
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/iraq/inflation-cpi
1 Iraqi Dinar =0.00085 US Dollar

"Iraq has become increasingly unstable since 2013 due to the rise of [ISIS] and declining world oil prices." Iraq is a state that heavily relies on oil for their countries income. So not only oil prices dropping but also ISIS taking their oil makes their economy drop.
http://www.heritage.org/index/country/iraq

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PM of Iraq

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Current inflation- 1.4% which is lower than the US's Their record high inflation rate is ~73%. The reason for the inflation being so high is that the Iraq war was happening at this time and 2007 was right in the thick of the fighting. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22451069/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/was-deadliest-year-us-troops-iraq/#.WQsg6fQrLrc
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/iraq/inflation-cpi

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Hillary Clinton(Joke Clinton) Quote on the relationship on Iraq and US

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Hillary Clinton(Joke Clinton) Quote on the relationship on Iraq and US

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"No matter what u think about the iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave iraqi and american soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote."

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Iraq's current ranking is not free. Their legal system is influenced by bribery, politics and tribes of Iraq. Their political rights rating is 12/40 which is really low. With their rule of law receiving 0/16.  Their political rights ranking has improved though from 6 to 5. https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2016/iraq

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"The Iraq war fueled distrust of the press from both sides".
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/iraq_war.html

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Current unemployment- 16.9%
The most popular jobs in Iraq are in the Oil business, the second most popular is a computer technician and thirdly being a teacher.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/iraq/unemployment-rate

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Iraqi Education is strictly controlled by the national Iraqi government, through the Iraqi Ministry of Education. Private education institutes exist; however, the contrasted expense of these schools make them unattractive to most Iraqi citizens. The children enter school when they are 6 years old. The schools only have 6 grades as well. There is called secondary schooling. Grades 10-12 there is a test at the end of the year if the students don't pass this test the first time then they to stay for 1 more year and take it another time to pass it.
http://www.irfad.org/iraq-education/

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Saddam Hussein

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Some of the reasons they had trouble for the education is for the  rapid decay of the system, as did diversion of funds from education to military spending and other priorities

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The arabic writing means "God is [the] greatest" The red symbolizes the bloody struggle that Iraq has gone through. The black symbolizes the oppression that Iraq has endured to get to where they are. The writing centered in the White symbolizes Iraq's bright future.
http://researchmaniacs.com/Flags/Countries/Iraq.html

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-Through the 1990's Syria made a conscious effort to  avoid terrorism with the U.S.
-In autumn of 2000 Syria had Iraq pump oil through their pipelines which was a direct violation of the agreement between the U.S.
-The U.S. warned Iraq but they didn't listen and because of Iraq's foul play Syria and the U.S. had a falling out
-The attacks that occurred in 9/11 2001 altered the U.S views of the Middle East
-When the U.S. asked syria if they were with us or against us they simply said "We are with you and against you."
-The relationship between Syria and the U.S. is pretty much non-existent because Syria is the only one trying to make peace.

http://countrystudies.us/syria/67.htm

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U.S. quotes on Middle East terror attacks

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U.S. quotes on Middle East terror attacks

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"These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation, into chaos and retreat. But they have failed.Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend our nation."
-President George W. Bush September 11th, 2001
http://heavy.com/news/2015/09/9-11-quotes-september-11th-remembering-sayings-george-bush-victims-from-firefighters/

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-Syria fell in 1514 to the ottoman empire, it remained apart of it for 4 centuries
-Syria was declared an independent kingdom in 1918  under the rule of KIng Faisai I
-However the British and French made an agreement called the Sykes-Picot Agreement
-Syria fell under French Mandate till around 1946
-Soon after they became independent once again, but experienced a lot of political instability
-On June 10th, 2000 the president died, and his son succeeded him

http://www.syrian-friendship-association.org/Brief_History_of_Syria/Brief_History_of_Syria.html

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-In 2009 5.1% of Syria's GDP went to the Syrian education system.
-The Syrian play an important role in keeping the Syrian education System up and running.
-In 2014 there were around 2,553,000 students in basic education
-And there were around 2,857,000 students in secondary education
-Pre-primary is for children from the age of 3 to 5.
-Basic education is grades 1 to 9
-Secondary education is grades 10 to 12 and then they can choose to go to college.
http://wenr.wes.org/2016/04/education-in-syria

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-This agreement was between Britain and France in May 1916
-It was a secret agreement between two french and british diplomats
-This agreement was made to hand over Syria, Lebanon, and Turkish Cilicia to French and Palestine
-Britain and France were effectively controlling these countries at a governmental and administrative level
-This agreement never completely fulfilled the peace settlements and lead the Arab people to not fully trust French or British governments
-After the Bolshevik revolution a group of communists led by Vladimir Lenin found a copy of the agreement and released it to the public
-This lead to the countries regaining there independence in 1946
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-middle-east-1917-to-1973/the-sykes-picot-agreement-of-1916/

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Syria's President

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http://www.heritage.org/index/visualize?cnts=syria&type=6

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-in 2011 after the civil war broke out there was an article released about Iraq's plans to export it's preserves through a pipeline
-This would be considered the largest gas pipeline in the Middle East
-It would span from Iran's south Par fields to the Mediterranean Coastline in Lebanon which also goes through Iraq and Syria
-Most arabs consider this to be a bad idea because of where it flows through and considers interests of it are last priority
-The Gulf nations have violently opposed Syria's acceptance and have actually started fights
-Because of this the president Bashar al-Assad is opposed by many of the Middle East nations and he has joined the Rebel Factions in order to establish a more friendly government
http://ftmdaily.com/what-jerry-thinks/whysyria/

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Syria has a president who has been fighting for his place for many years against many protestors. As of today, Syria is a republic, Unitary state, and a semi-presidential-system.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14703856

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Because of the conflict happening in Syria right now, the Syrian economy has come to a screeching halt. The economy will continue to decrease by 3.9% from 2017-2019. The economy is predicted to grow in the 2020. If growth does not happen soon Syria will be in trouble for at least 5 more years.

http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-economy-destroyed-2016-6

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a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/republic

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The Top Origins Syria Exports to over 34 years

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The Top Origins Syria Exports to over 34 years

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-Turkey: $1.38 Billion
-China: $1.02 Billion
-Egypt: $237 Million
-South Korea: $209M Million
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/syr/

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The top countries that Syria exports goods to in order:
-Egypt: $153 Million
-Jordan: $100 Million
-Saudi Arabia: $82.5 Million
-India: $33.5 Million
-Turkey: $25.4 Million
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/syr/

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Syria and the United States relationship was civil in 1990. This relationship stayed this way until about 2001. At this time things started to worsen in their relationship, and at about 2003-2009 is when their relationship was at an all time low. The United States started to worry because Syria's government couldn't stop the inevitable. The US wanted Syria to stop their country from becoming a point where foreign fighters enter Iraq. To this day syria is in the United Nations along with the US.

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This is a graph of what the students study and what they wanted to do in their future

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Iraq and the US didn't agree on everything. They didn't want to work together.

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The citizen's popularity votes a president, Prime minister, and Cabinet members into office who in turn run the legislative system. Legislative meaning the creation and abolition of laws. (changing and making)
http://www.semipresidentialism.com/?page_id=2

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President Assad was born September 11, 1965. He was

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note: deaths are higher in 2006-07 due to the war in Iraq

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note: oil prices drop toward the end of the graph due to ISIS

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Jarred

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Iraq severed hard relations relations in 1967 because it considered the United States complicit in Israeli military conquests during the so-called Six Day War of June 1967.

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This essentially means that Syria's main government can make smaller figure heads or lesser powers, that really in the big picture have no real power.
http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/unitary-system-of-government-53

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Jarred Weitz