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The End of the Iraqi-Syrian War; The New Nations
The End of the Iraqi-Syrian War; The New Nations
By the Spring of 2012, discussions were finalized over the new nations and with order being mostly restored, the people were quite happy to put the war behind them and set aside for a new tomorrow. The guards would be there for a bit longer to ensure the peace going on that would be around and there would not be trouble. This is namely with the new states of Kurdistan and Assyria because of the overlap of population, which required the work of the Americans and Iranians to try and work out territory issues and have populations try and move around for it. There would be a limited amount of refugees accepted by the Americans and the Iranians in regards to it along with working out the new provisional governments that would hold elections within the year to decide the official rulers. For the most, it would be a matter of trying to establish some form of stability in the area. The Coalition ultimately wanted peace and security in the region with the only one wanting anything more was Iran and they were trying to increase their prominence. Granted, it was done for more pragmatic reasons as it would be used as leverage against conservative hardliners to continue to force reforms against them, allowing the Reformers further progress on the nation, enough so more and more leftist policies were slowly creeping into the reformers thanks to rising calls from the populace. While Iraq would be influenced heavily by Iran, Assyria would be toward the Americans with Kurdistan being dual-influenced by the Americans and Iranians and of course the new unified state of Shaam. As for capitals, Iraq's capital remains Baghdad. Kirkuk becomes the capital of Kurdistan. For Shaam, it's Damascus. And for Assyria, it would be decided as Mosul. There were still some problems, if namely with the Assyrians ansd Kurdish with one another though the Kurds were in little position to make demands. Soldiers were posted all over the place and populations did end up moving. Other questions remained, but wuld be resolved between themselves, such as the Yazidis, who many would end up in Assyria.
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Post Iraqi-Syrian War nations.
The new nations have signed peace treaties with each other and before long, they were recognized by members of the Coalition along with most of their Middle East neighbors, the European Union and various other nations. Even if some lingering tensions remain over people moving, the exhaustion over war and the promise over a better tomrrow was enough for people to move past it to move forward. With peace settling in, people began voting in for how to decide the various aspects of their nations along with new constitutions that was declaring freedom of religion and protection of minorites within the nation, including those of LGBTQ folk. While the idea of them legalizing homosexual marriage, the people would still be protected from hate crimes, though it would be a while to be reinforced. Of course, the presence of Amercian soldiers and so on did help enforce the rule along with the new rush of exposure to the open markets. And of course, new flags were being designed. While Assyria and Kurdistan already had flags that could be used and Shaam would end up using an alternate flag they were having, the new Iraqi flag would take a while to be designed though one would be submitted in, having been influenced by Iran.
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New Iraqi flag; based on the Iraqi flag of 1959-1963, though with a different Venus star
and the takbir written 6 times in the Kufic script in white on the black and green sides.
The flag of Shaam, based on the flag of the opposition.
By the Spring of 2012, discussions were finalized over the new nations and with order being mostly restored, the people were quite happy to put the war behind them and set aside for a new tomorrow. The guards would be there for a bit longer to ensure the peace going on that would be around and there would not be trouble. This is namely with the new states of Kurdistan and Assyria because of the overlap of population, which required the work of the Americans and Iranians to try and work out territory issues and have populations try and move around for it. There would be a limited amount of refugees accepted by the Americans and the Iranians in regards to it along with working out the new provisional governments that would hold elections within the year to decide the official rulers. For the most, it would be a matter of trying to establish some form of stability in the area. The Coalition ultimately wanted peace and security in the region with the only one wanting anything more was Iran and they were trying to increase their prominence. Granted, it was done for more pragmatic reasons as it would be used as leverage against conservative hardliners to continue to force reforms against them, allowing the Reformers further progress on the nation, enough so more and more leftist policies were slowly creeping into the reformers thanks to rising calls from the populace. While Iraq would be influenced heavily by Iran, Assyria would be toward the Americans with Kurdistan being dual-influenced by the Americans and Iranians and of course the new unified state of Shaam. As for capitals, Iraq's capital remains Baghdad. Kirkuk becomes the capital of Kurdistan. For Shaam, it's Damascus. And for Assyria, it would be decided as Mosul. There were still some problems, if namely with the Assyrians ansd Kurdish with one another though the Kurds were in little position to make demands. Soldiers were posted all over the place and populations did end up moving. Other questions remained, but wuld be resolved between themselves, such as the Yazidis, who many would end up in Assyria.
View attachment 530863
Post Iraqi-Syrian War nations.
The new nations have signed peace treaties with each other and before long, they were recognized by members of the Coalition along with most of their Middle East neighbors, the European Union and various other nations. Even if some lingering tensions remain over people moving, the exhaustion over war and the promise over a better tomrrow was enough for people to move past it to move forward. With peace settling in, people began voting in for how to decide the various aspects of their nations along with new constitutions that was declaring freedom of religion and protection of minorites within the nation, including those of LGBTQ folk. While the idea of them legalizing homosexual marriage, the people would still be protected from hate crimes, though it would be a while to be reinforced. Of course, the presence of Amercian soldiers and so on did help enforce the rule along with the new rush of exposure to the open markets. And of course, new flags were being designed. While Assyria and Kurdistan already had flags that could be used and Shaam would end up using an alternate flag they were having, the new Iraqi flag would take a while to be designed though one would be submitted in, having been influenced by Iran.
View attachment 530271
New Iraqi flag; based on the Iraqi flag of 1959-1963, though with a different Venus star
and the takbir written 6 times in the Kufic script in white on the black and green sides.
The flag of Shaam, based on the flag of the opposition.
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