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5 hours ago · The sectarian rift might be compounded by the involvement of regional actors such as the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units militias, who were recorded awaiting a Jihad Fatwa from the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to get involved in the conflict, while other reports noted that more than forty thousand Iranian proxy fighters are at the Syrian-Lebanese borders and ready to attack.
Sep 29, 2024 · Meanwhile, Russia’s involvement in Syria has complicated the regional power dynamics, providing a counterweight to US influence. The diplomatic leverage that the USA could exert over Israel has ...
Sep 29, 2024 · In concrete terms, one can affirm that “the support which the PKK received from the Syrian regime in the past and the PKK’s mobilization and recruitment activities among Syrian Kurds frame the PKK relationship with its regional offshoots today”; among the latter, it is evident how “the relationship between the PYD and its mother party is clearly intimate, but the complicated and varied contexts in which the parties operate suggest that it is not monolithic” (Kaya & Lowe, 2017, p. 276).
20 hours ago · Israel’s hurried withdrawal from south Lebanon in May 2000, without much preparation or a treaty, made Hezbollah look like the victor – the mouse that roared and defeated the country many ...
Sep 29, 2024 · It explores how, why, and to what extent the Syrian Kurdish factions shaped US policy and interests in Syria and in the broader US campaign against ISIS. An assessment is also offered concerning the US decision to employ the SDF/YPG as proxy warriors against ISIS, and how this decision impacted the dynamics of the civil war in Syria and the relations between the USA and other powers, namely Turkey and Russia.
3 hours ago · This withdrawal was hailed by Nasrallah as the “first Arab victory” against Israel, solidifying his status as a hero among many in the Arab world. However, Hezbollah’s military efforts did ...
20 hours ago · Beirut:Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement has been a powerful domestic and regional force, politically and militarily, but the group’s confirmation on Saturday of its leader’s killing marks an ...
