Posted on Wed, October 28, 2015 at 18:29 pm CET
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Harakat Al-Sabireen – Iran’s New Palestinian Terror Group

Harakat al-Sabireen, a Palestinian militant group active primarily in Gaza, is dedicated to “the Shari’a obligation of jihad in the path of God” against Israel based on Iran’s revolutionary Islamist ideology… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Harakat al-Sabireen • Islamic Terrorism • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Sun, September 13, 2015 at 17:42 pm CEST
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Why Lebanon’s Sunnis Support ISIS

What is happening in Syria and Iraq is a religious war with ethnic overtones. As a microcosm of the region’s religious and ethnic conflicts, it is difficult to imagine how Lebanon can be spared… Read more

Topics: Hezbollah • Islamic State • Lebanon • Religion • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Fri, September 20, 2013 at 01:11 am CEST
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US Plays Monopoly, Russia Plays Chess

Whatever Putin thinks, he will keep to himself… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Energy • Politics • Russia's Middle East Policy • Syria • Syrian Revolution • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, June 26, 2013 at 21:56 pm CEST
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Arab World War Two: Sunni versus Shia

The Arabic-speaking world is gearing up for a massive Sunni versus Shia bloodbath… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Culture • Global Islam • History • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Wed, June 26, 2013 at 21:34 pm CEST
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi Calls on Muslims to Support the Rebels in Syria

Al-Qaradawi’s remarks reflect the deepening Sunni-Shi’ite schism in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Religion • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, June 25, 2013 at 20:31 pm CEST
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Hezbollah is preparing to support the Syrian army forces to take over Aleppo

Following the victory at Al-Qusayr Hezbollah is preparing to support the Syrian army forces to take over Aleppo… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:37 pm CEST
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The Price Hezbollah Pays for Supporting the Syrian Regime

Being drawn into the Syrian civil war forced Hezbollah to pay both a political price and a price to its image in the Arab-Muslim world… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:36 pm CEST
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Hezbollah Support for the Syrian Regime

Hezbollah supports the Syrian regime as the civil war drags on… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:36 pm CEST
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Hezbollah Involvement in the Syrian Civil War

For Iran and Hezbollah, the preservation of Bashar Assad’s regime is of supreme strategic importance… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, February 21, 2013 at 01:06 am CET
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Iran Has to Prefer Syria to the Khuzestan Region

Should Iran give more importance to Syria than to the Khuzestan region… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • SouthWest Asia • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, February 21, 2013 at 01:00 am CET
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Cairo Conference in Support of Arab Minority in Khuzestan Provokes Anger from Iran

Cairo conference to support Arab minority in Khuzestan region stirs up Arab-Sunni and Persian-Shia animosity… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Egypt • Iran • Shi'ism • SouthWest Asia • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Sun, February 10, 2013 at 00:30 am CET
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The U.S. versus the ‘Shi’ite Crescent’?

Is U.S. Middle East policy aligned with the ‘Sunni bloc’ in a grand sectarian alliance against the ‘Shi’ite crescent’?… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm CET
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Anti-Islamism in an Islamic Civil War

The notion of a Sunni-Shi’ite conflict is not the only perceived dichotomy at play in the Syrian civil war… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • History • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, November 4, 2012 at 15:06 pm CET
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The Sunni-Shia Conflict Will Be the Major Feature of Middle East Politics for Decades

We are not just talking here about theological differences but a battle between individual leaders, organizations, and states for power and primacy… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Islamism • Politics • Religion • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Tue, June 19, 2012 at 21:17 pm CEST
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Thoughts on Iran, Nuclear Weapons, and Tehran’s Regional Role

Months ago, I wrote that the hysteria about Israel allegedly being about to attack Iran and the argument by some that Israel should do so were nonsense… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Iran • Israel • Security and Defense