... governments.
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy
of Sciences
Boris Dolgov, Russian Academy of Sciences
The armed confrontation in Syria between the Syrian regime and the radical opposition represents, together with the actions of the “Islamic State” (IS), the main military-political crisis in the Middle East today. It has also become one of the most acute global conflicts, involving all major world powers. The leading countries of NATO and the European Union (EU), Russia, China and key regional states – Turkey, Iran, Israel, the GCC members ...
... mobilization, but the government also cannot avoid launching a major retribution. It might include more intensive attacks on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and a clearer and more coordinated allied strategy will certainly replace the rather haphazard ... ... effective response, Europe is likely to appeal to the United States, which has so far preferred to distance itself from the Middle East developments. Or, more precisely, minimized its involvement or limited it to anti-ISIS rhetoric.
It is now time the ...
... protests still in the air, the collapse of the Jordanian state and regime is highly unlikely.
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The regionwide upheavals that shook the Arab world in 2011, as well as the collapse of state structures in Iraq and Syria precipitated by the rise of the Islamic State (IS) invite us to reflect on the current situation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which has managed to remain relatively stable amidst the stormy waters of Middle Eastern politics. In the past, the Jordanian state and the ruling Hashemite regime weathered many crises and in many instances demonstrated resilience to both external and domestic pressures, such as coup d’état attempts, diplomatic ...
... nothing to do with cooperation in fighting a common enemy. The fact that both leaders are speaking about a coalition to combat the Islamic State points to different, not coinciding, approaches, since the two have their own vision of the coalition that should ... ... follow along the lines the US traces. However, this line is not clear. The main reproach Obama constantly hears is that his Middle East policy is inconsistent, that it is unclear whether it is pursuing a specific objective, and to what extent the White ...
... regionalization
process (with the Near Eastern region and IS phenomenon in Iraq-Syria as its main focal points).
ria.ru
Infographics. Islamic State
It is gradually becoming a transnational migration or settler project, with IS-controlled lands being positioned ... ... foreign fighters) plays a crucial role. As for militants from various local fronts — both from Muslim states in the broader Middle East (who make up a majority of foreign fighters) and from areas of low-intensity, Islamist-separatist conflicts on the ...
Military aircraft in the Middle East conflicts
December 18, 2011 was a momentous day for the U.S. Air Force: it flew the
last combat sorties
as part ... ...
[1]
. However, Iraq did not enjoy a peaceful sky for long. On August 8, 2014 two U.S. Navy carrier-based jet fighters
struck Islamic State artillery units
near Erbil, marking the start of a new war.
That is not quite the case, of course. The second horseman ...
... radical Islamist groups that split off from Al-Qaeda of Iraq. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the spiritual leader and close associate of Osama bin Laden, took an active part in creating the organization.
The Slate Group, By Joshua Keating and
Chris Kirk
The Middle East Friendship Chart.
Infographics
It is well-known that until 2013, the Islamic State grouping was regarded as an ordinary Sunni autonomous armed unit and numbered no more than four thousand people
[2]
. It was made up of mostly former soldiers and officers of the Iraqi army under Saddam Hussein before the invasion of the ...
... they do an alternative to it.
The most recent confirmation of this observation is Washington's bombing campaign against the Islamic State. Since operations began two weeks ago, Britain has joined the campaign and France intends to do so. Officials claim ... ... Assad and has expressed doubts about the effectiveness of cooperating with Russia in resolving the most acute crisis in the Middle East.
Do serious politicians and experts in the West really believe that bombing will solve the problem of Islamic extremism ...
... States today. The fact is that it is impossible to gain a victory over the Islamic State with air missile and bomb strikes alone. To make the victory decisive, land forces have to intervene by all means. All the more so, as the number of people in the Middle East who support the Islamic State is not decreasing, but instead is on the rise. Moreover, any bombardment leads to losses among the civilian population, which radicalizes local societies even further. Air strikes are becoming more intense, since a number of European and ...
Sohail Mahmood (Pakistan), Mehdi Dehnavi (Iran)
The recent extremist uprisings in the Middle East are one of the most alarming international news of this year. International community seems to fail with generating ... ... the world
Associate Dean & Head, Department of International Relations at Preston University, Islamabad
War against the "Islamic State"?
Sohail Mahmood
The current position of the USA toward the Islamic State (IS) does not necessarily mean the ...