Non-Governmental and Irregular Armed Groups in the Syria/Iraq Conflict Zone

... all the elements of global politics. In the context of the Middle East, these elements include non-governmental and irregular armed groups. There is the opinion that the main contradiction between Russia and Iran is the difference in approaches to international ... ... materiel and human resources via Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, in support of its immediate allies in the Islamic resistance (primarily Hezbollah). Tehran views Syria as the central piece in this allied structure. In the future, these countries might be used as ...