Main Groups and Leaders Brief Overview
The crisis developments in Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Syria are destabilizing countries in the Middle East. The growing turbulence and unpredictability threaten the very model of the nation state, which is struggling to react to the challenges posed by non-state actors in international relations – primarily by extremist groups. The inability of the state to counter the terrorist threat leads to an increase in the activities of radical elements, whose actions take...
... after the Arab Spring, the area around Israel is volatile, which precludes any sort of political activity. The Iranian issue remains of paramount importance for Israel, thousands or maybe even dozens of thousands of the latest missiles targeted by the Hezbollah against northern Israel from Lebanon, as well as the threat of shelling from the Gaza Strip. The Israeli security establishment is also worried by developments in Jordan, Egypt and especially Syria.
Major changes in international relations are ...
... affiliated with the so-called Islamic caliphate on Lebanese territory seemed very probable (
Al-Monitor
, February 17, 2015
). The success of the Lebanese army in confronting terrorists in the border town of Arsal as well as the concerted action of Hezbollah fighters instilled hope in the possibility of holding strategic positions and roads and of preventing the enemy from advancing inland. In addition, at the end of 2013, shortly after the assassination in Beirut of a prominent Lebanese politician ...
... constitution, two-thirds of the parliament members, i.e. 86 MPs out of 128 must vote for a candidate to be elected in the first round. In subsequent rounds, a simple majority of votes is enough to secure the presidential victory.
Parliamentarians who are pro-Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite political paramilitary group, are boycotting the sessions, creating the lack of the needed parliamentary quorum for a president to be elected.
After more than 18 calls upon the parliament to meet in presidential election ...
