The interview with Dr. Gilles Kepel
Dr. Gilles Kepel is a French political scientist and Arabist, specialized in contemporary issues of the Middle East and Muslims in the West. He is a professor and director of the Middle East and Mediterranean chair at Université Paris Sciences et Lettres. He is an author of 20 books. His latest
book
, “Beyond Chaos: The Crisis in the Mediterranean and ...
... environment that produced that monster. In that respect the book would be useful for people who know little about the reality in the Middle East and for well-versed readers who are sure to learn new facts and details.
White House and Pentagon draw lessons
The ... ... it did not spring up in a fortnight. Weiss and Hassan trace the whole history of that group from the moment it was created as Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), then morphed into Mujahideen Shura Council and finally into Islamic State of Iraq. This goes a long way ...
... for all the parties to the conflict, which will require a lot of resources, including human lives.
Another threat comes from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) that has recently sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and
taken responsibility
for ... ... to both external and internal factors. The former implies the emergence of the Islamic state and its growing influence in the Middle East. This successful project could not but affect the overall situation in the region: various radical Islamist groups ...
... party Ennahda, and is trying to build a secular democratic state. At the same time, the groups of Okba Ibn Nafaa, a branch of al-Qaeda, are active in some parts of the country (for example, on the Algeria border) and IS brigades are active in others (for ... ... attempt to intimidate the people.
AP
Sergei Veselovsky:
The Second Front of Islamic Terrorism
Obviously, many forces in the Middle East and the world do not like the example of Tunisia, a country where different and even antagonistic political forces ...