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Tag Archives: Sunni
War across the borders – one sectarian war in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon
A version of this article appeared in the February 2014 issue of Tower magazine: A single sectarian war is currently under way across the Middle East. This war has a number of fronts, some more intense and active than others. … Continue reading
Bahrain, Hezbollah and the Sunni-Shia arc of conflict
Jerusalem Post, 9/11/12. Bahrain this week accused the Lebanese Hezbollah group of responsibility for a series of bombings in the Bahraini capital Manama. The five bomb blasts, in the Adliya and Gudaybiya districts of the city came amid renewed protests … Continue reading
Silence Speaks Volumes
Jerusalem Post, 17/8. Lebanon’s former information minister, Michel Samaha, who is closely linked to the embattled regime of Bashar Assad in Syria, was arrested in Lebanon last week. Samaha has since confessed to involvement in the transfer of explosives from … Continue reading
Collateral Damage
Jerusalem Post, 4/8. Brigadier-General Masoud Jazayeri, deputy chief of the Iranian armed forces, told a reporter this week that Iran would ‘not allow the enemy to advance’ in Syria. He said that no need had yet arisen for direct Iranian … Continue reading
Sunni Islamism Stirs in Lebanon
As the civil war in Syria grinds on and assumes an increasingly sectarian character, echoes of the strife are being heard across the border in Lebanon. The main beneficiary of the Arab uprisings of the last year has been Sunni … Continue reading
Analysis: A Bus Blows up in Damascus – Exploding Tire or Terror Strike?
Gloria Center- 07/12/2009 The Syrian authorities are currently trying to attribute the blast Thursday on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims near the Saida Zeinab mosque in Damascus to an exploding tire. However, eyewitnesses earlier reported a bomb explosion on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Damascus, Imad Mughniyeh, Iran, Mohammad Sammour, Sunni, Syria
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Analysis: Arab Order and flying Shoes
Jerusalem Post- 16/12/2008 US President George W. Bush’s visit to Iraq this week reflected the mixed legacy of his presidency. The Iraq invasion is likely to be remembered as the defining issue of the Bush era and recent events show … Continue reading
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Tagged Baghdad, George W. Bush, Iraq, Muntadar al-Zeidi, Nouri al Maliki, Shiite, Sunni, Zeidi
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Al-Qaida-style Islamism comes to Gaza
Jerusalem Post- 19/08/2009 Quiet has now returned to the Gaza Strip after the weekend violence which claimed the lives of 28 people. The last of the funerals of the Jund Ansar Allah fighters killed in the suppression of the organization … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Gaza, Hamas, Jihadist, Jund Ansar Allah, Kufar, Salafi, Sunni
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Analysis: Did long Arm of Iran reach Dead Sea Highway?
Jerusalem Post- 19/01/2010 The revelations of possible Iranian involvement in the attack on Israeli diplomats earlier this month in Jordan appear to offer the latest evidence of direct engagement by Teheran in subversion and paramilitary activity across national borders. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed Vahidi, Dead Sea, Hizbullah, Iraq, King Abdullah, Quds, Revolutionary Guards, Sunni
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Analysis: Sectarian Rage there, Heightened Clarity Here
Jerusalem Post- 26/01/2011 Events have moved fast in Lebanon. The country now faces the prospect of a government controlled by Hizbullah and consisting solely of the movement and its allies. Parts of Lebanon looked in danger of slipping into chaos … Continue reading
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Tagged Beirut, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah, Lebanon, Najib Mikati, Saad Hariri, Sunni, Walid Jumblat
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