About 4 million refugees have left Syria and there are about 8 million more internally displaced -still within Syria but driven from their homes. For
Tag: Arab Spring
More than five months of conflict in Yemen -AFP
A straightforward chronology of events in Yemen. http://news.yahoo.com/more-five-months-conflict-yemen-184859433.html
Political Islam: Various links
Here are a few links for those interested in political Islam in different Middle Eastern states. The first link is to a study of Shi’a
Enduring repression and insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai -BBC
A good analysis of the violence in the Sinai: “Between 2004 and 2015, the Sinai insurgency has grown from mainly an urban terrorism campaign of
Overlapping contests and Middle East international relations: The return of the weak Arab state – pomeps.org
Interesting article examining the gaps in realist explanations of Middle Eastern international relations exposed by the Arab Spring. “The popular uprisings intensified the interplay between
Tehran may be planning a foreign policy reversal -The National
As this article suggests, Iran’s support for Shi’a groups in the region has deepened since the Arab Spring. There are signs that it is starting
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