Non-Governmental and Irregular Armed Groups in the Syria/Iraq Conflict Zone
... and to their ability to ensure their own security. In this sense, the approaches of Russia and Iran may indeed differ. Regional Security Problems in the Middle East as... ... by financing projects to create and maintain cross-border non-governmental actors in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and — some analysts believe — Yemen. [ 2 ]2 Some... ... consolidate a fairly large territory in the Middle East predominantly populated by Shiites. The very term Shiite Crescent, coined by King Abdullah II of Jordan, has been...