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Shia Armed Groups and the Future of Iraq
Shia Armed Groups and the Future of Iraq

Author(s): Kardo Rached, Ahmed Omar Bali
Subject(s): Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Iraq; Iran; Shia armed groups; Sectarian division; ISIS; New Middle East and Religious violence

Summary/Abstract: The rising and acceleration of the Shia armed group in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon require a deep understanding of the root of the multi-dimen¬sional conflicts in the Middle East. An appropriate and sufficient approach to the research about these militias will be from an internal conflict rather than an external conflict. The legitimization for the existence of the ma¬jority of these militias if not all of them is to fight and struggle against an entity which is the Sunni sect, in this case, that will assimilate them not integrate them peacefully.

  • Issue Year: 23/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 217-233
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English