Terrorist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have exploited social media such as Twitter to spread their propaganda and to recruit new members. In this work we study the extent to which ISIS is able to spread their message beyond their immediate supporters. Are they operating in their own sphere with limited interaction with the overall community? Or are they well rooted amo...

For years, Russia’s role in the Middle East was viewed primarily through its relations with Iran, Iraq, and, more recently, Syria. In 2006, however, a nearly forgotten dimension of Russia’s Middle East policy came to the fore with a new escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict, this time in Lebanon. Russia has long played an extraneous role in the Quartet on the Middle East, the grouping compose...

In this paper, two major ethnic conflicts in the Middle East region are considered, namely, Kurdish issue Iraq and Syria, as well recent Syria. Three main theoretical perspectives on identity divides discussed context of region. The considered then analyzed separately, giving a brief overview sources context, including influence international factors current situation global scene. A comprehens...

Abstract Recent literature shows increasing interest in analyzing causes of what was referred to as “unusual” fires Iraq and Syria 2019. Here, we examine the uncontrolled irregular within farmlands parts two countries 2019–2020 quantify their extent spatiotemporally using a combination medium coarse-resolution satellite imagery, land cover, precipitation, temperature data, multiple sources arme...

This study addressed three questions: 1. What are the objectives of the leaders of ISIL? 2. What are the objectives of the followers of ISIL? 3. How are the two sets of objectives related? To answer these questions we analyzed the transcripts of interviews and presentations of 59 subject matter experts (SMEs) and conducted a separate analysis of speeches of ISIL leaders and selected Internet so...

As a new actor on the Middle Eastern scene, the Islamic State (IS) has been the focus of all attention ever since its official appearance on June 29, 2014. This owes mainly to the group’s modus operandi (the beheading of Westerners dressed as Guantanamo prisoners), its rhetoric marked by equally extreme violence, its sudden challenging of state partitions established since the 1916 Cambon-Grey ...

This paper intends to look at the arrangements related provisions in distribution of inheritance several Muslim countries and group mandatory wills into clusters. research uses a literature study (Library Research) that explores data based on pre-existing with comparative juridical approach will be comparison laws from one country another. The findings this there are similarities differences va...

Artikel ini berjudul Kebijakan Pemulangan WNI eks ISIS Ditinjau dari Perspektif Hukum. Latar belakang penulisan dimana kewarganegaraan merupakan hal yang sangat penting karena adanya perlindungan hukum oleh negara terhadap warga negaranya. Sejak dinyatakan kalah, sebagian Indonesia bergabung dengan berkeinginan untuk kembali ke Indonesia. Munculnya wacana pemulangan menjadi suatu dilematis, nam...

IJKD 2008;2:65-71 www.ijkd.org 1Surgical Kidney Hospital, Ibn Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria 2Al-Mouassat Hospital, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria 3Eye Bank, Eye Surgical Hospital, Ibn Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria 4Hemodialysis Unit, Damascus Hospital, Damascus, Syria 5Hemodialysis Unit, Douma Hospital, Damascus, Syria 6Gastroenterlogy Department, Ibn Alnafis Hospita...