Since its inception in 2010, the Arab Spring has evolved into a situation of violent conflict in many countries, leading to high levels of migration from the affected region. Given the social impact of the large number of individuals applying for asylum across Europe in 2015, it is important to study who these persons are in terms of their skills, motivations, and intentions. DiPAS (Displaced P...

This study is a catalogue of Dictyoptera (Mantodea, Isoptera and Blattaria) from five Eastern Mediterranean countries (Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan). There are 75 species of Dictyoptera known to occur in these countries. These species belong to 15 families (eight of Mantodea, four of Isoptera and three of Blattaria). Mantodea is by far the dictyopteran group with the highest richness...

In a context of areas limited statehood and contested order, Iraq, Lebanon Syria have been affected by similar diffuse global more specific regional local risks over the past two decades. Yet they differ in outcomes. has not descended into civil war despite fears that one raging might spill to its territory Iraq coped better decade than – having subject various forms conflict since 1980. We ana...

In attempting to attain some perspective on Iran in history, I begin, as I think one must, with the Arab-Islamic conquests in the seventh century—that series of epoch-making events following the advent of Islam, the mission of the Prophet Muhammad and the carrying of his message to vast areas east and west from Arabia, and the incorporation of many lands, from the Atlantic and the Pyrenees to t...

cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in 88 different countries. there are an estimated 1.5 million new cases each year, with over 90% occurring in afghanistan, algeria, iran, iraq, saudi arabia, syria (old world) and in brazil and peru (new world). miltefosine is effective in vitro and in vivo against leishmania species and it was demonstrated efficacy in animals via the oral route. this study is...

This policy brief aims to re-examine the situation of ISIS captives in detention Iraq and Syria, serious security threat that it might pose on long term, especially, after loosening COVID-19 restrictions movement. proposes extract lessons from Algerian experience during 1990s counterterrorism. The approach counterterrorism relies both military soft method. Global War Terror against was successf...

Armed conflicts frequently result in the damage or destruction of archaeological heritage. The occupation by ISIS parts Iraq and Syria is no exception. Here, authors present results work focused on Nineveh, as part a wider research initiative to monitor inflicted at sites northern Iraq. Combining satellite imagery, low-level aerial photography ground-based reconnaissance, project presents condi...