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Iraq
Tehran Seeks to Unite Shi'ites

Iran seems intent on making Moqtada al Sadr the uncontested leader of Iraq's Shi'ite community and of transforming his Mahdi Army into an Iraqi version of Hezbollah. [...]

Published on 28/02/2008 at 07:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdulaziz al Hakim
Al Fadhila
Al Qods
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Ali Sistani
Ammar al Hakim
Hezbollah
Kazem al Haeri
Mahdi Army
Mohamed Sadeq al Sadr
Mohammed al Waili
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Pasdarans
Shahid al Mihrab Foundation
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq

Iraq
Sunni Insurgents Back on War Path

After three years of relative calm, Baghdad has been hit by a wave of bomb attacks in the past months as Sunni insurgents take up the fight once again.

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Syria
Death of a Security Strongman

With the assassination of Mohamed Suleiman, military adviser to president Bachar al Assad, Syria has lost the architect of its secret diplomacy.

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Palestine
Jibril Rajoub

Sidelined by the appointment of Toufik Tirawi as head of [...]

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Palestinian territories
The Tunnel War

Neither Israel nor Egypt has managed to destroy the tunnel network that supplies Hamas and enables it to send its fighters to train in Iran or Lebanon.

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Tests for Iranian Bomb

The IAEA reportedly identified tests carried out by Iran on high-intensity explosives "after 2003."

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Kuwait
Agencies Gang Up on Shi'ite Groups

Saudi Arabia recently sent police officers and intelligence officials to lend a hand to Kuwait's security services in a crackdown [...]

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Palestine
Ziad Nakhala

Now considered Egyptian intelligence’s prime contact in the Gaza strip, [...]

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Spotlight | Middle East
Mughniyeh's "Ghost" Haunts the Region

The assassination of Hezbollah's external security chief Imad Mughniyeh, nicknamed the "ghost", in Damascus on Feb 12 drove a wedge into the hitherto solid alliance between Damascus, Tehran and the Shi'ite movement. Each camp is conducting its own inquiry into [.

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Ammar al Hakim
Hezbollah
Kazem al Haeri
Mahdi Army
Mohamed Sadeq al Sadr
Mohammed al Waili
Moqtada al Sadr
Pasdarans
Shahid al Mihrab Foundation
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
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China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Central America, China, South America
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Iraq
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Iraq
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Syria
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Jibril Rajoub

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The Tunnel War

Iran
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Kuwait
Agencies Gang Up on Shi'ite Groups

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Ziad Nakhala

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United States
Private Firm to Keep Watch on Radical Groups

Palestine
How Hamas Organizes its Defenses

Iran
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