#anwar_sadat

The “ISIS spring” in #North_Africa
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23876

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The Islamic State in Iraq and #syria (ISIS) (aka the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant [ISIL]) is expanding beyond the Levant. Establishing Wilyat Sinai (the Province of Sinai) was just the start, and now the group is determined to expand into all of North Africa. What happened in Sirte yesterday is just one episode in a series geared toward launching an “ISIS Spring” on the African continent.

#Anwar_Sadat #Articles #Bashar_al-Assad #Boko_Haram #Cameroon #Chad #Egypt #ISIL #ISIS #Morocco #Niger #Nigeria #Mideast_&_North_Africa

Lessons of the #October_War
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/angry-corner/lessons-october-war

There is no question that the Syrian and Egyptian regimes have been extracting propaganda benefits from the October War. With Gulf money, the October War has been a decades-long propaganda bonanza running in various media outlets in the Arab world since 1973. That October was a victory for the Arabs (or for the regimes, according to regimes’ claims) is not even questioned. It is customary in Arab political usage, including in the political literature of Arab political parties and media, to (...)

#Anwar_Sadat #Egypt #Hafez_al-Assad #Israel #syria