This translates to a significant strategic focus on regional security in the Gulf and on Iranian influence in conflict theaters like Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
”Read: The Islamic Republic of Iran Forty-Two Years Later: Goals Fulfilled?Could “Afghan Hezbollah” help Iran achieve in Afghanistan what is had in Iraq or Lebanon in terms of using paramilitary power to achieve political objectives? Perhaps not.
he most recent major and public act of racism Syrian refugees faced in Lebanon, dates to December 27, 2020, when hundreds of them—75 families according to local news—had to flee for their lives from a makeshift camp in the Miniyeh region near the northern coastal city of Tripoli after their tents were set alight.
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Life in Exile
On the eve of signing the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, Barghouti was deported to Lebanon for his critical views of the accords.
hen independent Lebanon was established in 1943, the political structure was designed to determine the proportion of representatives in the parliament according to the density of the country’s sects.
It is pretty much agreed across the entire Zionist political world that all of historic Palestine from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea and from the border with Lebanon in the north, including the Golan Heights, to the Gulf of Aqaba in the south belongs to Israel.
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Born to a refugee family in Haifa that ended up in Lebanon in 1948, Khaled joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) to become the first female plane hijacker.
Ada: After the state of Israel was established, millions of Palestinians were forced to move to different regions such as Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.
On the other hand, Tel Aviv exploited geopolitical faultlines in the region to marginalize the rights of Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and TRNC in the maritime zones of the Eastern Mediterranean and to exclude them from the institutionalized attempt of regional energy cooperation (the East Mediterranean Gas Forum).
Apart from the missile technology, Iran’s mobilization and militarization of Shiites in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain and Afghanistan has been regarded as its most effective regional deterrence method.
This is especially the case after Israel and Egypt announced the launch of a regional gas forum for the Mediterranean states in January, which excluded Turkey and Lebanon.
What could motivate Iran to act against Turkey’s security interests in Syria? Why would Iran oppose Turkey’s involvement in Syria?
Firstly, Iran sees Syria as a hallway to reach the Mediterranean Sea and Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based.
It involves the Shiite-Sunni war being fought in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Gulf, as well as a parallel Sunni-Sunni conflict involving Turkey, Saudi Arabia and political Islamic forces to control and dominate the politics of Sunni Islam.
Despite a regional agenda, it was also noted that five of the major players in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Libya and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was not present in the meeting.
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The Greek Cypriot administration signed EEC agreements with Egypt in 2003 and with Lebanon and Israel subsequently on behalf of the entire island despite not having such a right.