Tag Archives: Shia

Ban falls far short of a complete prohibition on Hezbollah allowing Germany to claim that it has banned the group even if it has not

Posted on April 30, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE Germany’s Partial Ban of Hezbollah: A Half-Measure by Soeren Kern May 2, 2020 The German government, after years of equivocating, has announced what amounts to a partial ban on the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah — Arabic for “The … Continue reading →

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“Sunni eyes are opening to the fact that Israel poses no threat, but that Shi’a Iran…aspires to dominate far beyond its borders”

Posted on February 28, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

JNS Syria is now ‘a Shi’a colony of Iran,’ Damascus-born professor tells Israeli conference by Yaakov Lappin February 28, 2018 After years of bloody warfare, Syria has become a “Shi’a colony of Iran,” a Syrian professor who lives in Germany … Continue reading →

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Good thing we have that #IranDeal: Iran-backed militias takes new American hostages in Iraq. That didn’t take long.

Posted on January 20, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

OBSERVER The Fruits of a Poisoned Iran Deal Spread Across the Middle East by Joshua Sharf January 20, 2016 We can all be grateful for the safe return of five American prisoners (please don’t call them “hostages”) from Iranian jails.  … Continue reading →

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ISIS: Can the West Win Without a Ground Game?

Posted on October 8, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

THE TOWER by Jonathan Spyer October 2014 As the U.S. and its Middle Eastern allies take on the Islamic State, the biggest challenge will be preventing other extremists—whether Al-Qaeda or Iranian proxies—from filling in the power vacuum. ….The Islamic State has now … Continue reading →

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