middle east politics religious sects have played a key role in shaping the internal and foreign policies of regional actors during the arab spring in particular ıt is generally accepted that the middle eastern countries primarily ıran and saudi arabia have developed sectarian reflexes toward

while the syrian opposition lacks unity and a supply of heavy weapons the assad regime also lacks manpower to launch a successful offensive without effective support from its allies after four and half years of war syrian regime forces captured aleppo city with the direct help of their ıranian

for many actors in the middle east particularly the arab gulf states that have supported abdel fattah al sisi s regime since the military coup that took place in egypt on 3 july 2013 given the central position of egypt for todays politics in the middle east it is legitimate to raise the