Beyond ISIS and the Collapsing Levantine Order

With Syria and Iraq engulfed in deep sectarian civil war that has already helped give life to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Levantine order is in a state of implosion. Even if state borders are preserved, the region has entered a phase of violent transformation that is radically reshaping the entire landscape, empowering actors and forces, both local and regional, fundamentally opposed to the status quo ante.

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ECFR: Tag: IS http://www.ecfr.eu/archives/C316

ESO: Background information: EU provides €10 million to counter radicalisation in the Sahel-Maghreb and stem the flow of foreign fighters from North Africa, the Middle East and Western Balkans http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-provides-e10-million-to-counter-radicalisation-in-the-sahel-maghreb-and-stem-the-flow-of-foreign-fighters-from-north-africa-the-middle-east-and-western-balkans/

ESO: Background information: The Islamic State: background information http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-islamic-state-background-information/

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