Vladimir Ahmedov
The backside of Egypt-Hezbollah honeymoon.
    The surprising improvement of Egypt-Hezbollah relations that has began since early 2011 when one of the prominent Hezbollah operatives Sami Shehab miraculously escaped the Egyptian prisons, has got new impulses in our days. There are many reasons why Egyptian authorities prefer to ( Read more... )

Vladimir Ahmedov
New Syrian Hezbollah
or who is Assad’s key opponent in electoral campaign?     In Syria regime and its supporters are preparing for presidential elections that reportedly will take place on June 3 2014. The Syrian cities that have recently fall under the control of the regime are heavily decorated with the pro Assad banners ( Read more... )

Vladimir Ahmedov
The Lebanese army - sphinx without a riddle? It seemed that the "Black Tuesday" on January 23 and the subsequent tragic events should cool the hot heads of the opposing sides in Lebanon. And, indeed, part of the Lebanese society responded positively to what is happening. The group of Lebanese youth to the inherent to any young ( Read more... )

Vladimir Ahmedov
Iran and the "Arab Spring": Syrian dimension.     Revolutionary movements in the Arab world have had a direct impact on domestic and foreign policy of Iran, leading to a change in the balance of power and reshaping the old alliances in the region. Over the past two decades, Iran has become one of the most influential power in the ( Read more... )

Vladimir Ahmedov
What's this all around Syria?     Recently the political scene around Syria has been blown up with unexpected and unprecedented diplomatic activity on different vectors with the sole aim to find the acceptable algorithm for political solution of the Syrian crises.
      The start was given in Moscow during the talks held by ( Read more... )

Vladimir Ahmedov
What’s it all about #Syria?

In place of preface.
My dear followers on TWT&FB (Arabs or nonarabs) U may start hating me as I gave yesterday my first (maybe the last one) interview to al-Manar channel. What could I do? I’m an arabist who wrote a lot about Hezbollah and Islamic resistance. And U (they too) know this. I was surprised, ( Read more... )

 

Dr. Vladimir Ahmedov

Military Involvement in Arab Politics.
(Part II)

Recent developments suggest that the Middle East region is on the verge of an era of profound political change. Arab revolutions changed the balance of power in Arab countries as well as in the whole region. That very fact creates the variety of perspectives for further ( Read more... )