Shia Armed Groups and the Future of Iraq

Kardo Rached; Ahmed Omar Bali

doi:10.18778/1641-4233.23.14

Authors

Kardo Rached University of Human Development, College of Law and Politics, Sulaymaniayh, Iraq
Ahmed Omar Bali University of Human Development

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1641-4233.23.14

Keywords:

Iraq, Iran, Shia armed groups, Sectarian division, ISIS, New Middle East and Religious violence

Abstract

The rising and acceleration of the Shia armed group in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon require a deep understanding of the root of the multi-dimensional conflicts in the Middle East. An appropriate and sufficient approach to the research about these militias will be from an internal conflict rather than an external conflict. The legitimization for the existence of the majority of these militias if not all of them is to fight and struggle against an entity which is the Sunni sect, in this case, that will assimilate them not integrate them peacefully.

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Author Biographies

Kardo Rached, University of Human Development, College of Law and Politics, Sulaymaniayh, Iraq

Kardo Rached is a lecturer at University of Human Development – Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He has published various articles and his research field covers the political systems of the Middle East and the role of the non-state actors in Middle East society.

Ahmed Omar Bali, University of Human Development

Ahmed Omar Bali is lecturer at University of Human Development – Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Dr. Bali has got his PhD from Sheffield University and his research area includes public diplomacy and soft power’s role in the Middle East politics.

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