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Source: http://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MSPS124-1.pdf
Ideological Fault Lines in the Wreckage of the Arab State System
(Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman - This study maps four Arab ideological camps: the Iranian camp, the Islamic State camp, the Muslim Brotherhood camp, and the "counter camp," which includes Saudi Arabia, most of the Gulf states, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco, as well as the Kurds and other non-Arab players. These camps have been fighting each other to the death across a range of regional fronts. Islamic State and its affiliates are under siege and losing ground, while Muslim Brotherhood forces are in political decline. The writer is a former deputy for foreign policy and international affairs at Israel's National Security Council.