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The Independent State of Iraq and Syria or the Levant as it has been called, appears to be the most extreme of all Islamic fundamentalists operating in the Middle East. The latest flashpoint as been in Arsal, Lebanon. Hezbollah say they will defend Lebanon alongside the Lebanese Army. But events further north in Kurdish territory could turn into an even worse humanitarian disaster.

 

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Tuesday, August 5 2014
Produced By Roderick Chambers
Featured in storyDr Adam Lockyer- Senior Lecturer, Security Studies Dept.PolicingIntelligence and Counter Terrorism Macquarie UniversityDr Kit Candlin- ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Sydney
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