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In , Hassan-al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood movement, a brotherhood and a political movement in Egypt.

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The latter wanted to regenerate Islam by returning to its sources, rejecting any influence of the West, whether political, economic or cultural. It sought to re-islamize societies on its own criteria, starting with the social base, while awaiting political power.

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Secular groups, whether liberal, nationalist or Marxist, also occupied the political sphere in all the countries of the region. In any case, they demanded independence from Great Britain and France.


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The Arab nationalists looked with some sympathy to Germany. Thus Iraq rose with German support in against the British.

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French Syria, held by a Vichy governor, was conquered the same year by British and French free forces, in other words Gaullists. While Turkey maintained its neutrality, Iran, which moved closer to Germany, was occupied by the British and the Soviets and forced to stand in the allied camp. Turkey and Iran, however, remained independent, while in the center of Arabia the Kingdom of the Saud was asserting itself. In Palestine at the same time, the first signs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were appearing.

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This general redistribution of cards took place against a backdrop of petroleum rivalries. The Second World War came to defeat the maps of the region. It prepared the great rivalry of the Cold War, of which the Middle East was an essential issue, as we shall see in the next episode. The choice was made for Palestine, a land that had seen the successive development of different Jewish kingdoms in the course of antiquity kingdom of David and Solomon, rival kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Hasmonean kingdom, Herod.

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Opinion 17 Sep Saudi Arabia could easily target Lebanon with another set of measures to destabilise its economy. Middle East 17 Sep Civilians caught in the intensifying fighting are now so hungry they are eating leaves off trees. Syria's War 16 Sep More than five million refugees and six million internally displaced people will not be able to cast their ballots. Yemen 16 Sep Martin Griffiths arrives in Yemeni capital as UN push for peace talks between warring sides continues. Middle East 16 Sep Palestinian teenager shot and wounded after carrying out alleged stabbing attack near illegal Gush Etzion settlement.

Gaza 16 Sep Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza have launched rockets at Israel in what they call a response to aggression. United Kingdom 16 Sep Current events portal International relations portal Military history portal War portal Middle East portal. Lists of wars in World by date, region, type of conflict Lists of wars and conflict by region Lists of battles Orders List of active rebel groups List of events named massacres List of number of conflicts per year List of most lethal battles in world history Africa: List of ongoing armed conflicts List of wars —present Ongoing military conflicts Maps of ongoing conflicts.

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