Originally Posted by Susurrus Are there any active Middle Eastern armed groups that are non-Islamist or, dare I say, leftist? from the 60s to the the 90s all were marxist or left arab nationalists.also in arab peninsular including the pkk, nowadays,also ssnp,and maybe still lcp in lebanon/syria dflp,pflp,plf,pflp-gc plus other former PLO groups including elements of fateh. maybe the end of the ussr ended that era in the area.and rise of political islamism of iran and wahabism/mb after