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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Challenges, Opportunities ahead of Syrian Army’s Mother of All Battles

Challenges, Opportunities ahead of Syrian Army’s Mother of All Battles

Wednesday 15 August 2018
Afrin in Idlib’s north and can disrupt the operation. Military capabilities and cohesion The first and most important factor that gives the Syrian army an upper hand in the northern battle is its military capabilities and unity. Over the seven years of unceasing fight in a multi-fronted war ...
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Turkey Readies for Offensive into Northern Syria: Minister

Turkey Readies for Offensive into Northern Syria: Minister

Tuesday 29 January 2019 ،
Afrin against the US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which is regarded by Turkey as an affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terrorist organization by Ankara. Damascus, in turn, has called the operation aggression. In December 2018, Erdogan announced t ...
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Turkey’s “New Syria” Project Majorly Targeting Syrian Kurds

Turkey’s “New Syria” Project Majorly Targeting Syrian Kurds

Tuesday 15 October 2019 ،
Afrin were among the major towns seized by Turkey. Turkey reportedly intends to give the region a demographic change characterized by expelling the Kurdish majority on its southern borders and replacing them with 1 to 2 million Syrian Arab and Turkmen refugees currently accommodated by Ankara-provid ...
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Syrian Crisis Course after Damascus-Kurds Agreement

Syrian Crisis Course after Damascus-Kurds Agreement

Tuesday 15 October 2019 ،
Afrin seized last year by the Turkish army in Operation Olive Branch.  On the opposite side, Turkish officials try to paint the conditions appropriate for the continuation of their operation. Before a visit to Azerbaijan on Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said he does not thin ...
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Eight Children among 11 Killed in Turkish Shelling on Syria’s Aleppo: Report

Eight Children among 11 Killed in Turkish Shelling on Syria’s Aleppo: Report

Tuesday 3 December 2019 ،
Afrin, which was captured last year by Turkish troops. The strategic town of Tal Rifaat is located 20 kilometers south of Turkey's border and has been the scene of regular confrontations between Turkish-backed forces and Kurdish militants from the so-called People's Protection Units (YPG). ...
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Turkish Involvement In Yemen War: Goals And Outlook

Turkish Involvement In Yemen War: Goals And Outlook

Sunday 26 July 2020 ،
Afrin are recruiting and transferring armed groups from Afrin to Qatar with thousands of dollars in pays to them for deployment to the war-devastated Yemen, against which Saudi Arabia and its ally the UAE in March 2015 waged a devastating war to reinstate the fugitive President Abdrabbuh Mansour Had ...
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War At Ayn Issa Gates: How Will Kurds Decide?

War At Ayn Issa Gates: How Will Kurds Decide?

Thursday 31 December 2020 ،
Afrin, Al-Bab, Jarabulus, and Azaz, towns with a Kurdish majority. In 2019, Ankara launched Operation Peace Spring. The US did not help Kurds counter the Turkish advancement. Now some analysts suggest that the aspirations for Ayn Issa make a sequel to those operations.  Despite all speculation ...
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Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria, Possible Scenarios

Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria, Possible Scenarios

Tuesday 31 May 2022 ،
Afrin in 2018. It now seems to be pursuing its dream of creating a strip along its southern borders. For clarifications on the operations, we need to shed light on the course of the Turkish military operations against the Syrian Kurds.  The first operation, Euphrates Shield, took place between ...
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What Does Tehran Summit Mean for Syrian Kurds?

What Does Tehran Summit Mean for Syrian Kurds?

Saturday 23 July 2022 ،
Afrin, Al-Bab, and Jarabulus.  From October 9 to November 25, 2019, Turkey launched an offensive, codenamed Operation Peace Spring, to push back the US-backed Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from Hasakah and Raqqa border areas, taking control of more areas held by the Kurds.&nb ...
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Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo

Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo

Thursday 5 December 2024 ،
Afrin. According to the institute, Turkey expelled more than 100,000 Kurdish residents of Afrin in 2018 to settle Arabs in this area. If Turkey succeeds in expanding and stabilizing the geographical area occupied by terrorist groups close to it under the rejuvenated crisis in Syria, it will certain ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

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