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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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Ankara, Washington Agree on Withdrawal, Disarming US-Backed Kurdish Militias in N Syria
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Ankara, Washington Agree on Withdrawal, Disarming US-Backed Kurdish Militias in N Syria

Tuesday 5 June 2018
Afrin and threatened to expand its offensive to Manbij. Ankara has repeatedly accused Washington of failing to fulfill its promise regarding the withdrawal of its allied militants from Manbij after the purge of the ISIS terrorist group in August 2016. Cavusoglu said t ...
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US-Backed Kurdish Militia Ready for Talks with Syrian Government
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US-Backed Kurdish Militia Ready for Talks with Syrian Government

Thursday 7 June 2018 ،
Afrin and threatened to expand its offensive to Manbij. However, earlier this week, Turkey and the US agreed a plan on the withdrawal and disarming of the (YPG), from the northern Syrian city of Manbij. In the wake of the deal, the YPG announced that it will take its advisors out of Manbij.   ...
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Mix of Fear and Betrayal Allures Syrian Kurds into Talking to Govt.
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Mix of Fear and Betrayal Allures Syrian Kurds into Talking to Govt.

Wednesday 13 June 2018 ،
Afrin, and Island. Once all of the eyed territories are united, the Kurds can rule over a wide region starting from Ain Diwar village in Hasakah province and continuing to the western borders with Turkey where Iskenderun region is located. AS the crisis in the county unfolded, the Kurds in late Jan ...
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What’s Behind US Raids on Syrian Army, Its Allies?
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What’s Behind US Raids on Syrian Army, Its Allies?

Tuesday 19 June 2018 ،
Afrin city in northern Syria. Moreover, Americans recently sealed a deal with Ankara to remove the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from Manbij, also in the north, moving the Syrian Kurds to believe that Washington is unreliable. Feeling double-crossed, last week the so-called Sy ...
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Syria Condemns US, Turkish Presence in Manbij as ’Blatant’ Violation of UN Charter
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Syria Condemns US, Turkish Presence in Manbij as ’Blatant’ Violation of UN Charter

Tuesday 19 June 2018 ،
Afrin and threatened to expand its offensive to Manbij. Earlier this month, Ankara and Washington agreed a plan on the disarming and withdrawal of the YPG, from the northern Syrian city of Manbij. However, reports have emerged that The US continues to supply the Kurdish Militias with arms. A SDF ...
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Erdogan’s Election Gamble Using Cross-Border Military Campaign
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Erdogan’s Election Gamble Using Cross-Border Military Campaign

Sunday 24 June 2018 ،
Afrin, dubbed Operation Olive Branch, was launched on January 20 against the Syrian Kurdish militias holding the northern city. A little more than a month later, Erdogan announced snap elections in the country. In fact, the early elections were announced after Afrin capture. To put it differently, ...
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US-Backed Militants Agree with Damascus to End Syria Crisis
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US-Backed Militants Agree with Damascus to End Syria Crisis

Saturday 28 July 2018 ،
Afrin. The SDC's co-chair Riad Darar said on Friday the talks with Damascus were aimed at working towards a settlement for northern Syria, as it was time to solve our problems ourselves. The group, which is being supported by Washington, has already managed to form an autonomous administration ...
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What Is Pushing Syrian Kurds to Seek Reunion with Damascus?
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What Is Pushing Syrian Kurds to Seek Reunion with Damascus?

Sunday 29 July 2018 ،
Afrin canton to Kobani to make a unified self-rule region. Covered by the US-led coalition’s air raids, the SDF took control of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed ISIS caliphate capital, on October 17, 2017. But the victories were only temporarily sweet to the beguiled Kurds. They wrongly believed th ...
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Kurds Holds Fresh Talks with Syrian Government
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Kurds Holds Fresh Talks with Syrian Government

Tuesday 14 August 2018 ،
Afrin region to Ankara, which threatened to take its offensive to the nearby city of Manbij. Amid Ankara’s advances, the US softened its staunch support for the Kurds and agreed to a roadmap with the Turkish government, which would see a complete withdrawal of Kurdish militants from Manbij. ...
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Challenges, Opportunities ahead of Syrian Army’s Mother of All Battles
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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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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.