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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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Joined by Damascus, Washington and Tel Aviv Building Pressure on Hezbollah for Disarming
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Joined by Damascus, Washington and Tel Aviv Building Pressure on Hezbollah for Disarming

Saturday 13 September 2025
Ahmad al-Sharaa. Alwaght- Given the current climate in Beirut, where baseless accusations are flying thick and fast, the origins of some of Lebanon's most destabilizing news can be traced back across the border, especially into Syria and from the regime of Ahmad al-Sharaa that since later last y ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, and Turkish facilities in Syria and working to establish a buffer zone in the southern Syria and supporting minorities like the Druze and moving close to the Kurds as part of a campaign to weaken the central Syrian governmen ...
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Israeli Forces Continue Operations in Quneitra and Daraa
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Israeli Forces Continue Operations in Quneitra and Daraa

Saturday 20 September 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Sharaa emphasized that the deal, expected to be finalized soon, would not signify normalization or relate to the Abraham Accords, but aims to establish mutual security arrangements amid ongoing Israeli military activity.
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Syria Elections: Al-Jolani Introducing Caliphate Rule
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Syria Elections: Al-Jolani Introducing Caliphate Rule

Sunday 5 October 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Shara (also known by his nom de guerre as Abu Muhammad al-Jolani), will directly appoint 70 additional parliamentary seats. This move will expand the assembly to 210 members. The new electoral system, based on a model of representation, grants voting rights exclusively to a body of approxi ...
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?

Thursday 16 October 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Sharaa who has been paying foreign visits in a bid to strengthen his new rule base has now embarked on a friendship with the East. In a landmark move, al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, arrived at the Kremlin on Wednesday. This unprecedented visit, his fi ...
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Al-Jolani and Syria Breakup Mystery
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Al-Jolani and Syria Breakup Mystery

Tuesday 28 October 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Sharaa), many observers of Syria affairs suggested that the country slid into a dark period of instability. This actually took place and shortly after takeover of power by the militias, not only the country has not moved to stability, but also it drifted to instability, collapse of sovereig ...
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What’s Driving US Military Base Project in Damascus?
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What’s Driving US Military Base Project in Damascus?

Sunday 9 November 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has tried to keep the public in the dark about the American base in Syria in a bid to paint his government independent and deny dependence on the foreign powers. One of the foreign ministry officials has formally dismissed t ...
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Hopes and Fears as Syria’s Al-Jolani Visits US
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Hopes and Fears as Syria’s Al-Jolani Visits US

Sunday 9 November 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Sharaa) who just months ago was an internationally wanted terrorist. He, as the Syrian interim president, is to meet the US President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday.  But while things have gone well for al-Jolani and his orbit throughout Syria’s upheaval, they have deliver ...
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Will Belated Russian Help Save Al-Jolani?
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Will Belated Russian Help Save Al-Jolani?

Sunday 23 November 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, which looked seemingly ordinary, now the real and strategic dimensions of it are emerging. Media reports published a few days ago show that Moscow and Damascus are preparing the ground to restore past close ties and revive ...
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Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule
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Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule

Wednesday 26 November 2025 ،
Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, Syria is still grappling with dangerous upturn of the waves of violence and crimes the armed groups affiliated with Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) are committing in various parts of the country. This situation not only threatens ...

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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.