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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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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?
Analysis

New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?

Tuesday 31 December 2024
Al-Qaeda, have not yet won the trust of the international community, and the prospects for quick sanctions relief are unclear. Even if sanctions are lifted, Western countries will have other priorities for investment due to the backbreaking costs of the war in Ukraine over the past three years and, ...
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What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?
Analysis

What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?

Monday 3 February 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda terrorist group. This caution stems from Saudi Arabia’s history of preventing Islamists, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, from taking the power in the region. Speaking to Turkish media on January 22, Ahmed al-Sharaa said that his first foreign trip would be to Saudi Arabia or Turke ...
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What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?
Analysis

What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?

Friday 7 February 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. What does Trump want from the Taliban? What we can so far take from official stances of Trump regarding the Taliban is the demand from the group to return the weapons and military equipment the US left after it fled Afghanistan in August 2021. Two weeks ago, Trump ...
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HTS Aggressions on Lebanon Borders: A New Conflict with Regional Fallouts
Analysis

HTS Aggressions on Lebanon Borders: A New Conflict with Regional Fallouts

Monday 10 February 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda past and the record of its leaders' takfiri views. The credibility of this issue was severely questioned from the very first days, with the start of blind assassinations and revenge by armed elements against minorities and former Syrian soldiers, and now the attack on Lebanese soil will ...
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake
Analysis

Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, Buku Haram, and the Taliban annually under the guise of humanitarian aid.  With regard to the key role of the PMF in Iraq's security and the enormous popular support to these forces, any push to impair or eliminate them is doomed to failure, and passing the ...
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Syria Sinks in Unrest as Al-Jolani Fails to Act on Promises
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Syria Sinks in Unrest as Al-Jolani Fails to Act on Promises

Saturday 8 March 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda-affiliated rulers of Syria, in Latakia have launched a large-scale attack on the forces of al-Jolani, officially named Ahmad al-Sharaa.  The Coast Shield Forces in a statement published on social media addressed al-Jolani government, saying: We targeted your military points and ranks ...
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Challenges for Possible US Ground Offensive in Yemen
Analysis

Challenges for Possible US Ground Offensive in Yemen

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda, which has been targeted by Washington many times over the past decade, is looking for an opportunity to strike back at American interests and forces, and a ground battle could provide the chance for its elements to take revenge. Also, the cost of a ground campaign will be high f ...
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa
Analysis

Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda that rules Syria. Al-Sharaa's radical past and his blacklisting as a terrorist in other countries are among the reasons behind Iraqi public's antipathy to the current Iraqi leader.  Khaled Al-Jawisi, an Arab expert, wrote in a note published in the London-based Rai Al-Youm new ...
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority
Analysis

Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda from accessing these weapons, put pressure on the Saleh government to destroy some of these systems. However, Ansarallah, with their management and wisdom, were able to restore the former defense power, this time not through foreign aid but by using home capacities, and create a kind of det ...
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How Can India-Pakistan War Impact Central Asia?
Analysis

How Can India-Pakistan War Impact Central Asia?

Saturday 10 May 2025 ،
Al-Qaeda), ISIS could sieze the war opportunity to expand its presence in the region. Economic consequences will also be seen in the form of delays in development projects such as the Trans-Afghan Railway, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, and the CASA-1000 renewable ...

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