Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Editor's Choice

News

Most Viewed

Day Week Month

In Focus

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
New node

New node

Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

alwaght.net
Will US Send 50,000 Troops to Syria?
Analysis

Will US Send 50,000 Troops to Syria?

Tuesday 18 April 2017
Al-Shaddadah- dose not serves US strategic interests in the region as washington operates an airbase of its own in Turkey, a key ally and NATO member and Jordan, another neighbor of Syria, also hosts US forces in a military base. The same is true about the Israeli regime, leading US ally in the regi ...
alwaght.net
Russia Voices Concern Amid Reports of US Training Terrorists in Syria
News

Russia Voices Concern Amid Reports of US Training Terrorists in Syria

Monday 25 December 2017 ،
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed concern over reports that the United States is training former members of terrorist groups in Syria. Alwaght- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed concern over reports that the United States is training former members of terrorist ...
alwaght.net
Evidence Shows US Training ISIS Terrorists in Its Syrian Bases: Russia
News

Evidence Shows US Training ISIS Terrorists in Its Syrian Bases: Russia

Wednesday 27 December 2017 ،
Head of Russia’s General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, blamed the US for hosting training camps for terrorists, including former ISIS fighters who fled from Raqqa. Alwaght- Head of Russia’s General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, blamed the US for hosting training camps for terrorists, including former IS ...
alwaght.net
US Army Bases in Syria Hosting Ex-ISIS Terrorists: Russian General
News

US Army Bases in Syria Hosting Ex-ISIS Terrorists: Russian General

Wednesday 27 December 2017 ،
Al-Shaddadah in Al-Hasakah province, as a training camp for the remnants of ISIS terrorist group, including those evacuated from Raqqa, and other militants. “This is essentially ISIS,” Gerasimov said. “They change their colors, take different names – the 'New S ...

Gallery

Photo

Film

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution