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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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Anti-Turkish Security Dilemma in Eastern Mediterranean
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Anti-Turkish Security Dilemma in Eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday 23 December 2025
Ankara’s vocal support for Palestine and its push to expand influence in Syria have placed it at odds with Israel, escalating tensions that now stretch well beyond the West Asia’s borders. Countering Turkish energy policies in the Mediterranean The expansion of the Israeli regime&rsqu ...
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Iran Expresses Condolences to Libya After Plane Crash Kills Army Chief
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Iran Expresses Condolences to Libya After Plane Crash Kills Army Chief

Wednesday 24 December 2025 ،
Ankara shortly after takeoff, killing all eight people on board, including four senior Libyan military officials and three crew members. Initial reports suggest the aircraft experienced an electrical malfunction and attempted to return to the airport before losing contact with air traffic control. T ...
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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground
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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground

Friday 26 December 2025 ،
Ankara’s patience was wearing thin, and openly alluded to the military option if the deadlock persists. At the same time, the Julani government is trying to project that it is not acting under Turkish pressure. The spokesperson for Syria’s interim Interior Ministry, Nour al-Din Baba, sa ...
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy

Saturday 27 December 2025 ،
Ankara is unwilling to accept classic compromise logic. Instead, it insists on grounding political solutions in the facts on the ground. With recent activities by the Israeli regime and its deepening alliance with Cyprus and Greece, Fidan’s role in this case is expected to become even more act ...
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
Ankara hosted Saddam Haftar, and in August, the Turkish Navy also docked at both Tripoli and Benghazi. Overall, southern Libya has become the new Russia strategic platform because it simultaneously provides Moscow with multiple key benefits: Its distance from center of global attention, access to A ...
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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?
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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?

Wednesday 31 December 2025 ،
Ankara could feel comfortable about its southern borders forever and make Syria a platform for projecting its new regional power in West Asia. This is why last year at this time, Erdogan and his Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan were overjoyed by what they imagined was a strategic victory in the Levant. ...
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Dark Israeli-Syrian Security Negotiations Outlook
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Dark Israeli-Syrian Security Negotiations Outlook

Tuesday 6 January 2026 ،
Ankara's expanding foothold in Syria. Tel Aviv has previously demonstrated, through targeted attacks on Turkish positions, that it does not tolerate presence of Turks near the occupied territories and aims to prevent the establishment or expansion of Turkish military bases on Syrian soil. Theref ...
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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara
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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara

Wednesday 7 January 2026 ،
Ankara incursion into northern regions, Washington's diplomacy has so far borne no fruits. Barrack had earlier warned the Kurds that if they fail to agree with Damascus by end of December, alternative options could be put on the table. However, Washington officials have not commented in this reg ...
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.

Friday 23 January 2026 ،
Ankara threatened military action if the Kurds failed to adhere to the agreement by the end-of-2025 deadline, opening another front against Kurdish forces. However, nearly a year after the pact was inked, it remains unimplemented due to profound disagreements between the Kurds and the al-Jolani gov ...
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back

Monday 26 January 2026 ،
Ankara is active in eastern Syria conflict. He further threatened that after Hasakah, Turkey will chase PKK group in Iraq's Sinjar Mountains of Mosul.  Although Turkey’s primary objective along its southern borders is the elimination of Kurdish armed groups, a more strategic motive u ...

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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.