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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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Tahrir Al-Sham, the New US Infantry in Syria
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Tahrir Al-Sham, the New US Infantry in Syria

Sunday 22 December 2024
Arab diplomats, Turkish, European, and lately American diplomats flew to Syria to hold their first meetings with Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Ahmad al-Sharaa, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, with the aim of assessing the group's plan for administration of Syria after fall o ...
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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities
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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities

Wednesday 25 December 2024 ،
Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 in their confrontation of Israel, took different paths in foreign policy after collapse of their alliance. With the start of Syria crisis in 2011, Egypt took different stances towards the crisis in various times. Under Muslim Brotherhood-aligned President Mohamad Mors ...
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Syrian Future Looks Forward to the Rise of Resistance Youths
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Syrian Future Looks Forward to the Rise of Resistance Youths

Friday 27 December 2024 ،
Arab world and West Asia is highly likely, can they trust the empty promises of supporters of the armed groups and old enemies of their country?  In recent days, in addition to protests of people who are concerned about the nature of the political system in the country under the HTS, in Quneit ...
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Who Really Deserves to Be Person of the Year?
Analysis

Who Really Deserves to Be Person of the Year?

Saturday 28 December 2024 ،
Arab media, as if tens of thousands of Palestinian women and children were not killed in the war.  This disregard of the mainstream media to Gaza catastrophe, which is driven by direct and indirect sway of radical religious Zionism over the world media outlets and politics, is a clear sign of ...
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China and Iran: From Economic Partnership to Strategic Alliance
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China and Iran: From Economic Partnership to Strategic Alliance

Saturday 28 December 2024 ،
Arabia or Russia. However, the strategy to avoid dependence on a particular country does not completely eliminate China's dependence on west Asia. Common political strategy  China attaches great importance to supporting Iran’s efforts to rebuild its power and status. China wants to ...
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria

Monday 30 December 2024 ،
Arab and Western media, by showing the leaders of the HTS in civilian clothes and ties, try to pretend that these people have forsaken their previous policies and approaches and in other words became civilized, the reality on the ground and the systematic brutal methods of assassination, humiliation ...
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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 ،
Arab markets in the Persian Gulf, Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Syria constitutes Turkey’s most important trade corridor, connecting it by land to the Arab world, its east and west, as well as Southeast Asia and Africa, especially after Turkey was excluded from the India-Middle East C ...
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Will Israeli Evil Dream for Palestine Come True?
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Will Israeli Evil Dream for Palestine Come True?

Wednesday 1 January 2025 ،
Arab world have also predicted that the new year will witness Israeli efforts to weaken Palestinian political activism globally. This Israeli effort will be made simultaneously on two fronts: Removing the Palestinian case from international priorities: This Israeli aim will be pursued by spreading ...
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?

Wednesday 15 January 2025 ،
Arab forces that they should not attack the Rojava region.” So the construction of the new military base is primarily a protective step by Washington against Ankara’s threats against Kurdish-held areas, and that the future state of relations between the Kurds and the new government is s ...
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Outlook of Ansarullah-Israel Confrontation after Gaza Ceasefire
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Outlook of Ansarullah-Israel Confrontation after Gaza Ceasefire

Monday 20 January 2025 ،
Arab sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf to destroy this movement have not yielded the necessary results, and with Israel's absence from the anti-Yemeni coalition, Ansarallah has become stronger every day than before, so Tel Aviv must individually lead the campaign against Yemen. Therefore, in recen ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures