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In Focus
Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Assad government in Syria with the participation of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE and bringing to rule a former Al-Qaeda leader who is an opponent to the Axis of Resistance and a backer of Arab-Israeli normalization despite Syria once being a backbone of the anti-Israeli front, the Israeli-Ameri ...
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Historical Roots of Hezbollah Arming
Tuesday 12 August 2025
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Lack of powerful and efficient army in Lebanon
One of the reasons that brought Hezbollah up as an armed force to protect national security against foreign aggression was the lack of a cohesive and efficient army. The Israeli army was not only incapable of defending the country against the I ...
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
Saturday 16 August 2025
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Assad government in Syria, the Arab countries has been suffering from growing security crises and instability under the rule of the takfiri groups of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and the outlook of security in this country is shrouded in mystery in the shadow of Israeli military intervention and the r ...
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Does the US Plan to Stay in Iraq under "Security Partnership" Guise?
Wednesday 20 August 2025
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Assad air base in west of the country to move them to an Erbil base.
Sources with knowledge of the matter told Asharq Al-Awsat that the ongoing changes do not mean a departure from the US-Iraq agreement reached in September 2024. The agreement foresees the withdrawal of several hundred US tro ...
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US Redefining its Iraq Military Presence, Full Withdrawal Uncertain: Expert
Saturday 6 September 2025
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Assad military base and Baghdad Airport to Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Currently, 2,500 military forces are in Iraq mainly serving under mission of cooperation with the Iraqi and Kurdish forces to fight ISIS remnants and training Iraqi forces.
According to to a security pact b ...
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises
Sunday 7 September 2025
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Assad the hope of some Syrians for economic improvement was high, Syria began to grapple with extensive challenges soon enough. Threats to its territory, foreign intervention, tensions, and ethnic-sectarian violence have their heavy shadow on the economy and on the nation's bumpy road to economi ...
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?
Saturday 13 September 2025
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Assad government and the rise of a Western-aligned administration led by figures like Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, illustrate that for the Israeli government, no clear boundary limits its military campaigns. Even if a figure amenable to normalization we ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
Tuesday 16 September 2025
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Assad government, tensions have been growing between Ankara and Tel Aviv. Turkey has been supporting the new Syrian government and expanding its its influence in the neighboring Syria in various areas, including militarily. While it stresses respecting Syrian territorial integrity and security of it ...
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Tuesday 23 September 2025
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Assad. He amassed thousands of fighters, rejected ISIS’s merger, pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda, and was subsequently sanctioned by the US and the UN as an international terrorist.
After the fall of Assad’s government and Jolani’s consolidation of power in Syria, the US revoked th ...
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Syria Elections: Al-Jolani Introducing Caliphate Rule
Sunday 5 October 2025
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Assad and assumption of power by armed militias, Syria is holding its first parliamentary election that is leveraged by the new rulers of Damascus to win legitimacy.
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