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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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Al-Sharaa Reportedly Held Private Talks with Israeli Officials on UAE Soil
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Al-Sharaa Reportedly Held Private Talks with Israeli Officials on UAE Soil

Wednesday 2 July 2025
Damascus’ deliberate move away from the resistance bloc ALWAGHT- The covert talks between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Israeli intelligence, backed by the UAE and brokered by associates of Trump, culminating in the removal of US sanctions despite allegations of massacres, reflect Damascus&rs ...
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry

Thursday 3 July 2025 ،
Damascus and Tel Aviv is as easy as the media propaganda shows. After fall of the government of Bashar al-Assad earlier in December, the Israeli regime in a provocative manner waged a war on Syria in the form of bombing military sites inside the Arab country. The new Syrian government did not react ...
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?

Tuesday 8 July 2025 ،
Damascus the Iraqi politicians and public opinion panicked, now we should not imagine that the apparent formation of a new government and the support of regional and Western countries for Abu Mohammad al-Jolani in Syria and his gang mean the removal of Syrian threat to the stability of Iraq. Report ...
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
Damascus government led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani can reach an agreement to resolve their differences and integrate the Kurds into the new Syrian armed forces. Otherwise, peace prospects will remain dim and risky. Historical experience has shown that in West Asia, even ending one crisis can produce ...
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Al-Sharaa’s Azerbaijan Visit Suggests Anti-Iranian Bloc in the Making
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Al-Sharaa’s Azerbaijan Visit Suggests Anti-Iranian Bloc in the Making

Monday 14 July 2025 ،
Damascus that it is capable of helping to revive Syrian energy sector. According to the Middle East Eye, al-Jolani in his meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev tried to persuade him for presence of the Azerbaijani state oil company, SOCAR, in the eastern Syria oil projects. Since taking ...
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
Damascus for the past three days. The clashes began after the kidnapping of a Druze vendor and escalated into a battle between the Druze, Bedouin tribes, and the Syrian army, and Israel’s intervention in this internal Syrian issue further compounded the situation. Sami al-Ramah, a retired Leb ...
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Israel Strikes Military Headquarters in Damascus
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Israel Strikes Military Headquarters in Damascus

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
Damascus, Syria ALWAGHT- The Israeli military has bombed a military command center located in Damascus, Syria. Tensions between Israel and Syria escalated on Wednesday after Israeli forces launched drone strikes on the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus, reportedly killing one person and injuri ...
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As Syria Sinks in Crisis again, Re-embracing Spirit of Resistance Looks Only Working Choice
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As Syria Sinks in Crisis again, Re-embracing Spirit of Resistance Looks Only Working Choice

Sunday 20 July 2025 ،
Damascus to stabilize Syria and rebuild it after a decade of civil war under a “democratic government” and “breaking the international isolation of Syria” with the help of some Arab countries and Turkey very soon vanished. After the bloody suppression of the Alawite minority ...
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Israel and Syria Reach Ceasefire Agreement to End Hostilities
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Israel and Syria Reach Ceasefire Agreement to End Hostilities

Saturday 19 July 2025 ،
Damascus and HTS forces in Suwayda, killing at least three people and injuring dozens. Israel claimed the attacks were aimed at protecting the Druze minority amid ethnically driven violence. Despite the ceasefire agreement—brokered with help from the US, Turkey, and Arab nations—some Be ...
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Why’s Syria not Settling Down?
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Why’s Syria not Settling Down?

Saturday 26 July 2025 ،
Damascus government in recent months has eroded, as locals grow increasingly angry over the killing of loved ones by pro-government elements. One Druze man told Al Jazeera after his uncle’s death that he would rather “die with dignity” than join the new Syrian government. Al-Shara ...

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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.