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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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Netanyahu Grows Uneasy as Trump Alters Policies
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Netanyahu Grows Uneasy as Trump Alters Policies

Sunday 25 May 2025
Damascus—moves Israel views as dangerous, especially given its ongoing military presence near the Syrian frontier and efforts to isolate the regime diplomatically. Further divergence emerged with the US-brokered ceasefire in Yemen, reached without Israeli input despite continued attacks on Is ...
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
Damascus leaders, in new significant developments, recent stances by the American officials have unveiled new aspects of relations and behind-the-scenes game between al-Jolani and Washington and, indeed, the Israeli regime.  On the one hand, in recent days, former US ambassador to Syria Robert ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s Secret Deals with Tel Aviv?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s Secret Deals with Tel Aviv?

Sunday 1 June 2025 ،
Damascus normalization with Israel. Alwaght- While the Israeli crimes in Gaza have caused a global backlash and many countries have ostracized the Israeli regime from the world community, the interim Syrian government led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, ...
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
Damascus in December has changed many of the calculations in the region. The changes have been so drastic that over the past two months, American officials have paid several visits to Syria and met with officials from government of interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa. Jonathan Bass, the promine ...
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region

Saturday 7 June 2025 ،
Damascus. Although many prominent non-Syrian figures were openly promoted to senior military and security positions after capture of Damascus by the HTS and its allies in December, the new regime under al-Jolani, officially named Ahmad al-Sharaa, has consistently avoided transparency on the matter. ...
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
Damascus province, 62 from Damascus suburbs, 242 from Homs, 129 from Hama, 65 from Latakia, 47 from Aleppo, 64 from Tartus, 15 from Idlib, 3 from Sweida, 28 from Daraa, and 5 from Deir Ez-Ezor. Kidnapping of women  At the same time, The Cradle website in a report shed light on kidnapping of A ...
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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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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.