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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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Dark Israeli-Syrian Security Negotiations Outlook
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Dark Israeli-Syrian Security Negotiations Outlook

Tuesday 6 January 2026
Damascus and Tel Aviv emerged last June. Syrian and Hebrew media reported and confirmed the start of talks under the framework of the 1974 ceasefire agreement, noting that direct contacts had been established between the two sides. The first official round of negotiations was held in Baku, where dur ...
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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 ،
Damascus fails to provide adequate guarantees and privileges. Alwaght- While the US and Turkey earlier had set a deadline by end of 2025 for the Kurdish militias and interim Syrian government led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani to agree on a mechanism merging the Kurdish forces into the regular Syrian arm ...
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026 ،
Damascus and are planning an attack on Hasakah from five fronts. On the other side, Syrian army reported takeover of the prison, claiming that SDF forces were directly behind the ISIS inmates’ escape. Recent developments have heightened the likelihood of a resurgence of terrorist elements and ...
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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 ،
Damascus, which declared its full readiness to cooperate with the US on advancing White House regional policies, particularly ensuring the security of the Israeli regime and confronting the Iran-led Axis of Resistance, fundamentally altered Washington's plans for Syria. American policy pivoted t ...
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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 ،
Damascus systematically continues its deployment of forces and military equipment and escalates its battleground movement in Jazira and Kobani, two Kurdish cantons in the north. The statement added that monitoring the deployment of forces and military vehicles shows a clear determination for escalat ...
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated

Friday 27 February 2026 ،
Damascus and the Kurdish militias to adhere by the deal that is positive for enhancing Syrian security and stability. The meeting also addressed the escalation of tensions between Tehran and Washington. The Iraqi Foreign Minister pointed to the danger of any potential war and its consequences for t ...
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Are Lebanon-Israel Talks a Lebanese Civil War Trigger?
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Are Lebanon-Israel Talks a Lebanese Civil War Trigger?

Thursday 16 April 2026 ،
Damascus. Since the government of Netanyahu is aspring to form Greater Israel, occupation of southern Lebanon is part of its agenda. Israel is seeking to agitate a civil war to put popular strain on Hezbollah for the final goal of disarming. Currently, there is a kind of consensus between the Arab ...
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Iran Issues Strong Condemnation of Terrorist Attack in Syria
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Iran Issues Strong Condemnation of Terrorist Attack in Syria

Saturday 2 May 2026 ،
Damascus’s Sayyida Zainab district ALWAGHT- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the terrorist attack in Damascus's Sayyida Zainab district that resulted in the martyrdom of Farhan Hassan al-Mansour, the Friday prayers preacher at the Sayyida Zainab (SA) Shrine. Iran's Foreig ...
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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?
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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
Damascus and held talks with its interim President Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, officially called Ahmad al-Sharaa, grabbing attention of the political and media circles at home and in the region.  Although the Lebanese delegation has officially framed the trip as a push for joint cooperation on eco ...
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
Damascus out of regional strife. 3. International aspects: blackmailing the West by threatening to look East Al-Sharaa tries to remind the West that look East option is still an option for Damascus. In a recent phone conversation with Trump, Al-Sharaa called for Washington to speed up sanctions re ...

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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.