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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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With Turkey-PKK Peace Faltering, Northern Syria Conflict Growing More Likely
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With Turkey-PKK Peace Faltering, Northern Syria Conflict Growing More Likely

Wednesday 17 December 2025
Damascus amassing forces on the northern Syria borders and adopting a more aggressive discourse.  It seems that the peace process, which took a new breath with an order from PKK’s imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan for ceasefire and relative disarming in northern Iraq, is now running into ...
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With West Doubtful of Him, Can Al-Sharaa End Syria Chaotic Situation?
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With West Doubtful of Him, Can Al-Sharaa End Syria Chaotic Situation?

Wednesday 17 December 2025 ،
Damascus and even attempting to reignite an ISIS-style insurgency from within the prison walls. Furthermore, after a year in power, the new Syrian government still does not fully control all territories. This persistent instability raises the alarming likelihood of terror enclaves and cantons re-fo ...
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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground
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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground

Friday 26 December 2025 ،
Damascus’ security and military apparatus that our forces targeted Aleppo neighborhoods.” In a statement, the SDF Media Center said responsibility lay with “splinter factions affiliated with the Damascus government,” accusing them of having, for four months, besieged Sheikh ...
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
Damascus structure since late 2024. In addition, airbases at Al-Khadim in eastern Libya, Al-Jufra in the center of the country, Brak al-Shati near Sabha, and Al-Qardabiyah south of Sirte form a dispersed yet interconnected network. This network enables Russia to establish a resilient logistical cor ...
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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?
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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?

Wednesday 31 December 2025 ،
Damascus relations were revived to an unprecedented degree. The relationship even transcended the diplomatic level, with the Turkish president and his Syrian counterpart developing an extensive personal friendship, so much so that in 2009, the two men and their families chose Bodrum, Turkey, for a j ...
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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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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.