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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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Four Drivers Behind Turkey Reviewing Decade-long Syria Policy

Four Drivers Behind Turkey Reviewing Decade-long Syria Policy

Tuesday 7 September 2021
Daraa and a new roadmap, he continued.  But why is Erdogan putting aside decade-long hostility to Syria?  Syria battleground and political equations: The most important driver is Damascus anti-terror triumphs. Since 2016, Syria began to regain territories lost to foreign-backed terr ...
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Bloodless Peace: An Emerging Mechanism to End Syria Crisis

Bloodless Peace: An Emerging Mechanism to End Syria Crisis

Thursday 16 September 2021 ،
Daraa province south of Syria. Damascus, mediated by Russia, managed to strike a deal with tribal leaders inside the town according to which the armed groups should hand over all their weapons to the Syrian army and the town to the government. According to media reports, as soon as the Syrian army e ...
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What’s New US Plot for Syria?

What’s New US Plot for Syria?

Saturday 25 September 2021 ،
Daraa in the south and Homs in the north of Damascus. Clashes with Tahrir Al-Sham also took place in Idlib. The new confrontations show that the terrorists and their sponsors are active again in Syria.  The terrorists put their largest focus on Daraa to foil the central governments and Russian ...
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Re-embracing Damascus: What Does Syrian Delegation’s Jordan Visit Mean?

Re-embracing Damascus: What Does Syrian Delegation’s Jordan Visit Mean?

Saturday 2 October 2021 ،
Daraa. Although relations between the two countries were never completely severed, due to the proximity of the policies of Syria's southern neighbor to the Persian Gulf countries and the US, their ties were strained. Even in 2014, Jordan expelled the Syrian ambassador to Amman Behjat Suleiman. A ...
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Bloodless Peace Formula: How Is Syrian Government Advancing Reconciliation Nationwide?

Bloodless Peace Formula: How Is Syrian Government Advancing Reconciliation Nationwide?

Monday 29 November 2021 ،
Daraa on September 13 together with the Russian military police forces. The army entry followed Russian-mediated talks between central government and the tribal leaders in the town that led to an agreement according to which the armed groups hand over their arms to the army and the town's contro ...
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Four Outcomes of Syrian National Reconciliation Process

Four Outcomes of Syrian National Reconciliation Process

Saturday 15 January 2022 ،
Daraa province of Syrian army and Russian military police forces on September 13 last year.  The process of national reconciliation was a direct result of the amnesty decree of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on May 2, 2021. About seven months ago, al-Assad issued a general amnesty order for ...
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Syria’s Daraa Under Govt. Focus, Army Preparing for Full Recapture Operation

Syria’s Daraa Under Govt. Focus, Army Preparing for Full Recapture Operation

Wednesday 3 May 2023 ،
Daraa to cleans the city of terrorists and drugs cartels. Alwaght- Though war in Syria has ended over the past few years and the government re-exerted sovereignty over a majority of territories it initially lost to terrorists, there are some parts of the country, including Daraa suburbs in the south ...
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What’s behind Syrian Opposition’s New Military Council?

What’s behind Syrian Opposition’s New Military Council?

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
Daraa city as cradle of protests, the city of Nasib on the border with Jordan, the city of Yeduda in the western suburbs of Daraa, Salma town in the mountains of Latakia, and even in the Kurdish-controlled Al-Shadadi city in Hasaka.  Addressing the Syrians, the statement refers to the millions ...
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HTS Secret Contacts with Coalition: Will Idlib-based Terror Group Get US as New Boss?

HTS Secret Contacts with Coalition: Will Idlib-based Terror Group Get US as New Boss?

Monday 21 August 2023 ،
Daraa while al-Julani also took Idlib as his new residence. After the agreements signed between the two individuals in 2018, al-Qahtani also moved to Idlib to help manage the terrorist front together, but it seems that the old wound has reopened.  US footprints in Idlib developments  Alt ...
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US, Israeli Hands behind Recent Syria Protests: Expert

US, Israeli Hands behind Recent Syria Protests: Expert

Tuesday 29 August 2023 ،
Daraa as the residents protest rising living costs, some media made speculations about a new round of tensions and crisis in the Arab country.  To discuss aspects of this important development, Alwaght talked to West Asia affairs expert Jaafar Ghanadbashi.  Alwaght: What are the main rea ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies