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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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Unlike Govt., People Think Hezbollah Weapons Source of Security
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Unlike Govt., People Think Hezbollah Weapons Source of Security

Monday 8 September 2025
Druze (59.3 percent) and Maronites (44.5 percent). When asked if Hezbollah might hand over its weapons without real guarantees, 81.4 percent of respondents stated it would not do so unless such assurances were secured first. Since, according to a government-approved resolution, the army is responsi ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
Druze and moving close to the Kurds as part of a campaign to weaken the central Syrian government and split the country. So, striking the Turkish forces or Ankara allies in Syria by Israel is a high possibility, especially that Tel Aviv conducted an operation in Syria simultaneous with its Doha atta ...
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Israel Intensifies Strikes in Syria as HTS Targets Minorities
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Israel Intensifies Strikes in Syria as HTS Targets Minorities

Wednesday 29 October 2025 ،
Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes in July killed hundreds amid reports of HTS-led summary executions. In Homs, unknown militants killed Alawite teacher Raham Nizar Hamouda by throwing grenades into her home, following a pattern of attacks on religious minorities. The situation reflects Syria’ ...
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Hopes and Fears as Syria’s Al-Jolani Visits US
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Hopes and Fears as Syria’s Al-Jolani Visits US

Sunday 9 November 2025 ،
Druze minorities over the past 11 months, with approximately 100 more abducted or forcibly disappeared. These figures confirm that the terrorist and violent structures within the Damascus governance remain firmly in place, indicating no significant shift in the behavior of the interim government und ...
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Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule
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Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule

Wednesday 26 November 2025 ،
Druze, Kurds, Christians, Sunnis, and other minorities have historically coexisted in a delicate balance. Each group has held a stake in the social, political, and economic fabric, and maintaining this demographic tapestry has been key to social stability and preventing sectarian or ethnic conflict. ...
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Syria’s Beit Jinn Revolt a Clear Message to Tel Aviv, Al-Jolani Govt.
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Syria’s Beit Jinn Revolt a Clear Message to Tel Aviv, Al-Jolani Govt.

Saturday 29 November 2025 ،
Druze communities during internal conflicts in southern Syria, the Israeli military intervened. Its objective was to establish an Israeli-controlled corridor stretching from the Golan Heights to the predominantly Druze city of Suwayda. Now the Israelis have practically divided southern Syria into t ...
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Israel Eyes Expanded Offensive in Syria After Occupation Forces Are Injured
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Israel Eyes Expanded Offensive in Syria After Occupation Forces Are Injured

Saturday 29 November 2025 ،
Druze community in southern Syria are linked to Syrian intelligence services. However, it remains unclear how closely they are connected to HTS and whether Syrian authorities are aware of their actions. On Friday, Israeli forces carried out helicopter and drone strikes on Beit Jinn near Damascus af ...
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?

Tuesday 2 December 2025 ،
Druze minority in Syria at the hand of the al-Jolani’s loyalists, Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan warned that the Kurds should not see their security guaranteed. However this warning backfired and the Kurds of Syria showed a stronger will to maintain their defenses when they saw the fate of the ...
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Pope’s Lebanon Visit Puts a Heavy ’Divine Responsibility’ on the Religious Leader
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Pope’s Lebanon Visit Puts a Heavy ’Divine Responsibility’ on the Religious Leader

Wednesday 3 December 2025 ،
Druze, and the shadow of threat on Lebanon is looming seriously in the days to come. Lebanon is the country with the largest Christian population, as it hosts over 1 million Syrian and Palestinian refugees. In a land where religions and cultures coexisted for centuries, airstrike sirens now drown o ...
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule

Thursday 4 December 2025 ،
Druze to Alawites, have been a constant feature in reports on the conduct of militias under al-Jolani and Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS). Compounding this, the ongoing Israeli occupation, expanding daily without effective counteraction from Jolani, has cast serious public doubt on the new ruling body&r ...

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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.