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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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Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo

Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo

Thursday 5 December 2024
Erdogan has been seeking to normalize relations with Syria for three years in order to overcome some of Turkey’s economic challenges in recent years. Discontentment with Erdogan’s economic management led to a decline in public support for his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in recen ...
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Iraq, the Resistance Camp’s Trump Card in Rejuvenated Syria Conflict

Iraq, the Resistance Camp’s Trump Card in Rejuvenated Syria Conflict

Saturday 7 December 2024 ،
Erdogan, who plays a key role in providing weapons and logistics to the armed opposition and terrorist groups in Idlib, al-Sudani explicitly emphasized that Iraq would not simply be a bystander to the dangerous events in Syria. Iraq's determining role in Syrian developments Iraq's territor ...
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Astana Format Meeting in Doha Heavily Overshadowed by Turkish Betrayal

Astana Format Meeting in Doha Heavily Overshadowed by Turkish Betrayal

Saturday 7 December 2024 ،
Erdogan not to fall into the trap of the West for the second time, because given the inflamed situation in the region, the insecurity in Syria will make the situation worse than it already is. In this connection, Hassan Hanizadeh, an Iranian expert of West Asia political affairs, told Alwaght that ...
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Friends or Foes? Syria Armed Rebels a Double-edged Sword for Israel

Friends or Foes? Syria Armed Rebels a Double-edged Sword for Israel

Tuesday 10 December 2024 ،
Erdogan government. Secular armed groups: The main secular armed groups are composed of former soldiers and members of the Syrian army who, in 2011, defected from al-Assad's army and announced the establishment of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). This group has very close ties to Turkey and its mili ...
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Turkey Knew of the Militants’ Plan to Oust Assad Six Months Ago

Turkey Knew of the Militants’ Plan to Oust Assad Six Months Ago

Monday 9 December 2024 ،
Erdogan had tried to engage with Assad in the months leading up to the offensive, adding that Ankara knew something was coming. However, Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz denied that Ankara was behind the offensive or had given its consent. A Turkish official also stated that Hayat Tahrir ...
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New Syria: Permanent or Temporary Victory for Erdogan?

New Syria: Permanent or Temporary Victory for Erdogan?

Wednesday 11 December 2024 ،
Erdogan who has achieved his dream in Syria after 13 years, because he has been given an exceptional opportunity to save himself from the political and security dilemma in which he was caught. In his speech after the fall of Damascus, the Turkish leader said that the dark era in Syria is over and t ...
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Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism in Post-Assad Syria Stirring Regional Worry

Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism in Post-Assad Syria Stirring Regional Worry

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Erdogan sees himself the champion of the Syrian developments and some Western countries and the US have sent messages to the armed rebels via Ankara. Among regional countries, the views to Turkish actions are various. Contrary to Turkey's triumphant view of developments in Syria, other Arab and ...
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HTS not Second Taliban, Air Corridor Transfered Terrorists from Afghanistan to Syria: Expert

HTS not Second Taliban, Air Corridor Transfered Terrorists from Afghanistan to Syria: Expert

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Erdogan both played a direct role in providing training, logistics, weapons, intelligence, and combat support to the terrorist factions of the HTS, and they also transferred terrorist elements in Afghanistan and Pakistan for Syria offensive, with the planning of the US and Britain. However, it is no ...
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Golan-Euphrates Corridor: Tel Aviv’s Big Leap to ’Greater Israel’ Project

Golan-Euphrates Corridor: Tel Aviv’s Big Leap to ’Greater Israel’ Project

Thursday 19 December 2024 ،
Erdogan said that Israel might attack Turkey after Gaza and Lebanon. Although it was not clear what he meant, he was probably referring to Israel’s possible support for Kurdish militias operating in Syria. Fourth, Russia’s presence in Syria may be another obstacle to the creation of thi ...
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Tahrir Al-Sham, the New US Infantry in Syria

Tahrir Al-Sham, the New US Infantry in Syria

Sunday 22 December 2024 ،
Erdogan, who these days plays as the main winner of the developments in Syria, has repeatedly threatened terrorist groups in northern Syria that he will soon destroy them and in his recent remarks he also said that he will not leave Syria alone in the fight against ISIS and the Kurds. Therefore, giv ...

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