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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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Israel’s First 2023 Attack on Syria Kills Two Soldiers, Injures Several More
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Israel’s First 2023 Attack on Syria Kills Two Soldiers, Injures Several More

Monday 2 January 2023
Faisal Mekdad strongly condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes, emphasizing that his country will definitely give a crushing response to such acts of aggression at some point in the future. Damascus will sooner or later respond to recurrent Israeli aggression, Syrian FM pledges “Our position ...
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Iran ‘Very Pleased’ by Thaw in Turkish-Syrian Ties: FM
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Iran ‘Very Pleased’ by Thaw in Turkish-Syrian Ties: FM

Wednesday 18 January 2023 ،
Faisal Mekdad in the upcoming period. The Turkish official had earlier suggested that he might meet his Syrian counterpart next month for talks aimed at setting up a historic summit between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Today, we emphasized that ...
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US Sanctions Prevent Delivery of Aids to Syria after Deadly Earthquake: FM
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US Sanctions Prevent Delivery of Aids to Syria after Deadly Earthquake: FM

Wednesday 8 February 2023 ،
Faisal Mekdad has highlighted the already war-torn country’s need for humanitarian assistance after the recent devastating earthquake, warning that the US sanctions have worsened the circumstances as the illegal bans have prevented the delivery of everything to the country. Alwaght- Syrian Foreign M ...
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Hezbollah Sends Aid Convoys to Quake-Hit Syria, Decries US-Led Sanctions
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Hezbollah Sends Aid Convoys to Quake-Hit Syria, Decries US-Led Sanctions

Wednesday 8 February 2023 ،
Faisal Mekdad has also highlighted Syria’s need for humanitarian assistance after the earthquake, warning that US sanctions have worsened the circumstances as the illegal bans have prevented the delivery of everything to the country.  “What exacerbated the tragedy and catastrophe w ...
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Syria Earthquake Victims’ Plight Compounded by US Sanctions
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Syria Earthquake Victims’ Plight Compounded by US Sanctions

Thursday 9 February 2023 ،
Faisal Mekdad held a meeting with representatives of UN agencies and its offices and also aid NGOs, telling them that the cruel US sanctions will broaden the aftermath of the disaster. At the same time, Middle East Council of Churches demanded the immediate lifting of the sanctions on Syria and allo ...
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Saudi Arabia to Invite Syrian President to Arab League Summit Next Month
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Saudi Arabia to Invite Syrian President to Arab League Summit Next Month

Monday 3 April 2023 ،
Faisal bin Farhan will travel to Damascus in coming weeks to hand Assad a formal invitation to attend the Arab League summit on May 19. One of the three sources, who were not named in the report, said discussions have been ongoing for more than a year over a list of demands from Saudi Arabia for th ...
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Arab Unity with Damascus Can Help End Israeli Adventures in Syria
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Arab Unity with Damascus Can Help End Israeli Adventures in Syria

Wednesday 5 April 2023 ،
Faisal Mekdad made first visit to Cairo since 2011 on Sunday. Also, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and al-Assad are to meet in the coming weeks, setting a prelude to the end of the differences between the two countries after 12 years. Actually, Egyptian officials are counting the minutes fo ...
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Saudi-Syrian Chilly Days Are Giving Place to Warm Ones
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Saudi-Syrian Chilly Days Are Giving Place to Warm Ones

Saturday 15 April 2023 ،
Faisal Mekdad visited Saudi Arabia at the invitation of his Saudi counterpart.  Mekdad met Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan in Jeddah. The two countries agreed in a joint statement to resume consular services and reopen embassies and flights after over a decade of diplomatic hiatus. Ac ...
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Jeddah Summit Final Push to Bring Syria Back to Arab League
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Jeddah Summit Final Push to Bring Syria Back to Arab League

Sunday 16 April 2023 ،
Faisal Mekdad on Thursday, which was an unprecedented diplomatic move in over a decade, Riyadh hosted a multiparty consular meeting.  The meeting was attended by foreign ministers of Persian Gulf monarchies, plus Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan on Friday and issued a statement on Saturday supporting s ...
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Moscow Four-party Meeting Signals Turkey-Syria Détente now at Advanced Stage
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Moscow Four-party Meeting Signals Turkey-Syria Détente now at Advanced Stage

Thursday 11 May 2023 ،
Faisal Mekdad attended the meeting to integrate the agreements reached in past meetings and find a solution to end the differences between Turkey and Syria. This meeting is a sequel to similar meetings and if successful, it can, to a large extent, pave the way for Turkish-Syrian détente.  ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution