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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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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?

Tuesday 15 April 2025
HTS), the group has not yet gained international legitimacy and even recurrent rights violations and deadly crackdowns of opponents have deepened the distrust in the al-Jolani’s grandiose promises for post-Assad era.  Despite Arab support for the new Syrian regime, most Arab countries ha ...
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
HTS) in dealing with religious minorities and even limiting the weapons of the arbitrary Takfiri groups and confronting ISIS, to the extent that even Western countries opposed to the former government led by Bashar al-Assad still refuse to officially recognize the new regime. The legal arguments ar ...
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
HTS fighting in Iraq and Syria.  Also, amid invitation sent to al-Sharaa for Baghdad summit, Sabrin News of Iraq published documents of charges against the interim Syrian government. One of the documents released is a paper identifying al-Sharaa, signed as Amjad Mudhafar Hussein al-Nuaimi in T ...
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus

Tuesday 29 April 2025 ،
HTS) has even implicitly approved to meet new American demands, such as recognizing the US right to target specific individuals on Syrian soil, which means freedom of action for the US to conduct air operations in Syria. Other US conditions, media outlets reported, include the complete elimination ...
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UN Envoy Denounces Israeli Violations of Syria’s Sovereignty, Calls for Immediate Halt to Airstrikes
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UN Envoy Denounces Israeli Violations of Syria’s Sovereignty, Calls for Immediate Halt to Airstrikes

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
HTS) group, and to protect Syria's Druze minority amid rising sectarian violence. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria rejected Israel’s justification, warning that the attacks threaten Syria’s stability and risk deepening divisions among its communities. Israel has also been expan ...
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Israel and HTS: Two Blades of the Same Sword Tearing Apart Syria
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Israel and HTS: Two Blades of the Same Sword Tearing Apart Syria

Monday 5 May 2025 ،
HTS cracks down on the minorities like Druze, Israel finds the opportunity ripe for intervention and evil scenarios in Syria. Alwaght- Despite diplomatic efforts, clashes between the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and Druze minority of Syria still unfold and the dialogue and local mediation have so far ...
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
HTS) and Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani— a policy that is fully in line with a carefully crafted plan of tightening the grip on power amid destabilizing crises and the dangers ahead in the shadow of slim levels of internal and international legitimac ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s Secret Deals with Tel Aviv?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s Secret Deals with Tel Aviv?

Sunday 1 June 2025 ،
HTS), the militant alliance that toppled al-Assad, expelled the leaders of Palestinian groups who had been living on Syrian soil for years, sending a message to Tel Aviv that a new chapter in relations between Syria and the regime was beginning. On the other hand, these direct meetings took place i ...
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region

Saturday 7 June 2025 ،
HTS) and the interim president of New Syria. The decision comes as many of these fighters have records of membership in such terror groups as ISIS, Al-Nusra Front, and extremist organizations. This report sheds light on the security repercussions of this decision and the US aims behind it. Foreign ...
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
HTS), which later last year seized the power from al-Assad government.  On the other hand, the widespread kidnappings and enslavement of Alawite women now being carried out by factions affiliated with the HTS is reminiscent of the enslavement of thousands of Yazidi women by ISIS terrorist grou ...

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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.