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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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Syrian Militia Forces Attack Turkish Base in Hatay: Report
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Syrian Militia Forces Attack Turkish Base in Hatay: Report

Sunday 18 February 2018
Hatay, killing 7 terrorists including Turkish soldiers, in addition to a large number of wounded. On January 20, Turkish military along with the Ankara-backed Syrian militant group Free Syrian Army launched the so-called Operation Olive Branch against Kurdish militia forces in Syria's Afrin dis ...
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What US, Turkey Really Want in Northern Syria
Analysis

What US, Turkey Really Want in Northern Syria

Sunday 4 March 2018 ،
Hatay province and in neighbouring Gaziantep province. This could provide an opportunity for Syria and Russia to make key advances in Idlib. Clearly, Turkey has an overall strategic overall objective, which could be to connect Jarablus to Manbij, to Azaz, to Afrin, and then finally to Idlib. This w ...
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Turkey Sends Army Convoy to Idlib as Syria Prepares to Liberate Province from Militants
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Turkey Sends Army Convoy to Idlib as Syria Prepares to Liberate Province from Militants

Sunday 9 September 2018 ،
Hatay Province early on Sunday. According to the Lebanon-based news portal, the Turkish military convoy entered Syria through the Kafr Losen Crossing and was heading towards the militants front-lines in the Idlib and Hama provinces. The report came one day after Iran's Fars news agency, citing ...
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Direct Assad-Erdogan Talks: What Are Necessary Grounds?
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Direct Assad-Erdogan Talks: What Are Necessary Grounds?

Saturday 21 September 2019 ،
Hatay to its territory. Syria to date does not recognize Turkey’s occupation and holds its claim of territorial sovereignty over Hatay. The two countries are also at odds over the Turkish dam projects in the southeastern Anatolia region. Additionally, Turkey claims that Damascus supports the K ...
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Idlib Ground Of Erdogan Foreign Policy’s Grand Defeat
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Idlib Ground Of Erdogan Foreign Policy’s Grand Defeat

Sunday 23 February 2020 ،
Hatay province.   Despite the fact that Russia and Turkey held talks over the past few days and agreed on launching joint patrols within the framework of 2018 Sochi agreement reached between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the two sides ...
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What’s Behind Turkish Evacuation Of Base Around Syria’s Idlib?
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What’s Behind Turkish Evacuation Of Base Around Syria’s Idlib?

Thursday 5 November 2020 ،
Hatay province towards Idlib. The forces have set up a camp in Kokin village in Jabal Zawiya. So, there should be no anticipation of a large-scale retreat from Syria by Turkey. According to the Reuters news agency, Turkey keeps between10,000 to 15,000 troops in Syria’s northeast.  Erdoga ...
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Turkish Foreign Minister Thanks Iranian Government, Nation for Quake Aid
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Turkish Foreign Minister Thanks Iranian Government, Nation for Quake Aid

Sunday 19 February 2023 ،
Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazig, and Sanliurfa. More than 13 million people have been affected by the devastating quake. Thousands of international search and rescue personnel, including those from Iran, Pakistan and other Muslim countries, flew into Turkey after the quake hit so ...
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In Epicentre of Turkey Quakes, Survivors Indifferent to Upcoming Polls
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In Epicentre of Turkey Quakes, Survivors Indifferent to Upcoming Polls

Monday 8 May 2023 ،
Hatay province, to buy particleboard to repair houses, says the craftsman who now lives in a three-room hut that he built for his wife and two children after the quake. ‘The earthquake changed everything’ Funda Ozdilli has not been as lucky. The 36-year-old housewife lives in a tent &n ...
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Turkey Quake Survivors’ Latest Menace: Dust
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Turkey Quake Survivors’ Latest Menace: Dust

Sunday 16 July 2023 ،
Hatay province, devastated by the February 6 earthquake that killed more than 55,000 people and laid waste to parts of Turkey and Syria. We survived the earthquake but this dust will kill us, Michel Atik, founder and president of the Samandag Environmental Protection Association, said with a sigh. ...
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Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo
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Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo

Thursday 5 December 2024 ،
Hatay, and if the weapons and financial assistance from this route are blocked, the Syrian army can easily crush the takfiri terrorists and permanently dry up the roots of terrorism in the country. Turkish aims behind arming terrorists  Erdogan has been seeking to normalize relations with Syr ...

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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