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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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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust
Analysis

Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust

Wednesday 12 March 2025
ISIS terrorist group and back efforts and regional and international formats. But there are various readings of terrorism, especially among Syria neighbors.  Turkey only considers the Syrian Kurdish groups to be a clear example of terrorists that must be dismantled, but it does not have such a ...
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
Analysis

Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group in 2014 following a fatwa by grand Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani of Iraq. This analysis sheds light on the motivation behind this US demand, the PMF role in neutralizing the US plots in Iraq and the region, and the possible ramifications of dissolution of this ef ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
Report

Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
ISIS terrorists. However, at the time, these two Russian diplomats stressed that they had no plans to recognize the Taliban. Kabulov, who attended all the Moscow Format meetings before and after the fall of the Kabul government, raised Russia's expectations for recognizing the group at the first ...
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?
Analysis

Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group in Syria, political forces have labeled the move as an uncalculated adventure.  The negative attitude towards the Iraqi government's hasty closeness to the new Syrian regime is not limited to the pro-resistsnce political factions, and even the Sadequn faction close to ...
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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 ،
ISIS terrorists and their families.  The US State Department had previously outlined its list of conditions for the resumption of some sanctions waivers for Syria. These include those imposed under the Caesar Act in 2019, as well as an extension of the General Authorization 24, which allows fo ...
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
Analysis

Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
ISIS terrorists in 2014, the PKK broadened its presence to Sinjar, Makhmour, Zummar, and Kirkuk to protect the Yazidi minority and Kurds, expanding its areas of activity to over 4,000 square kilometers.  The most prominent PKK bases in Iraq include the Qandil Mountains, the Sidiqan and Soran r ...
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?
Report

From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group during the 2014 genocide in Sinjar, Iraq. Terrorists in commander posts  The HTS-led new security forces of Syria have integrated in the new security structure of the country radical armed groups like Uyghurs of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) and Syrian Turkmen from th ...
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?
Paper

What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?

Tuesday 8 July 2025 ،
ISIS rise and the takfiri attack from Syria on Iraq in 2014, and the proof of the involvement of the US and its allies in this plot, clearly proved that the security and stability of Iraq are tied to the situation in Syria. Just as in the early days of the seizure power by the militant groups led by ...
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms
Analysis

Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
ISIS terrorists. Therefore, this clash of views poses a serious challenge to any possible peace process between the Kurds and Turkey. While Turkey insists on the complete elimination of the armed structures of the PKK in Syria, the Syrian Kurdish leaders are not willing to accept such preconditions ...
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Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon
Analysis

Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon

Tuesday 22 July 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group, but also, by using their broad social base and the support of Shiite political movements, they managed to build a stable position in the Iraqi security structure, and their affiliated groups have been influential in parliamentary elections and the process of forming governments ...

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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.