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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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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities
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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities

Wednesday 25 December 2024
Israel, took different paths in foreign policy after collapse of their alliance. With the start of Syria crisis in 2011, Egypt took different stances towards the crisis in various times. Under Muslim Brotherhood-aligned President Mohamad Morsi, Cairo backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. Bu ...
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Syrian Future Looks Forward to the Rise of Resistance Youths
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Syrian Future Looks Forward to the Rise of Resistance Youths

Friday 27 December 2024 ،
Israelis have advanced to a few kilometers from Damascus and the Turkish army and its proxy forces are roaming rampant in the north, and the US has doubled its forces on Syrian soil?  When the Syrians see all of their military and defense wares and infrastructure are destroyed in Israeli airst ...
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Who Really Deserves to Be Person of the Year?
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Who Really Deserves to Be Person of the Year?

Saturday 28 December 2024 ،
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-Defense Minister Yoav Galan, the Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister, respectively, for war crimes and genocide in Gaza, they would have been more despicable figures to choose by any standard. When we talk about Gaza, we talk about the most d ...
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria

Monday 30 December 2024 ،
Israeli expansionism and Foreign-backed terrorist groups. Certainly, the elimination of the Alawites from the army will completely weaken Syria's defense capabilities. Therefore, the HTS's actions show that, contrary to its claims of being prepared to defend the Syrian territory, this group ...
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?

Wednesday 15 January 2025 ،
Israeli regime, which immediately seized large parts of Syrian territory beyond the occupied Golan Heights with the fall of al-Assad and has no intention of withdrawing from these areas. Israel’s interests lie in keeping Syria as weak, divided, and impoverished as possible, and to try to ensu ...
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?

Thursday 16 January 2025 ،
Israeli regime from the swamp is was sinking in. If it was not for the American help, Tel Aviv would have moved towards collapse. So, the US involvement shifted the equations and somehow changed the conditions in Israeli favor. The terrorist operations targeting Hezbollah and Hamas commanders and le ...
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of  Security and Military Partnership
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of Security and Military Partnership

Wednesday 22 January 2025 ،
Israeli regime’s aggression against Iran, as well as the recent operation by Pakistani security forces against elements of Jaish al-Adl terrorist group.  Bagheri said that Tehran has initiated fundamental measures to block the borders so that all travel between the two countries can be c ...
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Hamas Criticizes US for Redesignating Yemen’s Ansarullah as a ‘Terrorist’ Organization
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Hamas Criticizes US for Redesignating Yemen’s Ansarullah as a ‘Terrorist’ Organization

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
Israel bias. Hamas released a statement on Friday condemning the United States' decision as a retaliatory action against Yemenis for supporting Gaza during recent conflicts. The group accused the US of destabilizing the region by backing Israel, which it described as the true source of terrori ...
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UNRWA Ban: Why’s Israel Afraid of the Aid Agency?
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UNRWA Ban: Why’s Israel Afraid of the Aid Agency?

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
Israeli occupation as it documents Tel Aviv’s atrocities. Alwaght- After its failure on the battleground, Israel plans to up the pressures on Gaza civilians. The decision was revealed when the Israeli ambassador in the UN on Friday announced that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palest ...
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders

Sunday 2 February 2025 ،
Israeli pressures on Baghdad to dissolve the effective anti-terror voluntary force or at least full integration of it in the regular army.  Pressures and challenges  The Iraqi government is constantly under international and regional pressures to dissolve the PMF or integrate them into t ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures