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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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Turkey Attacks Syrian Al-Bab City
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Turkey Attacks Syrian Al-Bab City

Saturday 26 November 2016
Jarablus under the declared aim of removing ISIS terrorists from the city. In September, the Turkish forces occupied the city, which they said ISIS had left without resistance.
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Turkey Reemphasizes on No-Fly Zone in Syria
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Turkey Reemphasizes on No-Fly Zone in Syria

Tuesday 14 February 2017 ،
Jarablus in early weeks of the operation and the battle continues now to retake the town of al-Bab. Erdogan said Sunday that the full recapture of al-Bab was now a matter of time. Reports said Turkish troops and allied militants had reached the center of the town and they were pushing ahead into ot ...
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Erdogan’s Wild Claims against Iraqi Volunteer Forces
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Erdogan’s Wild Claims against Iraqi Volunteer Forces

Friday 21 April 2017 ،
Jarablus in Syria and that Turkey now is blocking the liberation of Mosul in Iraq by deploying Turkish troops into the Bashiqa district near the city of Mosul. High ranking Turkish officials, including Erdogan's son Bilal, have been accused of collaborating with terrorist groups in Syria, includ ...
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Kurds May Return Afrin to Syrian Govt amid Turkish Invasion Threats
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Kurds May Return Afrin to Syrian Govt amid Turkish Invasion Threats

Tuesday 11 July 2017 ،
Jarablus town and so foiled the Kurdish plans. Jarablus is located between Afrin and the other two Kurdish cantons. Afterwards, Turkey intended to progress eastward to take control of Manbij but declined to continue as it faced the US reluctance as well as Russian and Syrian opposition. Ankara has ...
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What’s Behind Turkey’s Kobani Offensive
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What’s Behind Turkey’s Kobani Offensive

Wednesday 2 August 2017 ،
Jarablus, a town lying on the western bank of the Euphrates River and just south of Syrian-Turkish borders. The Turkish army’s operation along with the allied Syrian opposition militants went on to west of Jarablus. The offensive concluded when they controlled Azaz and later Al-Bab town, 40 k ...
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What US, Turkey Really Want in Northern Syria
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What US, Turkey Really Want in Northern Syria

Sunday 4 March 2018 ،
Jarablus to Manbij, to Azaz, to Afrin, and then finally to Idlib. This would give Ankara enough strategic leverage to dictate any number of terms going forward. Critics have accused Turkey of micro-colonial designs, pointing out how in the Syrian border city of Jarablus, Turkey has already trained i ...
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Militants Evacuate Eastern Qalamoun under Deal with Govt.
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Militants Evacuate Eastern Qalamoun under Deal with Govt.

Saturday 21 April 2018 ،
Jarablus in Aleppo Province and the neighboring province of Idlib, which is the last major militant-held territory in Syria. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said buses had already entered East Qalamoun to transfer the militants and their family members out of the area. ...
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Doubts over Donald Trump’s Dramatic Account of Baghdadi Raid
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Doubts over Donald Trump’s Dramatic Account of Baghdadi Raid

Monday 28 October 2019 ،
Jarablus, in a coordinated operation between SDF intelligence and the US army,” the Syrian Democratic Forces commander, Mazloum Abdi, tweeted. American officials did not confirm the reports and it was unclear if the operation was pre-planned, or enabled by the material found in Baghdadi&rsquo ...
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Russian, Syrian Missile Strikes Target Militants Smuggling Oil to Turkey
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Russian, Syrian Missile Strikes Target Militants Smuggling Oil to Turkey

Sunday 7 March 2021 ،
Jarablus on Friday, sparking huge fires. The sources added that the missile strikes took place as Turkish-backed Takfiri terrorists were trying to smuggle hundreds of trucks loaded with oil across the Syrian-Turkish border. The fire spread to about 400 oil tankers, according to the  ...
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Ankara, Its New Colonialist Approach
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Ankara, Its New Colonialist Approach

Thursday 3 June 2021 ،
Jarablus in northern Aleppo province on December 24, 2016, as part of Operation Euphrates Shield. On January 20, 2018, the Turkish army occupied the canton of Afrin in northwestern Syria as part of Operation Olive Branch. In the third wave of its occupation, on October 9, 2019, the Turkish army laun ...

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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.