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- HTS Executes Syrians While Simultaneously Filming the Violence
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- US Calls on Lebanon to Dismantle Hezbollah Ahead of Israeli Withdrawal
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain? The 12-day war exposed the American and Israeli vulnerability to protracted missile strikes.
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Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon Syria is sinking in chaos as it forsook its historical resistance identity and this sends warnings to Iraq and Lebanon.
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem stated that the Lebanese resistance will never agree to surrender its weapons to IsraelIsraeli Crimes Must Be Stopped—These Are the Nazis of Our Time, Says Qalibaf Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf denounced the Zionist regime’s brutal actions in Gaza and its aggression toward Iran
HTS Executes Syrians While Simultaneously Filming the Violence Disturbing videos shared on social media show armed members of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) brutally executing unarmed Druze civilians
US Calls on Lebanon to Dismantle Hezbollah Ahead of Israeli Withdrawal The United States has reportedly placed significant pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah
Iran Seeks Closer Bilateral Ties, Araghchi Says in Meeting with Tajik President Iran is determined to expand ties with Tajikistan in diplomatic, economic, cultural, and other areas by drawing on shared values and interests
Leader: The 12-Day War Highlighted the Islamic Republic’s Unmatched Resilience Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, stated that the recent 12-day war showcased the Iranian nation’s strength and resolve
New York Shooting Leaves Four Dead, Including Law Enforcement Officer A shooting in a Manhattan high-rise left four dead, including an officer, after the gunman took his own life
Israeli UAV Strike Kills One, Injures Four in Southern Lebanon Lebanese officials report that the Israeli military struck the southern province of Nabatieh, resulting in one death and four injuries
Iran: Israel Orchestrating Plan to Disintegrate Syria The Iranian envoy to the United Nations warned that Israel’s actions aimed at undermining Syrian territorial integrity breach the principles of the UN Charter
Iran Ready to Confront Israel and US Militarily, Top General Says Iran’s top military commander stated the nation is fully prepared to respond to any new aggression from Israel or the United States
Iranian Parliamentary Speaker to Attend Major Conference in Switzerland Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, will travel to Geneva to participate in the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament
Sewage Overflows Hit Israeli Cities; Beit Shemesh Engulfed in Filth Hebrew sources report that an unspecified technical malfunction in sewage disposal equipment in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem Governorate (occupied al-Quds)
UN: 1 in 3 Gazans Hasn’t Eaten in Days Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, has raised alarm over Gaza’s worsening crisis
Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa as Violence Escalates in West Bank Under heavy military protection, Israeli settlers stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque as assaults on Palestinian towns across the West Bank intensify
Iran to Europe: No Snapback, Defense Off Limits Spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected moves by the UK, France, and Germany to revive UN sanctions on Tehran, arguing they have no legal basis
Qalibaf Claims Israel Is Waging Economic and Psychological Warfare Against Iran Israel is retaliating for its loss in the recent 12-day war through economic pressure and psychological operations targeting Iranians
Russia Destroys Ukrainian Drone Posts and Starlink Terminals Reports indicate that Russian forces eliminated 53 drone command posts and eight Starlink satellite stations during operations in Ukraine over the past day
British-Flagged Gaza Aid Vessel Intercepted by Israeli Navy The interception of a British-flagged aid ship by Israeli forces en route to Gaza has sparked renewed international outrage over Tel Aviv’s ongoing blockade
Tehran, Kabul Discuss Regional Cooperation and Mutual Concerns Senior diplomats from Iran and Afghanistan discussed bilateral ties and recent regional developments, including the crisis in Gaza
Leader’s Advisor: Zangezur Corridor is a US-Israeli Scheme Targeting Iran’s Security A senior aide to Ayatollah Khamenei has denounced the Zangezur Corridor as a US-Israeli ploy to destabilize Iran’s security architecture
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria
Saturday 14 December 2024
Kurdish cause, the role of foreign actors, and the threats of re-emergence of terrorism all make the transition period shrouded in ambiguity and meanwhile the most likely scenario Syria is drifting to is chaos.
In fact, the post-Assad Syria will face a substantial set of unsettled, vague, pot ...
Paper
Golan-Euphrates Corridor: Tel Aviv’s Big Leap to ’Greater Israel’ Project
Thursday 19 December 2024
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Kurdish-controlled areas to Europe through a new pipeline that will run from the occupied territories to Cyprus and Greece and end in Europe. However, the project will face many security challenges from Turkey, which has tensions with Greece and Cyprus over maritime demarcation and refuses to export ...
Analysis
What Are the Big Obstacles ahead of HTS Ruling Syria?
Friday 27 December 2024
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Kurdish riddle
The HTS has recently announced holding a summit aimed at disarming all rebel militias in Syria. The biggest absentees of the meeting were the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SDF, led by Mazloum Abdi, hold under their control the northeastern triangle a ...
Analysis
New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?
Tuesday 31 December 2024
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Kurdish-majority areas and controlled by US-backed militias that are off the control of the central government. This means that Syria does not have a national energy sector in which all parties have a common economic interest.
It is also unrealistic to be optimistic about large-scale foreign invest ...
Report
What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
Wednesday 15 January 2025
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Kurdish-majority SDF as its allies to check Turkish attacks. Ankara labels Kurds its main enemies.
“We remain focused on our mission to ensure the lasting defeat of ISIS,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said. “But when it comes to US forces in Kobani, there are no plans ...
Analysis
Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
Wednesday 14 May 2025
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Kurdish presence in this region grew after Saddam's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. After American invasion of Iraq in 2003, some cities and regions in northern Iraq became strongholds of the PKK. The Turkish army until 2013 penetrated Iraq's depth, setting up over 30 military bases and posts on ...
Report
Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands
Monday 2 June 2025
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Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is one of the most significant potential sources of tension between Washington and the new Syrian government. Despite the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, Washington still maintains approximately 900 troops in northern and eastern Syria, raising conc ...
Paper
What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?
Tuesday 8 July 2025
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Kurdish groups will increase.
Possibility of Iraq becoming a stage for full-scale proxy wars: Competition between regional and global powers could turn Iraq into a scene of new proxy wars.
Conclusion
The plan to disarm the resistance groups cannot be regarded an internal Iraqi security arra ...
Analysis
Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis
Saturday 12 July 2025
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Kurdish-language Rudaw news network that “more than 200,000 barrels of oil are smuggled through tankers and unofficial ports every month.” MP Suhaila Soltani also admitted that “the profits the Barzanis make from this operation go to their own account and are in no way related to t ...
Report
New PMF Law: Redefining Power in Iraq’s Security Structure
Saturday 26 July 2025
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Kurdish and Sunni factions objecting to its content, and the parties supporting the law have described these objections as “unfounded.”
Key points of new draft law: A step beyond the 2016 recognition
If passed, the law would replace the existing Popular Mobilization Forces Law of 2016 ...
