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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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Saudi Trouble-Making Mediation in Syria
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Saudi Trouble-Making Mediation in Syria

Monday 17 June 2019
Levant Affairs and Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn, and a number of tribal leaders in the region. The key theme of the meeting, the news channel claimed, was offering support to the regions liberated from ISIS, making sure that the terrorist group will not return there, backing militias in nort ...
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Al-Baghdadi’s Death? Why Did US Destroy Its Black Box?
Analysis

Al-Baghdadi’s Death? Why Did US Destroy Its Black Box?

Tuesday 29 October 2019 ،
Levant. The move infuriated Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Al-Qaeda chief. He expelled Abu Bakr and ISIS from an alliance with Al-Qaeda. In a sweeping operation in 2014, ISIS captured the Iraqi city of Mosul. Abu Bakr announced himself as the “caliph”. His forces captured some 100,000 square kil ...
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Syrian Kurdish Alliance: Grounds, Obstacles
Analysis

Syrian Kurdish Alliance: Grounds, Obstacles

Thursday 7 May 2020 ،
Levant Affairs and Special Envoy for Syria in the US State Department Joel Rayburn and William Robak, the US envoy to the international coalition in Syria, and also a number of tribal leaders.  However, a set of issues seriously blur the outlook of the new American policy in Syria. Here are so ...
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Saudi Foreign Minister in Iraq; Is US Dangerous Puzzle Near its Completion?
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Saudi Foreign Minister in Iraq; Is US Dangerous Puzzle Near its Completion?

Monday 31 August 2020 ،
New Levant Plan immediately after returning from Washington, with the aim of creating a strategic pivot for information exchange, technology, trade and free investment between the three countries of Iraq, Jordan and Egypt. The plan which is based on the Arab axis, defines Iraq as the center of ener ...
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Iraq-Egypt Relations: Their Goals And Elements Influencing Them
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Iraq-Egypt Relations: Their Goals And Elements Influencing Them

Sunday 29 November 2020 ،
New Levant Initiative.  Considering its need for energy especially oil, Egypt tries to get much of it from Iraq. At the same time, it wants to provide part of Iraq's need for power. Also, the devastating wars in Iraq and deep damage to the country’s infrastructure encourage Cairo to ...
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Unholy Alliance between Israel, Iraqi Kurdish Separatists
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Unholy Alliance between Israel, Iraqi Kurdish Separatists

Sunday 25 April 2021 ،
New Deal they made with Jordan and Egypt. So Iraq, as was the case of Iran, they have a window to the east to China so they don't need to be afraid of the US sanctions. Feras Ali, Political Commentator Yet the Iraqi Government seems to be more than willing to abide by the demands of the Biden& ...
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Re-embracing Damascus: What Does Syrian Delegation’s Jordan Visit Mean?
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Re-embracing Damascus: What Does Syrian Delegation’s Jordan Visit Mean?

Saturday 2 October 2021 ،
New Levant, or Arab Unity Plan. Although the plan, and the negotiations around it, are historically unrelated to Syria and Damascus has never been one of the main parties of the plan, it seems that for Jordan partnership with Syria is a support pole to implementing the New Levant project.  In ...
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What’s Driving Growing Egyptian Role in Yemen?
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What’s Driving Growing Egyptian Role in Yemen?

Thursday 11 November 2021 ،
Levant” bloc covering Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria. Trade and energy cooperation stood as a launching pad to political engagement. “Return of Egypt” is a message the Egyptian officials want to send to world countries. Change in the region’s political dynamics promoted a mo ...
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Why Has Turkey Resumed Arming Idlib Terrorists?
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Why Has Turkey Resumed Arming Idlib Terrorists?

Saturday 11 December 2021 ،
Levant Legion, both backed by Turkey, in Ain Issa, Al-Shirkarak, and Tell Hammam et-Turkmen in Raqqa. The new weapons supplies seem to be aimed at bolstering the Turkish position in Idlib, in addition to preventing clashes among Ankara-aligned takfiri groups and safeguarding their positions against ...
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What Are the Goals of Iranian FM’s Visit to Resistance States?
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What Are the Goals of Iranian FM’s Visit to Resistance States?

Saturday 26 March 2022 ،
Levant region, near the borders of the occupied Palestinian territories. Removing the weak spots of the Lebanese airspace that are used by the Israeli air force to launch attacks on targets in Syria and enhancing the capability to deal with such Israeli violations are the key goals. Certainly, in th ...

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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.