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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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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?
Analysis

What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?

Wednesday 31 December 2025
Americans. This comes while Turkey does not give a green light to any initiative like formation of autonomous Kurdish region similar to northern Iraq Kurdish region in Syria.  The second concern relates to the position of the Israeli regime. The gains from the political earthquake in Syria, wh ...
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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara
Analysis

Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara

Wednesday 7 January 2026 ،
American go ahead to launch a new operation against Kurdish positions, with the assistance of forces affiliated with the al-Jolani government. Nevertheless, the al-Jolani government currently appears reluctant to enter a full-scale confrontation with the Kurds. On the one hand, it is grappling with ...
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi FM During Tehran Visit?
Analysis

What’s the Agenda of Iraqi FM During Tehran Visit?

Sunday 18 January 2026 ،
American-Israeli camp are surging, causing worries to other regional states. Pointing to the growing Iraqi role in the region, Araghchi said: Iran and Iraq explored regional issues, with Iraqi officials signaling a positive role in bridging divides between countries. Tehran expressed readiness to c ...
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What Does Trump’s “Board of Peace” Eye for  Gaza?
Report

What Does Trump’s “Board of Peace” Eye for Gaza?

Monday 19 January 2026 ،
North Korea and Gaza. Simultaneously, the US appears unwilling to pressure Israel to adhere to ceasefire commitments. US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, stated that Washington is not pushing for the reopening of the Rafah crossing, adding that Israel will not do so until all Israeli captives ar ...
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?
Analysis

What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
American forces entering the country. It played a central role in managing the US military operations. Originally constructed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein’s rule in a desert region 160 kilometers west of Baghdad, the base was part of a five-base plan initiated in 1975 as a lesson learne ...
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
Analysis

With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026 ،
American officials over the years about the dangers posed by approximately two thousand detained ISIS members in Syria, making it clear that we cannot remain indifferent to this issue. Therefore, the Iraqi army and the PMF, understanding the potential ramifications of this situation, have initiated ...
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.
Analysis

ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.

Friday 23 January 2026 ،
Northern Syria, reports suggest that hundreds and even thousands of ISIS prisoners broke free from prisons controlled by the Kurdish forces. This terrorists prison break comes as both Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the interim Syrian government trade blames for the mass escape. This has not only ...
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Canada’s Pivot to East a Prelue to Collapse of Trans-Atlantic Alliance?
Analysis

Canada’s Pivot to East a Prelue to Collapse of Trans-Atlantic Alliance?

Saturday 24 January 2026 ،
North America, to grow concerned about its interests more than any other time. Trump's desire for Canada and Greenland acquisition is par of a broader strategy of him to establish power and influence in Western Hemisphere. Consequently, Ottawa believes that if Washington were to assert control ...
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back

Monday 26 January 2026 ،
American withdrawal from Syria. In this context, a security source in Iraq’s western Anbar province said on Saturday that a large U.S. military convoy, consisting of dozens of trucks carrying troops and military equipment, departed from the al-Tanf base in Syria near the Iraqi border and heade ...
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From Mercusor or "Mother of Agreements" : EU’s Economic Divorce from the US
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From Mercusor or "Mother of Agreements" : EU’s Economic Divorce from the US

Thursday 29 January 2026 ،
North America, to strengthen business ties with China are not just cases of financial and trade impacts. Rather, they are a strategic and geopolitical reaction to an erratic and unreliable partner that leverages tariffs as a means of geopolitical pressures. The EU and Canada find Trump's ambiti ...

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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.