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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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Defenders of the Shrine: Rise of Anti-terror Fighters in Syria
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Defenders of the Shrine: Rise of Anti-terror Fighters in Syria

Sunday 30 June 2024
Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, in May 2013 exhumed the tomb of prominent seventh century Shiite commander Hujr Ibn Adi and threatened to destroy the shrine of Hazrat Zaynab, the daughter of the first Shiite Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, in Damascus. As the terrorism war unfolded, the shrines ...
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Syrian and Russian Forces Neutralize 400+ Militants in Aleppo, Idlib
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Syrian and Russian Forces Neutralize 400+ Militants in Aleppo, Idlib

Wednesday 4 December 2024 ،
Nusra launched coordinated attacks on Syrian government-held areas in Aleppo and Idlib on November 27, according to Oleg Ignasyuk, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria. “The Syrian Arab Army, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, is engaged in intense combat,&rdq ...
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Syrian Army Redeploys in Daraa and Sweida, Regaining Control of Homs and Hama
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Syrian Army Redeploys in Daraa and Sweida, Regaining Control of Homs and Hama

Saturday 7 December 2024 ،
Nusra Front fighters have been killed in recent clashes. On Friday, the Syrian Army conducted a special operation in northern Homs, killing dozens of militants and causing widespread panic. A military source denied claims of a Syrian Army withdrawal from the Homs region.
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Who’s Al-Jolani and What’s His Role in Syria Future?
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Who’s Al-Jolani and What’s His Role in Syria Future?

Sunday 8 December 2024 ،
Nusra Front) led by Mohammad al-Jolani in the rapid collapse of al-Assad government. Al-Jolani, as a powerful leader, ordered former Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Jalali to control government institutions until the transfer of power. But who is al-Jolani? Al-Jolani was born in 1982 with the real n ...
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Nusra Front in Aleppo and was responsible for the organization's public relations, defected from the group and fled to areas under Turkish control. After his escape, Zakour made several serious accusations against al-Jolani, claiming that the group's leader was involved in the August 2016 b ...
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Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism in Post-Assad Syria Stirring Regional Worry
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Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism in Post-Assad Syria Stirring Regional Worry

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Nusra, is a fundamentalist armed organization that shares many ideological similarities with ISIS. There are indications that the HTS received significant assistance from Turkey in the form of weapons and drones before its offensive. Meanwhile, Turkey’s main ally among the armed rebels is a g ...
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HTS not Second Taliban, Air Corridor Transfered Terrorists from Afghanistan to Syria: Expert
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HTS not Second Taliban, Air Corridor Transfered Terrorists from Afghanistan to Syria: Expert

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Nusra, etc. jihadist, it must be said that the literature that has been recently used has specific aims. So, we can say that there are two important narratives in this connection:  The first narrative claims that there are ideological, political, and military ties between the Taliban and Tahri ...
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region

Saturday 7 June 2025 ،
Nusra Front, and extremist organizations. This report sheds light on the security repercussions of this decision and the US aims behind it. Foreign militants in Syria: Figures and records  The issue of the presence of foreign militants in Syria dates back to the beginning of the civil war in ...
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
Nusra Front, which was later renamed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Though the HTS and ISIS clashed in 2014, their relations, especially ideologicaly, continued. Even al-Baghdadi was killed in 2019 in Barisha village in HTS-controlled Idlib. Reports say that the ISIS leader was hiding for some time in the v ...
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry

Thursday 3 July 2025 ،
Nusra Front from whose ashes the current Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham rose. For this reason, Tel Aviv has made Washington its intermediary in relations with Syria.  Behind-the-scenes talks  In May, al-Sharaa revealed in a press conference at the Elysee Palace with his French counterpart that ind ...

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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.