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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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Voices from Syria’s Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting

Voices from Syria’s Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting

Saturday 6 July 2019
Palmyra) to another heading southeast towards Iraq — I waited at a nondescript stopping point called al-Waha, where buses stopped for water and food to be distributed to starving refugees. In Arabic, al-Waha means the oasis and, although only a makeshift Red Crescent distribution center, and c ...
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Al-Baghdadi’s Death? Why Did US Destroy Its Black Box?

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

Tuesday 29 October 2019 ،
Palmyra fell to the group in 2015, the militants, under the guise of destroying non-Islamic symbols, ruined the city’s cultural heritage sites. But this action revealed a brazen contradiction. While ISIS argued it destroyed the non-Islamic antiquities, it sold them to Western museums and smugg ...
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Syria Intercepts Israeli Missiles over Palmyra

Syria Intercepts Israeli Missiles over Palmyra

Tuesday 21 April 2020 ،
Palmyra in the central province of Homs. Alwaght- Syria has intercepted a number of Israeli missiles over the ancient city of Palmyra in the central province of Homs. The air defense units of the Syrian army responded to the Israeli aggression over the airspace of Palmyra, Syria’s official ne ...
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Syria Downs Israeli Missiles over Damascus

Syria Downs Israeli Missiles over Damascus

Monday 27 April 2020 ،
Palmyra in the central province of Homs, and downed “a number of enemy’s missiles”. Back then, Israeli media claimed that the target site was the T4 base in Homs, a base that Israel has attacked a number of times in the past. Israel's aggressive moves have been viewed by ...
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Israeli Regime Warplanes Strike Syria’s Army Bases

Israeli Regime Warplanes Strike Syria’s Army Bases

Wednesday 24 June 2020 ،
Palmyra and targeted positions along the M20 highway between the cities of Sukhnah and Deir ez-Zor itself. The attacker was not identified. Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aidi ...
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US Military Helicopter Crushes in Syria’s Hasakah: Media

US Military Helicopter Crushes in Syria’s Hasakah: Media

Tuesday 19 January 2021 ،
Palmyra, the Tiyas Military Airbase, the Shaer gas field as well as nearby oil wells. The militants, who had been arrested during a security operation in the Syrian Desert, later pointed to the existence of coordination between their commanders and those of the so-called Revolut ...
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What Does Continuously Remake Saudi-Lebanese Tensions?

What Does Continuously Remake Saudi-Lebanese Tensions?

Friday 21 May 2021 ،
Palmyra,” he asserted. The most important part was the unprofessional and out-of-official-protocols move of the American network’s invitation of a Saudi political analyst and allowing him to insult the top Lebanese diplomat. In response, Wahbe put his hand on the weak spot of the Saudi ...
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Sights on Syria: War-Torn Country Becoming Tourist Destination Good Thing

Sights on Syria: War-Torn Country Becoming Tourist Destination Good Thing

Sunday 14 November 2021 ،
Palmyra are finally opening up to the world again after a decade of Western funded war. The wonders of Damascus, Aleppo and Palmyra are finally opening up to the world again after a decade of Western funded war. Tourism is finally, slowly, beginning to return to Syria, from Jordan and further afiel ...
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US Forces Relocate ISIS Terrorist From Syria’s Deir Ez-Zor to Hasakah: Report

US Forces Relocate ISIS Terrorist From Syria’s Deir Ez-Zor to Hasakah: Report

Wednesday 23 February 2022 ،
Palmyra, the Tiyas Military Airbase – also known as the T-4 Airbase, the Shaer gas field as well as nearby oil wells. “Once a close aide to our commander Hassan Alqam al-Jazrawi came to me and said he was in contact with the Americans at al-Tanf base. The man, whose ...
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What’s New US Plot for Syria and Iraq?

What’s New US Plot for Syria and Iraq?

Thursday 25 August 2022 ،
Palmyra. Therefore, the selection of this area is not accidental, rather, it is very purposeful.  In recent years, Syria and Iraq roughly managed to obliterate terrorist groups and restore relative peace and stability, and this questioned the continued military presence of the Americans in the ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies