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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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Villagers Prevent US Convoy from Entering Community in Syria’s Hasakah
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Villagers Prevent US Convoy from Entering Community in Syria’s Hasakah

Sunday 12 December 2021
Raqqa  In the northern province of Raqqa, SDF militants were attacked by unidentified gunmen in al-Hous town, Sputnik said. Citing local sources, it said the unidentified assailants launched a barrage of rockets at an SDF outpost in the town, leaving four militants dead and forcing the remain ...
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Four Outcomes of Syrian National Reconciliation Process
Analysis

Four Outcomes of Syrian National Reconciliation Process

Saturday 15 January 2022 ،
Raqqa province. Syrian government reports suggest 22,000 people, mainly insurgents, from the region have joined in since last October and have abandoned the battle against the central government. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based opposition center monitoring developments in th ...
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Fate of Syrian Kurds Amid Geopolitical Dynamics Changes
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Fate of Syrian Kurds Amid Geopolitical Dynamics Changes

Tuesday 25 January 2022 ،
Raqqa province, Madhar Hamad al-As'ad, a spokesman for the Syrian Council of  Tribes, said the anti-SDF protests are not new and indicative of the people's opposition to SDF's illegal actions against them at all economic, political, and security levels.  Al-As'ad told Al-A ...
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US Intel Ordered Extremists to Target Syrian Security Forces: Russia
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US Intel Ordered Extremists to Target Syrian Security Forces: Russia

Tuesday 8 February 2022 ،
Raqqa, and Deir ez-Zor every month. About a third of the stolen oil, through the mediation of the Americans, is sold to the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq at a price of $35-40 per barrel, the statement emphasized. The US deployed its troops in Syria under the pretext of fighting ISIS, but has no ...
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Security Situation in US-Controlled Areas in Syria ’Critical’: Russia
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Security Situation in US-Controlled Areas in Syria ’Critical’: Russia

Wednesday 9 February 2022 ،
Raqqa, and Dayr al-Zawr,” the report said. The report said about a third of the stolen oil is being sold to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the northern Iraq at a price range of $35 to $40 per barrel. “Oil is delivered to Iraqi Kurdistan region by tanker ...
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US-Backed Militias Abduct Syrian Minors in Raqqah
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US-Backed Militias Abduct Syrian Minors in Raqqah

Saturday 12 February 2022 ،
Raqqah, and moved them to their own barracks for training, SANA reported. Alwaght- Kurdish-led militias, known as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF,) have abducted dozens of teenagers in the northern province of Raqqah, and moved them to their own barracks for training, SANA reported. Syria’ ...
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Raqqa: Revisiting  Big Crime by US
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Raqqa: Revisiting Big Crime by US

Saturday 23 April 2022 ،
Raqqa. Alwaght- Rejecting the US claims about Raqqa, the Syrian foreign ministry recently sent a letter to the UN calling for the latter to address the case of destruction of the historical city and killing of thousands of Syrian civilians by the US-led coalition and its militant allies in 2017 oper ...
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Iraq, Future Threats Posed by Water Crisis
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Iraq, Future Threats Posed by Water Crisis

Saturday 7 May 2022 ،
Raqqa and then Deir ez-Zor rivers, and continues to Bukamal town, where it enters Iraqi territory. It passes Babil, Karbala, Najaf, Al Diwaniyah, Al Muthana, and Dhi Qar to end in Mesopotamian Marshes in the south.  As part of Southeastern Anatolia Project, launched in the 1970s, Turkey built ...
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Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria, Possible Scenarios
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Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria, Possible Scenarios

Tuesday 31 May 2022 ،
Raqqa and Hasakah and ended a week later with Kurdish 32-kilometer retreat and a Washington-Ankara agreement.  In the new conditions, Ankara seeks to take control of other isolated areas on its southern borders, which are still held by the Kurds, and establish its desired security corridor in ...
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Will Syria Become Another Russia-US Confrontation Scene?
Analysis

Will Syria Become Another Russia-US Confrontation Scene?

Sunday 19 June 2022 ،
Raqqa, the former capital of the self-proclaimed ISIS caliphate. The mission proved a failure, reports said. Shortly afterwards, two Russian SU-34 jets patrolled the area, possibly for a reconnaissance mission about American activities. A US military spokesman said F-16 fighter jets then were scramb ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution