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- Ayatollah Khamenei Says Iran’s Opposition to Hegemony Fuels Western Hostility
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Carries Out Extensive Drills in Tehran Province
- Israeli Forces Besiege 10 Villages West of Ramallah
- Ansarullah Warns South Yemen Proxy War Serves Israeli Dominance Agenda
- Hezbollah Rules Out Internal Fighting, Rejects Clash with Lebanese Army
- FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy
- Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground
- Israelis Bearing the Brunt of Netanyahu’s Warmongering
- US or Venezuela? Who’s the True Oil Thief?
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In Focus
Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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SDF) are a branch of the PKK and pose a direct threat to the Turkish national security and need to be disarmed.
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?
Tuesday 19 August 2025
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SDF), which are largely Kurdish, have been able to control large parts of northern and eastern Syria in recent years with the support of the US and some European countries. Although this control was successful from a security and military perspective, it has always faced a crisis of legitimacy from ...
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Al-Jolani and Syria Breakup Mystery
Tuesday 28 October 2025
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SDF), to integrate the Kurdish militias into the national army has effectively stalled, despite extensive publicity.
According to the deal, the SDF would join as a special corps within the national army, the return of displaced persons would be guaranteed, and balanced representation for Kurds, Ara ...
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Libya between Choas and Hope for Stability
Tuesday 28 October 2025
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SDF): Under the command of Abdul Raouf Kara, this group wields substantial influence in the capital. It controls several detention facilities and has repeatedly faced accusations of human rights abuses.
Stability Support Authority (SSA): Formerly led by Abd al-Ghani al-Kikli (known as Ghniwa), who ...
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Iraq May Self-harm Repatriating ISIS Members from Al-Hawl Camp
Monday 1 December 2025
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SDF), it stands as the largest facility of its kind in Syria and Iraq for women, children, and men linked to the terrorist group.
Located on the southern outskirts of Al-Hawl town, whose name means “the swamp” in Arabic, the tent city sits near the volatile Syria-Iraq border. Its future ...
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?
Tuesday 2 December 2025
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SDF) as the continuation of the PKK ideology. After Ocalan in May called fir disarming, Turkish officials claimed this extends to include the SDF. But SDF’s commander Mazloum Abdi rejected this demand, asserting that “this deal does not concern us in Syria.”
During this period, Tu ...
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Syria a Year after al-Assad Fall
Friday 12 December 2025
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SDF) in northeastern Syria intended to integrate Kurdish forces into the new Syrian army, persistent tensions continue between the new Damascus government and the Kurdish factions.
Meanwhile, although al-Sharaa has stated he does not seek conflict with Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta ...
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Wednesday 17 December 2025
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SDF) who are on the one hand under the pressure of the March 10 agreement for integration into the Syrian army by the year’s end and on the other hand are being increasingly threatened by possible joint Turkish-Syrian military operation.
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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground
Friday 26 December 2025
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SDF militias as foreign actors are watching shifting security dynamics in Syria. Alwaght- After western and southern Syria, this time it is Aleppo in the center of the country that has become a scene to street armed clashes and insecurity; a development that is on the surface has been a short exchan ...
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy
Saturday 27 December 2025
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SDF) and voicing concerns about the militia organization becoming a border threat.
In Iraq, the interconnection of border security, counterterrorism, energy, and trade has pushed Turkey toward more intensive security and diplomatic engagement with Baghdad and local actors. On a broader scale, the i ...
