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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara
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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara

Wednesday 7 January 2026
Syrian army as Damascus fails to provide adequate guarantees and privileges. Alwaght- While the US and Turkey earlier had set a deadline by end of 2025 for the Kurdish militias and interim Syrian government led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani to agree on a mechanism merging the Kurdish forces into the reg ...
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Breaking the Ice: Iran’s Araghchi Visit to Beirut Signals New Chapter
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Breaking the Ice: Iran’s Araghchi Visit to Beirut Signals New Chapter

Sunday 11 January 2026 ،
Syria Thomas Barrack, the army, beside gradual demilitarization of the regions on the border with the occupied territories south of Litani River, was tasked with full disarming of Hezbollah by end of 2025 according to an ultimatum. Despite repeated threats from the Israelis and Americans of waging ...
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?

Tuesday 13 January 2026 ،
Syria met its failure fast thanks to the vigilance of the Iranians who took to the streets across the country to condemn acts of violence and terrorism funded and equipped by foreign actors, helping security forces nip in the bud blind terror actions that could further follow. In this phase of econ ...
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What’s Driven Strong Saudi Response to Southern Yemen Developments?
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What’s Driven Strong Saudi Response to Southern Yemen Developments?

Friday 16 January 2026 ،
Syrian opposition and terrorist militia forces fighting Syria’s Bashar al-Assad from 2011 to 2024, countering the Muslim Brotherhood that culminated in a coup in 2013 ousting the first democratically-elected President Mohamad Morsi, blockading Qatar in 2017, and the politically and economicall ...
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Iranian Officials Claim US Aggression Towards Iran More Brutal Than Previous Wars in Iraq and Syria
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Iranian Officials Claim US Aggression Towards Iran More Brutal Than Previous Wars in Iraq and Syria

Sunday 18 January 2026 ،
Syria ALWAGHT- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of Iran's Parliament, has made a statement asserting that the United States' actions towards Iran are more brutal than its past wars in countries like Iraq and Syria. This strong condemnation underscores the growing tension between the two ...
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
Syria and Iraq in 2014, ISIS shifted to Afghanistan to make it a new stronghold for its terror cells. Under ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) name, over the part years, it has launched hundreds of operations targeting civilians and security forces of the country. Since the Taliban came to power in August 2021 ...
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026 ،
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, who is the current interim president of Syria. These concerns are not merely about the security consequences of these two groups near the Iraqi borders. These consequences become more serious when we know th ...
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.

Friday 23 January 2026 ،
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 caused a ...
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
Syria due from a death sentence, he moved to Iran in 1982, driven by ideological differences within the Syrian ruling part party, and subsequently returned to Syria. He also frequently traveled to Kurdistan to participate in opposition meetings. He served as the head of the Dawa Party's jihadis ...
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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 ،
Syrian government led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had earlier agreed to end their clashes and return peace to the flash points, this agreement has remained ink on the paper as there are no signs of cessation of hostilities. After several violations of ceasefire ...

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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.