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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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Ocalan’s New Message: New Opportunity or Final Test for Peace?
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Ocalan’s New Message: New Opportunity or Final Test for Peace?

Friday 27 February 2026
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), some Kurds in the Kurdistan Region called for deploying to northern Syria to support their Kurdish brethrens. Any further escalation between Ankara and the Kurds could therefore trigger similar local movements against Turkey, including volunteer mobilization, stronge ...
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Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Surprises in War: Aspects and Implications
Analysis

Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Surprises in War: Aspects and Implications

Tuesday 17 March 2026 ،
Syrian border as a deliberate and targeted strategy, interpreting these attacks as a wake-up call for the potential infiltration of terrorist groups from Syria into Iraq and the US push to create a vacuum at the border. Such a vacuum could serve as a pretext for the dangerous scenario of transferrin ...
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Lebanon Ceasefire: Outcome of Pres. Aoun’s Compromises or Iran’s Ultimatum?
Analysis

Lebanon Ceasefire: Outcome of Pres. Aoun’s Compromises or Iran’s Ultimatum?

Saturday 18 April 2026 ،
Syrian borders in the occupied Golan Heights. This military bluff did not prove effective as in the last minutes before start of the ceasefire Hezbollah launched drone and rocket attacks at the Israeli settlements on the border with Lebanon. 
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Hormuz Closure in Place as long the US Blockade in Place, Talks Depend on Accepting Iran’s Conditions: Expert
Interview

Hormuz Closure in Place as long the US Blockade in Place, Talks Depend on Accepting Iran’s Conditions: Expert

Thursday 23 April 2026 ،
Syrian government and its exit from Axis of Resistance orbit. Instead, Tehran has dictated its strength to the region, demonstrating beyond any doubt that it possesses the capacity to stand toe-to-toe with two declared nuclear powers, the US and the Israeli regime.  Regarding the regional coun ...
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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?
Analysis

Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
Syrian officials  Asked about how Hezbollah looks at the meeting of Salam with the new Syrian leaders, Hanizadeh held that Hezbollah looks at the new Syrian rulers negatively because it believes that al-Sharaa is moving within the policies of the US and some Arab regimes and tries to, through ...
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With His Move against Arms of Resistance Groups, Iraq’s Al-Sadr is Playing in Trump’s Game
Report

With His Move against Arms of Resistance Groups, Iraq’s Al-Sadr is Playing in Trump’s Game

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
Syrian Democratic Forces collapsed, between 15,000 and 20,000 ISIS members and their families broke out of camps and detention centers and vanished. Those figures are particularly worrisome for Iraq, since a large chunk of these fighters could slip back across the shared border, infiltrate the coun ...
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
Syrian soil? What are al-Sharaa’s hidden motives, and what complex calculations is he making? Aaron Lund, a Syria researcher at Sweden’s Defense Research Agency, said: “I think the Russians have effectively managed to hold onto their bases.” According to him, Moscow has used ...
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New Syria: Israel’s New Proxy in Lebanon or Tool for Engineering Regional Order?
Analysis

New Syria: Israel’s New Proxy in Lebanon or Tool for Engineering Regional Order?

Thursday 18 June 2026 ،
Syrian government. These stances were enough to inflame considerable concerns inside Lebanon about possible sectarian Shiite-Sunni confrontations. So, the very raising of such a scenario by the American president prompts important questions about his behind-the-scenes aims, the future of tensions in ...
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American Diplomatic Coup in Baghdad: What’s Driving US Special Envoy’s Visit to Iraq?
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American Diplomatic Coup in Baghdad: What’s Driving US Special Envoy’s Visit to Iraq?

Friday 19 June 2026 ،
Syrian cases under a single envoy who happens to be the American ambassador to Turkey bears sign to this shift of paradigm, suggesting that the White House no longer manages the West Asia crises separately. Rather, it has resorted to a strategic unification and engineering the power structure in the ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
Syrian border territories. Control of Jabal Al Sheikh in Syria's south is of extraordinary military importance for the Israeli regime since this mountain provides a vantage point for intelligence and militarily operations over a large part of the southern Syria, Lebanon, and even the northern oc ...

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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.