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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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Iraq, the Resistance Camp’s Trump Card in Rejuvenated Syria Conflict
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Iraq, the Resistance Camp’s Trump Card in Rejuvenated Syria Conflict

Saturday 7 December 2024
groups. In this connection, Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed cited three Iraqi sources, one of whom being the foreign ministry's, reporting that al-Assad has called for direct military support from Iraq.  Another source, a member of the Iraqi parliament's Security and Defense Commission, claimed in ...
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Astana Format Meeting in Doha Heavily Overshadowed by Turkish Betrayal
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Astana Format Meeting in Doha Heavily Overshadowed by Turkish Betrayal

Saturday 7 December 2024 ،
groups, the Astana initiative countries have once again convened in Doha to find a way to the crisis in Syria. Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who had spoken to each other by phone and directly about ...
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Friends or Foes? Syria Armed Rebels a Double-edged Sword for Israel
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Friends or Foes? Syria Armed Rebels a Double-edged Sword for Israel

Tuesday 10 December 2024 ،
groups that have no same view to Syrian developments post-Assad. Regardless of the share seeking after al-Assad collapse, the question is how much the Syrian developments after al-Assad are threatening or beneficial to Israel.  Who will want shares in new Syria?  Before we examine the th ...
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
groups involved in recent Syrian developments in addition to the exiled political opposition, the tribal-sectarian structure of Syrian society, the Kurdish cause, the role of foreign actors, and the threats of re-emergence of terrorism all make the transition period shrouded in ambiguity and meanwhi ...
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Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia
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Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia

Sunday 15 December 2024 ،
groups reflects the strong presence of militants from Central Asia. Though many foreigners who are members of armed rebel groups carefully try to hide their true national identity in a bid to present a nationalist (Syrian) image of their actions and to avoid being listed as terrorist groups in most ...
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What Next for Russian Military Bases in the Mediterranean after Syria Collapse?
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What Next for Russian Military Bases in the Mediterranean after Syria Collapse?

Monday 16 December 2024 ،
groups about stay of two Russian military bases on the Syrian coast.  Tartus naval base and the Hmeimim air base in Syria are essential facilities for maintaining Moscow's influence in West Asia and the Mediterranean to Africa. The Russian news agency Interfax reported on Thursday that Mo ...
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Tahrir Al-Sham, the New US Infantry in Syria
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Tahrir Al-Sham, the New US Infantry in Syria

Sunday 22 December 2024 ،
groups, these days Damascus has become a center of diplomatic visits and interactions in the region. After Arab diplomats, Turkish, European, and lately American diplomats flew to Syria to hold their first meetings with Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Ahmad al-Sharaa, also known by his nom de guerre Abu ...
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria

Monday 30 December 2024 ،
groups ruling Syria have stepped up their purge campaign against minorities, risking wider violence in the future. Alwaght- While after fall of President Bashar al-Assad and rise to power of the armed groups in Syria the Syrians hoped that the security will be protected and there will be no sectaria ...
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Will ISIS Resurge as a Threat?
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Will ISIS Resurge as a Threat?

Tuesday 31 December 2024 ،
Takfiri group to rise again.  According to Iraqi experts, ISIS elements operate linearly in the form of separate groups and are mostly concentrated in desert areas, especially in the Al-Jazira region in the north and west of Anbar province and in areas between Nineveh and Salahuddin, especiall ...
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?

Thursday 16 January 2025 ،
groups finally reached a consensus on Joseph Aoun to fill the position after two years. To discuss the current developments in Lebanon and influence of election of a new precedent on the future of relations between the government and resistance forces led by Hezbollah, Alwaght talked to Sayyed Hadi ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures