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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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Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement
Analysis

Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Sunday 18 August 2024
Turkey needs to exit its military bases in Iraq and avoid further violations of Iraqi territorial integrity for success of agreement. Alwaght- Turkey, which has been regarded as a crisis-generating factor in the Iraqi and Syrian developments over the past decade, these days has taken a path of inter ...
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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 ،
Turkey as main actors of current Syrian developments.  Tahrir al-Sham members usually film these alleged violations themselves and brag about them, which, according to experts, means two things for Syrians: First, al-Jolani has no control over the armed groups and they are now behaving as they ...
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What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?
Analysis

What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?

Monday 3 February 2025 ،
Turkey. “I feel affection for Saudi Arabia,” he said. In this way, al-Jolani gave clear indications about his view of relations between Damascus and Riyadh. Before toppling of al-Assad government on December 8, Saudi Arabia had resumed diplomatic ties with Damascus after a decade-long h ...
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Syria Facing Partition Risk, Al-Jolani Can’t Rule Syria with Iron Fist: Expert
Interview

Syria Facing Partition Risk, Al-Jolani Can’t Rule Syria with Iron Fist: Expert

Wednesday 12 March 2025 ،
Turkey adopt to check the crisis that is hitting its allies? Will Syria become a swamp swallowing Turkish dreams?  Ahmadzadeh: Erdogan’s dream ro fully control Syria and subject it to the Turkish power is part of his neo-Ottomanist policy in the region. He sought to make Syria the main g ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?

Tuesday 15 April 2025 ،
Turkey’s growing influence in Syria. Therefore, the meeting with al-Jolani could be part of its efforts to adjust and set the balance of power in Syria. The UAE and other Arab countries are concerned about Turkey’s extensive influence in Syria under the HTS rule and want to strengthen th ...
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?
Analysis

Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
Turkey, Iran, and Russia—choose to intervene.
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Iran Report Reveals NATO’s Intelligence Role in 12-day War
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Iran Report Reveals NATO’s Intelligence Role in 12-day War

Tuesday 5 August 2025 ،
Turkey lost its veto right. Although maintaining the security and interests of the regime in the region, including its military superiority, has always been the core of strategies of Tel Aviv’s Western allies, and by understanding this, one can understand the history and depth of support and ...
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What’s Driving US Military Base Project in Damascus?
Analysis

What’s Driving US Military Base Project in Damascus?

Sunday 9 November 2025 ،
Turkey has tried to capitalize on the unstable Syrian conditions and power gain of the militias. Reports talk about Turkish forces entering to the coastal city of Latakia and conducting surveys and mapping operations in various areas to establish a military base. Caught in a precarious position, th ...
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Hopes and Fears as Syria’s Al-Jolani Visits US
Analysis

Hopes and Fears as Syria’s Al-Jolani Visits US

Sunday 9 November 2025 ،
Turkey against the Syrian Kurds. Is al-Jolani Washington's favorable and permanent choice? Despite his push for closenss to the West, a serious question remains in place about the degree of Western willingness to work with his government. Though ostensibly Washington, through lifting part of s ...
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule

Thursday 4 December 2025 ،
Turkey motivates speculations that Erdogan’s government has very likely funded these vehicles as a gift to Damascus allies it helped topple Bashar al-Assad during 13-year civil war. The images of the parade left Syria social media ablaze, with various interpretations leading to the notion tha ...

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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.