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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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Senior PMF Leader Vows to Hit back at US Positions in ‘Unexpected Place’ with ‘Unexpected Weapon’
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Senior PMF Leader Vows to Hit back at US Positions in ‘Unexpected Place’ with ‘Unexpected Weapon’

Wednesday 30 June 2021
al-Shaddadi hospital in Hasakah province. ‘US still assessing attacks’ On Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby declined to comment on the details of the attack, saying, “We’re still assessing the rocket attacks.” “I’m not in a position to get into ...
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US Military Base in Northeastern Syria Hit by Barrage of Rockets
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US Military Base in Northeastern Syria Hit by Barrage of Rockets

Tuesday 17 May 2022 ،
al-Shaddadi town. One of the rockets, they added, struck the al-Jabsa installations, which house the military aircraft of the US occupation forces. Another hit the headquarters of the al-Jabsa Fields Directorate, which American forces use to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles for Kurdish militan ...
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Biggest illegal US military base in Syria comes under intense rocket attack: Reports
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Biggest illegal US military base in Syria comes under intense rocket attack: Reports

Monday 19 September 2022 ،
al-Shaddadi town, which lies on the southern outskirts of Hasakah's provincial capital city.   Source: Press TV
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US Military Dispatches 30 Trucks to Syria’s Oil-Rich Hasakah Province: Report
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US Military Dispatches 30 Trucks to Syria’s Oil-Rich Hasakah Province: Report

Sunday 23 July 2023 ،
al-Shaddadi. The development comes only a few days after 39 US military tankers rumbled through the al-Mahmoudiya border crossing and headed toward Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region after being filled with Syrian crude oil. The US military has stationed forces and eq ...
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Drone Strike on US Al-Tanf Base in Syria
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Drone Strike on US Al-Tanf Base in Syria

Monday 24 June 2024 ،
base at Al-Tanf, situated in the desert region of Syria’s Homs province, was hit by an unidentified suicide drone ALWAGHT- The US base at Al-Tanf, situated in the desert region of Syria's Homs province, was hit by an unidentified suicide drone. According to the report, the Anadolu Agency, citin ...
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Rocket Attacks Target Two Bases Housing US Forces in Eastern Syria
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Rocket Attacks Target Two Bases Housing US Forces in Eastern Syria

Wednesday 20 November 2024 ،
al-Shaddadi town, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Hasakah, on Tuesday. The attack occurred while US forces were conducting exercises in the southern al-Jibsa neighborhood of the town. Additionally, a large explosion rocked the US military base at the al-Omar oil field in Dayr al-Zawr provin ...
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Missile Attack Targets US Base in Syria
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Missile Attack Targets US Base in Syria

Tuesday 26 November 2024 ،
al-Shaddadi base, an unauthorized facility in Syria ALWAGHT- Local sources reported that missiles targeted the US-al-Shaddadi base, an unauthorized facility in Syria. Local sources reported several explosions inside the US military base in al-Shaddadi, located in the southern suburbs of al-Hasakah, ...
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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 ،
base, coinciding with the rising tensions in eastern Syria and the escape of ISIS elements, is far from a simple event. By relocating its troops to the Kurdistan Region and decreasing its footprint in areas controlled by the central government, Washington is not only cutting its security costs but ...
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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 ،
base, which resulted in American casualties. This perspective likely finds sympathy among some SDF leadership as well. A resurgence by ISIS, aimed at organizational revival and territorial capture in certain areas, could divert the immediate pressure from al-Jolani's forces and Turkey. These ac ...
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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 ،
base in Syria near the Iraqi border and headed toward the Harir base in Erbil province in the Kurdistan Region on an undisclosed mission. These developments indicate that the Kurds can no longer rely on direct support from Washington and are instead being forced to recalibrate their position in lin ...

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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.