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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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US Removes $10 Million Bounty on HTS Leader
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US Removes $10 Million Bounty on HTS Leader

Saturday 21 December 2024
blacklist, Leaf suggested that the US was reevaluating its approach after her discussions with Al-Sharaa. She acknowledged that it would be contradictory to continue offering a bounty on his head following their meeting. The US had previously intensified sanctions on Syria and pushed for regime chan ...
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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 ،
blacklist were also among the issues raised during the US delegation’s meeting with al-Jolani. The Biden administration is evaluating the possibility of removing HTS’s terrorist label, provided that the group takes concrete steps to respect human rights and ensure the participation of mi ...
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
blacklist, and under this pretext, the Turkish army has established and practically occupied large areas of northern Iraq and Syria over the past decade, posing a major challenge to Ankara-Erbil relations. In October 2014, Barzani led an initiative to unite the ranks of the Kurds in Syria, and Duho ...
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders

Sunday 2 February 2025 ،
blacklist.  The official explained that the Americans threatened to put important political figures affiliated with the ruling Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) such as Haider al-Abadi and Nouri al-Maliki, on the blacklist. They even informed al-Sudani that possible Israeli and American mili ...
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust

Wednesday 12 March 2025 ،
blacklist as terrorists, signed an MoU with the Syrian interim government on Sunday, based on which the Kurdish forces will be integrated into the security and political structures of Syria. Jordan and Iraq consider groups like HTS, which have Islamist and Muslim Brotherhood leanings in the region, ...
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As Ansarullah Deadline Ends, Yemen Nightmare Returns to Israelis
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As Ansarullah Deadline Ends, Yemen Nightmare Returns to Israelis

Monday 17 March 2025 ،
blacklisted Ansarallah as a terror organization, sends a message to Washington that an attack on American ships and interests in the Red Sea is still on Sanaa's table and will be carried when the need arises.  Generally, end of Ansarullah's deadline and start of attacks will subject Is ...
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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 ،
blacklisted as a terrorist group and does not have a good image among Arab countries. Therefore, the trip to the UAE and meeting with high-ranking officials could be an attempt to improve the image of this group in regional and international public opinion. This group intends to present itself as a ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
blacklisted the Taliban in Russia as a terror group was revoked as the Russian Supreme Court last week removed the Taliban from the country's terror blacklist. The Russian Prosecutor General had previously asked the country's supreme court to remove the terrorist label from the Taliban's ...
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Tehran Condemns Paraguay’s IRGC Blacklisting as Illegal, Israel-driven
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Tehran Condemns Paraguay’s IRGC Blacklisting as Illegal, Israel-driven

Saturday 26 April 2025 ،
blacklisting of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as unlawful ALWAGHT- Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned Paraguay’s blacklisting of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as unlawful, claiming it serves Israel’s anti-Iran agenda and seeks to distract from the ongoing gen ...
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
blacklisting as a terrorist in other countries are among the reasons behind Iraqi public's antipathy to the current Iraqi leader.  Khaled Al-Jawisi, an Arab expert, wrote in a note published in the London-based Rai Al-Youm newspaper that the top man in Syria is the main suspect in many ter ...

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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.