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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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What’s Behind Saudi Security Agreement with Morocco?
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What’s Behind Saudi Security Agreement with Morocco?

Saturday 28 January 2023
fronting them by Arab countries plays into the hands of Tel Aviv.  Crackdown on MB saw a sharp rise after the movement gained substantial power following Arab uprisings of 2011 driven by wave of Islamic awakening. In Egypt, this movement assumed the power, though for just a year, under the lea ...
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Tahrir Al-Sham Terrorist Group Re-branding for Closeness to the West
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Tahrir Al-Sham Terrorist Group Re-branding for Closeness to the West

Wednesday 31 May 2023 ،
front Tahrir Al-Sham. Given these secret meetings of the terrorists with the Turkish and American officials, it seems that some kind of cooperation between these countries and the takfiris has been established so that they can continue to destabilize Syria. Although Turkey is seeking to normalize re ...
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HTS Secret Contacts with Coalition: Will Idlib-based Terror Group Get US as New Boss?
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HTS Secret Contacts with Coalition: Will Idlib-based Terror Group Get US as New Boss?

Monday 21 August 2023 ،
front Damascus and after the differences broke out between him and HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani, al-Qahtani moved to Daraa while al-Julani also took Idlib as his new residence. After the agreements signed between the two individuals in 2018, al-Qahtani also moved to Idlib to help manage the ter ...
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Defenders of the Shrine: Rise of Anti-terror Fighters in Syria
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Defenders of the Shrine: Rise of Anti-terror Fighters in Syria

Sunday 30 June 2024 ،
fronts. We should well understand all the today sacrifices in the Gaza Strip and Palestine of tens of thousands of martyrs and the wounded under displacement, starvation, blockade, and massacre. We should well understand the assistance to them by the resistance in Lebanon Iraq, and Yemen. An overvi ...
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Syrian Army Redeploys in Daraa and Sweida, Regaining Control of Homs and Hama
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Syrian Army Redeploys in Daraa and Sweida, Regaining Control of Homs and Hama

Saturday 7 December 2024 ،
front terrorism. As it battles armed groups in Homs and Hama, additional militants in southern Syria have been targeting positions in Daraa and Sweida. In response, the Syrian Army has set up strategic control points to prevent militants from advancing toward Damascus. Syrian and Russian warplanes ...
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Who’s Al-Jolani and What’s His Role in Syria Future?
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Who’s Al-Jolani and What’s His Role in Syria Future?

Sunday 8 December 2024 ،
Al-Jolani first was a member of Al-Qaeda Syria branch and then formed his independent radical group. Alwaght- With the collapse of Bashar al-Assad government in Syria and takeover of the power by the armed opposition in Damascus, a new chapter in the Syrian contemporary history is opening. Meanwhi ...
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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 ،
front and lead to disillusionment, disunity, and even rebellion among many of the organization’s salafi-jihadi militias, and this will not be an easy choice. Even in these days, signs of caliphatism of HTS have begun to emerge gradually. Al-Jolani entered Damascus like a conqueror, leading hi ...
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region

Saturday 7 June 2025 ،
fronting all forms of terrorism and extremist forces. As for the threat to Russian security interests, it is likely that Chechens and Dagestanis who have fought in Syria for years may now return to their homeland or use Syrian soil as a launching pad for attacks on Russian interests in West Asia re ...
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
New Syria military forces, comprised of foreign militants, are committing crimes against minorities. Alwaght- Alawites in Syria are still under the pressure of the interim government. Recently published images of a mass grave of the Alawites in Homs suburbs have brought the state of this minority in ...
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry

Thursday 3 July 2025 ،
Israel is still afraid of danger posed from Syrian territory and is interested in a security agreement before any normalization. Alwaght- Normalization between Syria and Israel has once again begun to make headlines. Back-to-back comments by the American, Israeli, and Syria officials reveal the oppo ...

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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.