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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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Top British Diplomats Hold Talks with Leader of HTS Militant Group in Syria
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Top British Diplomats Hold Talks with Leader of HTS Militant Group in Syria

Tuesday 17 December 2024
terrorist organization in Britain. Lammy explained that these contacts aim to support the establishment of a representative government in Syria and to secure chemical weapons stockpiles. He emphasized the UK’s commitment to an inclusive, Syrian-led transitional political process. Al-Jolani, f ...
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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 ،
terrorist label, provided that the group takes concrete steps to respect human rights and ensure the participation of minorities in the new government. The US has taken steps to remove obstacles to cooperation with the HTS, and the US State Department announced that it scrapped a $10 million reward ...
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Ansarullah Declares ‘Israeli Terrorists’ Powerless against Yemen, Hints at Secret Weaponry
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Ansarullah Declares ‘Israeli Terrorists’ Powerless against Yemen, Hints at Secret Weaponry

Monday 23 December 2024 ،
terrorist organization, countering that the real terrorists are those responsible for atrocities in Gaza and their supporters. He affirmed Yemen’s readiness to continue its pro-Palestinian operations despite potential setbacks, noting that such confrontations have historically strengthened Yem ...
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Who Really Deserves to Be Person of the Year?
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Who Really Deserves to Be Person of the Year?

Saturday 28 December 2024 ،
terrorists and threaten the entire world, and that Israel is carrying the burden of war on behalf of the world and deserves thanks for it! But the international outcry to stop the Gaza war and the UN resolutions and the release of the arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant by the International Cou ...
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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 ،
terrorist group and also with resurface of violence and sectarianism of these armed groups, many religious minorities in Syria express their extreme worry about their future. Alawites, under HTS focus  Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, appears in fron ...
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Will ISIS Resurge as a Threat?
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Will ISIS Resurge as a Threat?

Tuesday 31 December 2024 ،
terrorist group in Iraq, raising worries about activities of this takfiri group.  Over the past few days Iraqi officials have expressed their concerns about reports about ISIS restoring its power and possibly its leaders escaping the prisons in eastern Syria.  Mahmoud al-Hayani, an offic ...
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Over 100 Dead as US and Turkish Proxies Clash in Syria
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Over 100 Dead as US and Turkish Proxies Clash in Syria

Sunday 5 January 2025 ،
terrorist organization. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for an end to international support for the SDF and continues to launch military operations against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq. Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Guler recently announced plans to disarm SDF militants and tr ...
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?

Wednesday 15 January 2025 ،
terrorist organization. The SDF currently control a large part of northeastern Syria, roughly a third of the country’s total territory. The land they control includes about 70 percent of Syria’s oil and gas fields. In 2019, then-US President Donald Trump spoke bluntly about the need to ...
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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 ،
terrorist group. The PKK is on Ankara's terror 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 initiativ ...
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of  Security and Military Partnership
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of Security and Military Partnership

Wednesday 22 January 2025 ،
terrorist movements. “The two great countries of Iran and Pakistan are jointly seeking understanding in all related matters.” Munir expressed concern about the establishment of terrorist groups in the region, adding: “Iran and Pakistan are at the center of this threat, so our rela ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures