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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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Will Turkish-Syria Security Knot Be Untied in Iraq?

Will Turkish-Syria Security Knot Be Untied in Iraq?

Thursday 4 July 2024
Erdogan announced on Friday that he is ready to improve relations with Syria to the past levels. Erdogan emphasized: Turkey is ready to cooperate for the development of relations with Syria... There is no reason why (diplomatic ties) should not be established... As I met Bashar al-Assad in the past, ...
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Turkish Military Advances Deep into Northern Iraq: Aspects and Ramifications

Turkish Military Advances Deep into Northern Iraq: Aspects and Ramifications

Tuesday 9 July 2024 ،
Erdogan signed a security and economic agreement with Baghdad emphasizing respect to Iraq's sovereignty, but Ankara does not abide by this agreement.  In addition to repeated attacks on Iraq, Turkey has also carried out similar attacks in northern Syria in the past decade. Turkey views the ...
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Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Sunday 18 August 2024 ،
Turkey-Europe development road corridor.  Under this agreement, by 2025, the expansion of Al-Faw port capacity will reach 90 berths, in which case this port will surpass Dubai's Jebel Ali port as the largest container port in the region.  With the conclusion of this project, the Iraq ...
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Abu Zandain Crossing Opening Failure First Test of Erdogan’s Syria Diplomacy

Abu Zandain Crossing Opening Failure First Test of Erdogan’s Syria Diplomacy

Wednesday 28 August 2024 ،
Erdogan's government and preventing hostile actions from Ain al-Arab against Turkish soil. Turkey, for its part, welcomed this action, and the ministry of defense of this country considered it a step towards weakening the presence of the terrorist organization in the region, referring to the Ku ...
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Last Step of Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement

Last Step of Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement

Tuesday 3 September 2024 ،
Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart will meet in Ankara on August 4 to discuss necessary steps to implement Gaza ceasefire. This meeting comes as a year ago, the two countries normalized ties after over a decade. Milliyet newspaper reported that the meeting between the leaders of the two countries ...
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Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?

Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?

Sunday 15 September 2024 ،
Erdogan of Turkey openly said that Iran is the main obstacle to construction of Zangzor and Baku should settle its problems with its southern neighbor, showing that Ankara does not insist on this project given the regional developments. But if Ankara once again backs Baku, President Ilham Aliyev of ...
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Iran Willing to Collaborate with Turkey on Regional Security

Iran Willing to Collaborate with Turkey on Regional Security

Tuesday 24 September 2024 ،
Erdogan condemned the Israeli regime’s actions, describing them as a new form of barbarism and violence. He pointed to the ongoing massacre of Palestinians in Gaza over the past 11 months as evidence of Israel’s intention to escalate tensions in the region. Erdogan remarked that Israel w ...
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Security, the Missing Ring in Iraq-Turkey Development Road Project

Security, the Missing Ring in Iraq-Turkey Development Road Project

Sunday 3 November 2024 ،
Erdogan's visit to Baghdad in April, it did not take long for the neighboring Arab countries in the Persian Gulf to make their way to this project and became its main partners.  European and Eastern companies were planned to develop Al-Faw Port project for $4.6 billion, but UAE's AD Po ...
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Can Ankara and PKK Find Common Path to Peace?

Can Ankara and PKK Find Common Path to Peace?

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
Erdogan in the government, Bahceli proposed that the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan who has been in the Turkish prison since 1991 go to the parliament and deliver an address. This suggestion came as a day before, the PKK fighters had attacked state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and even clai ...
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What Countries Are Providing Fuel of Israeli Warplanes?

What Countries Are Providing Fuel of Israeli Warplanes?

Monday 11 November 2024 ،
Erdogan, turn off the oil taps. End your complicity in Israel's genocide. Even reports show that the complete cessation of trade between Turkey and the Zionist regime is not a reality and the Turks are taking an alternative route to continue exporting goods to the occupied territories. Middle ...

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