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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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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?

Tuesday 2 December 2025
2015 ceasefire. In response, earlier this week, members of a special Turkish parliamentary committee tasked with overseeing the peace process visited Ocalan in his island prison on Imrali, near Istanbul. The cross-party commission was established to lay the groundwork for peace and draft a legal fr ...
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Fleeing the Hell: Migration from Israel Now a Surging Trend
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Fleeing the Hell: Migration from Israel Now a Surging Trend

Saturday 6 December 2025 ،
2015 to 2021, we averaged about 2,500 requests per year to cancel Israeli residency. But in 2022, that number jumped to 3,700. In 2023, requests soared to roughly 6,300, and in 2024 we recorded over 8,400 requests to cancel residency in Israel. Return to Europe Reports indicate that a reverse mig ...
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Main Sticking Point Is US Denial of Iran’s Enrichment Rights
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Main Sticking Point Is US Denial of Iran’s Enrichment Rights

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
2015 nuclear deal and recent military attacks as evidence of bad faith and a pattern of “dictation” over negotiation. The Minister strongly condemned the recent US-Israeli military aggression against Iran, which included bombings of its nuclear facilities, labeling these acts as severe ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
2015 nuclear deal and severe sanctions. However, this neither altered Tehran's strategic behavior nor significantly curtailed its regional influence. Instead, coupled with the US military drawdown from Syria and Iraq, it created more operational space for the Resistance camp, Russia, and Turkey. ...
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Khatibzadeh: Iran-China Relations Stand Strong and Historical
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Khatibzadeh: Iran-China Relations Stand Strong and Historical

Saturday 13 December 2025 ،
2015 and reinforced with a Strategic Cooperation Document in 2021. Khatibzadeh outlined priority areas for collaboration, including technology, multilateral cooperation, development corridors, tourism, renewable energy, and clean industries, emphasizing that these areas will be explored in depth dur ...
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Alliance with Sana’a Looks the Only  Way for Saudi Exit from Yemen Impasse
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Alliance with Sana’a Looks the Only Way for Saudi Exit from Yemen Impasse

Sunday 28 December 2025 ،
2015, but it is now pursuing the establishment of its own rule in southern Yemen, a goal Riyadh does not share due to its secessionist implications. In recent days, STC supporters in Aden have raised the flag of South Yemen, the state that existed separately from 1967 to 1990. On Thursday, protester ...
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
2015 under the guise of fighting ISIS and later repurposed for training Peshmerga forces. Observers predict a prolonged US presence, extending beyond counter-terrorism efforts. This stems from Washington’s political support for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which views the American ...
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Shiites, the Main Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan
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Shiites, the Main Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan

Monday 9 February 2026 ،
2015, Jundallah militants opened fire on a bus carrying Ismaili Shiite passengers in Karachi, killing 45 people and wounding dozens more. Shiite religious rituals also came under attack. On October 23, 2015, a bombing during an Ashura procession in the city of Jacobabad, in Sindh province, killed 2 ...
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What’s behind Iran’s Larijani Visit to Oman?
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What’s behind Iran’s Larijani Visit to Oman?

Tuesday 10 February 2026 ،
2015 nuclear talks to trading messages between Washington and Tehran during high-tension periods, Muscat has always provided a secure space for messaging. Now that talks are resumed after months of a hiatus and as military tensions in the region are at their height, this visit can bear a significant ...
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Netanyahu Returns Home from Washington Empty Handed
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Netanyahu Returns Home from Washington Empty Handed

Thursday 12 February 2026 ،
2015. You can’t outflank a president who is the absolute master of the Republican Party.” Netanyahu’s push to break isolation  After weeks of hesitation, Netanyahu shifted course and joined Trump-backed Gaza “Peace Council”, a body including Turkey and Qatar that ...

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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.