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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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Alaska Meeting: Putin’s Diplomatic Win over the West
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Alaska Meeting: Putin’s Diplomatic Win over the West

Saturday 16 August 2025
2016 to 2020, the two presidents met six times on various occasions to discuss bilateral relations, arms control, the Iranian nuclear deal of 2015, and the crises in Syria and Ukraine. They met again in Alaska after six years. The meeting between the presidents of Russia and the US is of particular ...
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Sumud Flotilla: Voice of 45 Nations against Israeli Crimes in Gaza
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Sumud Flotilla: Voice of 45 Nations against Israeli Crimes in Gaza

Saturday 27 September 2025 ،
2016: Women's Boat to Gaza In a specific initiative, the Women’s Boat to Gaza (WBG) set sail from Barcelona in September 2016. The all-female crew aimed to highlight the blockade's impact on women and children. The boat was intercepted by the Israeli navy about 20 miles off the Palest ...
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Blair, a War Criminal Named for Trump’s Gaza Administration
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Blair, a War Criminal Named for Trump’s Gaza Administration

Thursday 2 October 2025 ،
2016 that Blair had no legal basis for waging war against Iraq. He later faced private war-crimes charges, but Britain’s High Court blocked the case in 2017. In 2015, the Telegraph reported to the House of Lords that Blair could potentially face prosecution for war crimes once the Iraq inquiry ...
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Iranian and Saudi Officials Hold Talks to Strengthen Bilateral Relations
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Iranian and Saudi Officials Hold Talks to Strengthen Bilateral Relations

Sunday 5 October 2025 ،
2016 severance of relations. High-level meetings, such as the one between Saud Al Sati, Deputy Minister for Political Affairs at the Saudi Foreign Ministry, and Iran’s Ambassador to Riyadh, Alireza Enayati, signal a continued commitment to dialogue. According to the Saudi Foreign Ministry&rsqu ...
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Nobel: A Political Reward or Peace Prize?
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Nobel: A Political Reward or Peace Prize?

Sunday 12 October 2025 ،
2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a historic accord with FARC rebels, aiming to end decades of civil war. However, the peace deal was narrowly rejected by Colombian voters in a national referendum, plunging the nation back into violence. Santos ca ...
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Figures on Palestinians Hamas Freed during Two-year War: Epic Stories of Four Prisoners
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Figures on Palestinians Hamas Freed during Two-year War: Epic Stories of Four Prisoners

Wednesday 15 October 2025 ،
2016. His mother waited for him until her dying day. Now, after 39 years of captivity, he has finally returned home. Mahmoud Issa, a military elite  Mahmoud Musa Issa was more than just a Palestinian prisoner; he had one of the most distinguished intellectual and organizational experiences am ...
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What Are the Challenges a Possible Trump War on Venezuela Would Face?
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What Are the Challenges a Possible Trump War on Venezuela Would Face?

Sunday 26 October 2025 ،
2016 campaign trail, Trump argued Libya would be better off if Gaddafi had remained in power. Now, he appears to be embracing military interventionism once more, though it is unlikely he is blind to the potential costs of entanglement in a foreign nation. Should long-range airstrikes fail to topple ...
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card

Monday 10 November 2025 ،
2016 and rose to roughly $9 billion by 2023. Most of this trade involves industrial goods, oil and gas equipment, and engineering services. In the current context, amid escalating economic tensions between Washington and Beijing, the latest round of talks has taken on added significance. The recent ...
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With Multi-billion Plans Collapsing, Saudi Megaprojets Prove a Failure Story
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With Multi-billion Plans Collapsing, Saudi Megaprojets Prove a Failure Story

Wednesday 19 November 2025 ،
2016, the newly appointed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled an ambitious plan for economic and social development called Saudi Vision 2030, whose main aim was to reduce reliance on the oil revenues and create a diversified, sustainable, and competitive economy on the world stage. At t ...
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IAEA, from Claims of Neutrality to Close Ties to Tel Aviv
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IAEA, from Claims of Neutrality to Close Ties to Tel Aviv

Saturday 22 November 2025 ،
2016 and has played a role in producing biased reports against Iran's nuclear program. According to leaked documents, Grossi maintains a special relationship with the Israeli regime. A growing body of official evidence suggests that Grossi's tenure has marked a turning point, solidifying th ...

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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.