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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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Vulnerable Security: Huge Saudi Military Deals only Sink Riyadh Deeper in Reliance on West
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Vulnerable Security: Huge Saudi Military Deals only Sink Riyadh Deeper in Reliance on West

Thursday 22 May 2025
2016. Such massive military purchases can add another budget challenge, so $142 billion is equivalent to 176 percent of the country's total defense budget in 2024, which shows that even in the best of circumstances, these costs must be spread over many years. All in all, despite spending billio ...
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Lebanon’s Municipal Election: What Are Its Effects for Hezbollah and Country’s Politics?
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Lebanon’s Municipal Election: What Are Its Effects for Hezbollah and Country’s Politics?

Sunday 25 May 2025 ،
2016, the last national municipal elections were held, and after a three-year extension period, the new government headed by President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam suddenly decided to stop the extension of the previous term and insist on holding elections, under the shadow of occasiona ...
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Stop or Continue? Netanyahu Facing Fatal Gaza War Dilemma
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Stop or Continue? Netanyahu Facing Fatal Gaza War Dilemma

Tuesday 27 May 2025 ،
2016. Subsequent police investigations led to Netanyahu being indicted in 2019 on charges of breach of trust, accepting bribes, and fraud. Since the charges were given publicity, Netanyahu has made various political maneuvers to avoid facing trial and a possible conviction and possibly prison senten ...
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New Red Sea Bridge a Saudi Push to Win Battle of Corridors
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New Red Sea Bridge a Saudi Push to Win Battle of Corridors

Monday 9 June 2025 ،
2016. According to this plan, the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt is to be connected to Ras al-Sheikh Hamid in Saudi Arabia through a bridge that crosses the island of Tiran. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are separated by the Red Sea, and the closest point between the two countries is the Strait o ...
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Iran’s Military Reports Shooting Down an Additional Israeli F-35 Fighter Jet
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Iran’s Military Reports Shooting Down an Additional Israeli F-35 Fighter Jet

Saturday 14 June 2025 ،
2016. The ongoing conflict between Tehran and Tel Aviv has seen these advanced aircraft deployed in aggressive strikes against Iranian targets, escalating tensions and military confrontations in the region.
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US to Spend $1.5B on Air Bases, Ammo Depots in Israel
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US to Spend $1.5B on Air Bases, Ammo Depots in Israel

Wednesday 9 July 2025 ،
2016, with projects also supporting Israel’s new CH-53K helicopters and KC-46 refueling aircraft. Though tenders go to American firms, much of the construction is carried out by Israeli contractors. Despite Washington's claim that this aid serves mutual defense, the scale of investment su ...
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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?
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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
2016 Population and Housing Census report published by the Statistical Center of Iran, at that time only 1,583,979 people, or 1.98 percent of the total population of Iran, were Afghan nationals, and currently the lowest estimate of the presence of Afghan immigrants is 5 million. Nader Yarahmadi, Ad ...
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Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media
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Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media

Saturday 19 July 2025 ،
2016 election campaign and during interviews that if he were to return to the White House, he would take revenge on the news media that angered him. A president against the freedom of press CNN in a report citing the freedom of press advocates said that Trump is intentionally inflaming an atmosph ...
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?

Tuesday 22 July 2025 ،
2016, President Xi Jinping of China made an official visit to Iran, signing agreements that paved the diplomatic way for upgrading bilateral relations by 2021. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in 2019 invited Iranian defense minister for discussions on bolstering defense ties and naval facil ...
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New PMF Law: Redefining Power in Iraq’s Security Structure
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New PMF Law: Redefining Power in Iraq’s Security Structure

Saturday 26 July 2025 ،
2016 and now it is undergoing fundamental reforms to establish an independent structure and identity. The parliament completed a report and debate on Wednesday about the draft law on the PMF, according to a short statement published by the press office of the parliament. It voted to add several poi ...

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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.