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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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World Campaign against Arms Exports to Tel Aviv Could Take the Steam Out of Netanyahu’s Killing Machine
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World Campaign against Arms Exports to Tel Aviv Could Take the Steam Out of Netanyahu’s Killing Machine

Monday 8 April 2024
2019 to 2023, Israel imported about 69 percent of its weapons from the US and 30 percent from Germany. Military aid to the Israeli regime is mainly made in the form of grants, and the Israelis do not pay much to receive it. Although these aids were routinely provided during the past eight decades o ...
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Israeli Operation in Beirut a Sign of Weakness
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Israeli Operation in Beirut a Sign of Weakness

Wednesday 31 July 2024 ،
2019, the US State Department imposed sanctions on Shukr under Executive Order 13224. Also, on July 21, 2015, the US Treasurey, according to Executive Order 13582, sanctioned him and even issued a reward of 5 million dollars for information leading to his arrest.  The Israeli attack came as a ...
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Israeli Policy of Converging to Africa a Failure Story
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Israeli Policy of Converging to Africa a Failure Story

Monday 18 November 2024 ،
2019, became the first African nation summoning its chargé d'affaires from Tel Aviv for consultation.  In 2020, the foreign minister of Chad, speaking about his country's position on the Palestinian conflict, said that the resumption of diplomatic relations with Israel will not ...
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
2019, the group established the Supreme Fatwa Council, run by its leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s advisors, to monopolize the fatwa-issuing process and, by limiting the role of salafi scholars in the process, it wanted to prevent the possibility of informal and extremist interpretations of Isl ...
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France Announces Airstrikes on ISIS Positions in Syria
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France Announces Airstrikes on ISIS Positions in Syria

Tuesday 31 December 2024 ،
2019, the group continues to operate in both Iraq and Syria. In December, the United States announced an increase in its troop presence in Syria to around 2,000, with Centcom stating that the move aims to prevent ISIS from exploiting the evolving situation in central Syria. The US also has approxim ...
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders

Sunday 2 February 2025 ،
2019, according to the executive order 331, they joined the official armed forces under the command of the PM as the commander-in-chief.  4. Political maturity in internal crises and resolution against threats  A look at political and military performance of the subsections of the PMF sh ...
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Heavy American Bombing: Will Yemen Back Down from Pro-Palestinian Support?
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Heavy American Bombing: Will Yemen Back Down from Pro-Palestinian Support?

Sunday 23 March 2025 ،
2019, Amnesty International published a report pointing to the use of US-made bombs in deadly attacks against Yemeni civilians. Since March 2015, the Amnesty International researchers investigated tens of cases of airstrikes by the Arab coalition and repeatedly discovered remnants of US-made muniti ...
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Is Unfolding Crisis Inviting for India-Pakistan War?
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Is Unfolding Crisis Inviting for India-Pakistan War?

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
2019, India launched a military strike on Pakistani soil in response to a suicide attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed at least 40 paramilitary police. Given New Delhi’s harsh stance on the recent terrorist attack, some experts believe that India may go beyond diplomatic sanctions a ...
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Trading Fire: Are India and Pakistan Going to Full-scale War?
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Trading Fire: Are India and Pakistan Going to Full-scale War?

Thursday 8 May 2025 ،
2019. There has been international pressure on both sides to resolve the issue bilaterally, but geopolitical risks and domestic politics often make de-escalation far from reach and this is because negotiation over Kashmir is regarded as a sign of national weakness and retreat for both India and Paki ...
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India-Pakistan War Showcased China’s Arms Power against West
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India-Pakistan War Showcased China’s Arms Power against West

Saturday 17 May 2025 ،
2019 war with India, but in the past six years, it has changed its strategy and switched to Chinese weapons. In recent short-lived war that started with Indian attack, Pakistan used advanced Chinese defense systems such as the HQ-9B, which not only destroyed India’s expensive aircraft, but al ...

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Breathtaking and sad moments of Shahid Rajaee Port  Iran mourns

Breathtaking and sad moments of Shahid Rajaee Port Iran mourns