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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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Anti-Semitism Redefinition: An Instrument to Crack Down on Zionism Critics
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Anti-Semitism Redefinition: An Instrument to Crack Down on Zionism Critics

Saturday 9 August 2025
2020, the Trump administration issued an “Executive Order Combating Anti-Semitism,” which directed executive agencies to consider the IHRA’s new definition when implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Then, in 2024, the Zionist-influenced House of Representatives passed the ...
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?

Monday 11 August 2025 ،
2020, President Vladimir Putin of Russia mediated a ceasefire deal, but the negotiations managed to stop the war only for a short time. Azerbaijan in a lightening attack in 2023 seized Armenian-majority region of Republic of Artsakh and gained full control over Karabakh. The Nagorno-Karabakh region ...
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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 ،
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 importa ...
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US-led Coalition to Leave Iraq by September, Says Prime Minister’s Aide
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US-led Coalition to Leave Iraq by September, Says Prime Minister’s Aide

Monday 18 August 2025 ،
2020 parliamentary law to expel foreign forces after the US assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi PMU leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Both men were celebrated for their leading role in defeating ISIS across Iraq and Syria.
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
2020, he formally proposed annexing parts of the West Bank and has been incrementally advancing this project despite international opposition. In recent decades, right-wing parties like Likud and various Israeli governments have implicitly or explicitly promoted the Greater Israel vision, though in ...
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US Redefining its Iraq Military Presence, Full Withdrawal Uncertain: Expert
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US Redefining its Iraq Military Presence, Full Withdrawal Uncertain: Expert

Saturday 6 September 2025 ،
2020 parliamentary resolution that called for expulsion of the foreign forces following the Trump-ordered assassination of top anti-terror commanders General Qassem Sulemani of Iran and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis of Iraq and regard the American presence as a new occupation. These groups believe that by r ...
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?

Saturday 13 September 2025 ،
2020. However, the genocidal war on Gaza has made the Arab rulers more cautious in their approach to the normalization project. Despite this, Arab countries have rarely taken a strong and decisive tone against normalizing relations with Tel Aviv, and their positions indicate that the Arab world stil ...
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?

Monday 15 September 2025 ،
2020 Abraham Accords ushered in a new era of economic, security, and intelligence ties for Abu Dhabi and Manama with Tel Aviv. This growing political and economic alignment with Israel has severely undermined the possibility of forming a unified military coalition against Israel. Simply put, how ca ...
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
2020 as a US initiative were in fact a project to articulate a Arab-Israeli coalition aimed at countering Iran and undermining the Axis of Resistance. As part of its Iranophobia policy, Washington sought to establish a new security order in West Asia centered on safeguarding the security interests ...
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
2020, the US State Department announced its plan to place Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and its leader and his brother on its list of terrorist organizations. In November 2023, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on a number of leaders of the Kataib Sayyed Al-Shohada. These American adversial moves come as resist ...

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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.