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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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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry

Thursday 3 July 2025
2024, including Mount Hermon.  At the same time, it seems that the Israelis are still skeptical about the background of the new Syrian rulers and are concerned about getting closer to al-Sharaa, given the fundamentalist and terrorist activities of al-Sharaa in the past and his membership in th ...
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Israeli Soldiers Returning from Gaza War Increasingly Commit Suicide
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Israeli Soldiers Returning from Gaza War Increasingly Commit Suicide

Monday 14 July 2025 ،
2024, 38 suicides were recorded, of which 28 occurred after the start of the war. This is while the number of suicides among the Israeli military personnel was 14 in 2022 and only 11 in 2021. The fact is that the exceptional call-up of 300,000 reservists has exposed them to excessive psychological ...
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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 ،
2024, more than 97 percent of immigrants to Iran were from Afghanistan. While figures of 10 to 15 million Afghan refugees have been published on some Iranian social media, this figure seems exaggerated. However, the Afghan refugee population in Iran is large, and according to a report by the Cambrid ...
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Israel Strikes Military Headquarters in Damascus
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Israel Strikes Military Headquarters in Damascus

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
2024, Israel has moved to assert greater control over parts of southern Syria. Netanyahu has ordered military incursions past the 1974 ceasefire’s Alpha Line, a move that violates prior agreements but is being defended by Israeli officials as essential for the security of settlements in the Go ...
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From Ethiopia to Indonesia as Destinations: Has the Grand Migration of Gazans Started?
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From Ethiopia to Indonesia as Destinations: Has the Grand Migration of Gazans Started?

Sunday 20 July 2025 ،
2024, when Trump was a presidential candidate, he said in a radio interview that the Gaza Strip could be “one of the best places in the world, but the Palestinians have not been able to “benefit” from its coastal location on the Mediterranean Sea. He added that Gaza “might be ...
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?
Analysis

Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?

Tuesday 22 July 2025 ،
2024. In 2024, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iraq were the second to fourth largest oil suppliers to China. Interestingly, in 2023, Iran was China’s third largest oil supplier after Saudi Arabia and Russia. China committed to $400 billion in foreign direct investment in Iran over 25 years in excha ...
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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 ،
2024. The most important parts of these reforms are: The PMF are linked to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and have no administrative links with the Ministries of Defense and Interior. The head of the forces has the rank of minister. This will be seen as a step forward against growing c ...
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Will Qatar Stop Gas Supplies to the EU?
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Will Qatar Stop Gas Supplies to the EU?

Tuesday 29 July 2025 ،
2024, about a year ago, the EU approved new standards for “net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.” Under new EU environmental rules, large companies operating in the bloc will be required to certify that they do not use forced labor and that their operations do not cause environmenta ...
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US Calls on Lebanon to Dismantle Hezbollah Ahead of Israeli Withdrawal
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US Calls on Lebanon to Dismantle Hezbollah Ahead of Israeli Withdrawal

Wednesday 30 July 2025 ،
2024. However, Israel has rejected those terms, and the US has responded by insisting on a Lebanese cabinet decision to move forward with disarmament. Barrack reportedly told Prime Minister Nawaf Salam that the US cannot force Israel to act, emphasizing that Hezbollah must disarm for any progress to ...
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
2024-2025, and budget plans for 2026 predict 32-37 missiles. High cost: Each THAAD missile costs about $10-15 million, and replacing hundreds of spent missiles will cost billions of dollars. Estimates suggest that filling the American missile reserves again would take at least 2-3 years, and durin ...

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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.