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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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ICC Netanyahu Arrest Warrant: Justice under Guillotine of US Interests
Analysis

ICC Netanyahu Arrest Warrant: Justice under Guillotine of US Interests

Sunday 24 November 2024
Afghanistan. Also, in April 2023, when under Iran's lawsuit against the US for illegal freezing of assets, the ICJ ruled in favor of Iran, the US called the ruling worthless and claimed that the court does not have the jurisdiction to hear the case.  Although the court's verdict is no ...
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria
Analysis

Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Afghanistan in 2022, Abdul Rahim Atwan condoled his death and called him a martyr, showing that his Al-Qaeda views have not changed. On the other hand, the HTS's performance in determining the nature and type of interaction with the so-called technocratic government of salvation in Idlib is fur ...
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Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia
Analysis

Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia

Sunday 15 December 2024 ،
Afghanistan. Engin Ozer, a Turkish political scientist and analyst, revealed to Caspian Post that after the 2020 ceasefire agreement between Syrian government forces and armed groups under the De-escalation Zones Agreement, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) began recruiting a new group of “foreign f ...
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors
Interview

Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors

Wednesday 25 December 2024 ،
Afghanistan. It starts from the south of Nangarhar in Afghanistan to the south of Kandahar province, which borders Kandahar province. The length of this province is about 800 kilometers. This region has been disputed by Afghanistan and Pakistan, which recognize this border as the Durand border line. ...
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria

Monday 30 December 2024 ،
Afghanistan has shown that the international community sets respect to the rights of minorities and their real participation in the power as the fundamental condition for recognition and even sanctions relief. This approach is also expected to be applied to new Syria rule and therefore the empty and ...
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
Report

What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?

Wednesday 15 January 2025 ،
Afghanistan in 2011 and over 160,000 in Iraq in 2007. While this number has been greatly reduced since the US military’s ignominious withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, estimates suggest that there are still around 30,000 American troops scattered throughout the region. In addition, since th ...
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Iran Prepared to Collaborate with Pakistan on Joint Weapon Production
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Iran Prepared to Collaborate with Pakistan on Joint Weapon Production

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
Afghanistan. Major General Baqeri, who is heading a military delegation, visited Islamabad at the official invitation of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, and had a separate meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of  Security and Military Partnership
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of Security and Military Partnership

Wednesday 22 January 2025 ،
Afghanistan, a topic of discussion Afghanistan was one of the topics of discussion between Bagheri and Pakistani officials, and the two sides underscored the need to promote peace and stability in this Central Asian country. Having in mind that Afghanistan has been facing political and economic cri ...
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A United Regional Front Is the Key to Checkmate Terrorism in Pakistan
Analysis

A United Regional Front Is the Key to Checkmate Terrorism in Pakistan

Tuesday 4 February 2025 ،
Afghanistan, the country has been caught in the crossfire of complex security challenges. These crises are fueled by a mix of internal vulnerabilities and external pressures, including regional instability and international geopolitical dynamics. In recent months, the threat of terrorism has escala ...
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What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?
Analysis

What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?

Friday 7 February 2025 ،
Afghanistan made some observers speculate that in his second term he will not very much pay attention to Afghanistan issues. On the other hand, the Taliban group as the current rulers of Afghanistan negotiated and agreed with Biden administration on release of two American prisoners in Kabul before ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution