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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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Israel Aggressions a Force Driving the World to the Brink
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Israel Aggressions a Force Driving the World to the Brink

Wednesday 9 October 2024
Afghanistan can be Israel's future targets.  This aggressive mode is deeply concerning because it risks a much larger and uncontrollable firefight. Israel's military superiority is not in question, but no country, however strong, can pursue rampant expansion without provoking a violent ...
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West Instrumentalizes IAEA to Undermine Iran: Ex-Nuclear Chief
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West Instrumentalizes IAEA to Undermine Iran: Ex-Nuclear Chief

Saturday 23 November 2024 ،
Afghanistan and Iraq. They also admitted that they created ISIS through a strategy of proxy wars to destroy the central governments in the region. He added that countries like Russia have caused trouble for Europe, the US, and the West in general. They thought that after the collapse of the Soviet U ...
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ICC Arrest Warrant to Netanyahu, Gallant: What Are the Consequences?
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ICC Arrest Warrant to Netanyahu, Gallant: What Are the Consequences?

Saturday 23 November 2024 ،
Afghanistan. This means that it is unlikely that the US government will exert any pressure on the leaders of the Israeli regime and support the ruling of this court. On the contrary, in the past two days, some American senators and officials have threatened the judges of the court and the countries ...
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ICC Netanyahu Arrest Warrant: Justice under Guillotine of US Interests
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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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Mashhad Summit, Ideal Opportunity to Boost ECO Cooperation
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Mashhad Summit, Ideal Opportunity to Boost ECO Cooperation

Monday 2 December 2024 ،
Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Azerbaijan joined ECO. The ten ECO member countries, with an area of ​​8 million square kilometers and more than half a billion population, have developed close interaction over the years. Transport, transit, trade, and ...
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Astana Format Meeting in Doha Heavily Overshadowed by Turkish Betrayal
Analysis

Astana Format Meeting in Doha Heavily Overshadowed by Turkish Betrayal

Saturday 7 December 2024 ،
Afghanistan. Commenting on the plot the Western-Israeli camp has drawn for Syria, Hanizadeh said: A security belt from Golan to Daraa in southern Syria is to be established to protect the security of the Israeli regime. So, Iran is sensitively seeking to end this crisis and help Damascus. The Astan ...
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HTS not Second Taliban, Air Corridor Transfered Terrorists from Afghanistan to Syria: Expert
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HTS not Second Taliban, Air Corridor Transfered Terrorists from Afghanistan to Syria: Expert

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Afghanistan was among the few regional countries that beside Turkey and Israeli regime immediately welcomed fall of President Bashar al-Assad and rise to rule of Hayat Tahir Al-Sham (HTS). A statement by the Taliban foreign ministry hoped for formation of an independent Islamic government focusing ...
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Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia
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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
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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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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
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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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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures