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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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US Changes Horses in Syrian Crisis

US Changes Horses in Syrian Crisis

Tuesday 3 November 2015
Alastair Crooke, the former agent in the British external spying agency, MI6, in an analysis in Huffington Post website has said that the new military operations- by the Russian-led coalition- would unveil West's sham claims that it has been fighting ISIS for a year. But Crooke believes that th ...
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What Happens to Russia, Iran Ties after Syrian Crisis?
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What Happens to Russia, Iran Ties after Syrian Crisis?

Tuesday 12 April 2016 ،
Alastair Crooke, the former agent of Britain’s spying agency MI6, in an article in the Huffington Post, has written that the coalition that included Russia, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, once kept successful at it was, would, for the first time after Soviet Union’s dis ...
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Will Military Buildup Give the US What it Wants from Iran?
Analysis

Will Military Buildup Give the US What it Wants from Iran?

Tuesday 10 February 2026 ،
Alastair Crooke, a former British diplomat and ex–MI6 officer, said in an interview that the Oman talks were originally intended to focus exclusively on nuclear issues. However, during meetings in Istanbul, efforts were made to impose Israel’s agenda, which is halting uranium enrichment, ...
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Alastair Crooke: Iran, Not Trump, Controls the Strait of Hormuz
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Alastair Crooke: Iran, Not Trump, Controls the Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 28 April 2026 ،
Alastair Crooke, Trump’s rhetoric against Iran constitutes a dangerous delusion ALWAGHT- According to former British diplomat and leading geopolitical analyst Alastair Crooke, Trump's rhetoric against Iran constitutes a dangerous delusion. He warns that the US administration's illegal war of ...

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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.