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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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By Normalization, Sudan is Meant to Become Tel Aviv’s Gate to Africa
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By Normalization, Sudan is Meant to Become Tel Aviv’s Gate to Africa

Monday 6 February 2023
Arab states in 2020 is relaunching it after his return to power to get more Arab countries on board. While over the past two years all eyes were on Saudi Arabia to normalize after long years of secret relations with the Israelis, the coup government of Sudan showed it is the latest myrmidon to this ...
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Preparing for Big Jump in Iran-Egypt Relations
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Preparing for Big Jump in Iran-Egypt Relations

Wednesday 29 March 2023 ،
Arab states have begun to follow a similar path and expressed interest to improve relations with the Islamic Republic. Egypt is one of the region’s influential countries that is working more to mend ties with Tehran and several months after announcing its readiness to rebuilt ties to Iran, it ...
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Army Bombs Paramilitary Base in Sudan as Power Struggle Continues
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Army Bombs Paramilitary Base in Sudan as Power Struggle Continues

Monday 17 April 2023 ،
Arabia, the U.N. Security Council, European Union and African Union have appealed for a quick end to the hostilities that threaten to worsen instability in an already volatile wider region. Efforts by neighbours and regional bodies to end the violence intensified on Sunday. Egypt offered to mediate ...
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Iranians Celebrate Persian Gulf Day, Stress Fake Names Will Not Change Reality
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Iranians Celebrate Persian Gulf Day, Stress Fake Names Will Not Change Reality

Sunday 30 April 2023 ،
Arab Emirates (UAE) and British embassies in the capital, Tehran, to protest against the choice of a fake name for the Persian Gulf by officials from the two countries. The Persian Gulf — which spans some 251,000 square kilometers — is bounded by the Arvand Rive ...
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Why’s Tel Aviv Concerned about Progress in Iran-Egypt Ties?
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Why’s Tel Aviv Concerned about Progress in Iran-Egypt Ties?

Saturday 20 May 2023 ،
Arab countries, is struck with confusion, concern, and despair about the future now as the regional developments, especially the relations between Iran and Arab countries, are moving to de-escalation.  Having failed to hinder improvement of the relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Isra ...
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Libyan Political Impasse and the Domino of Unimplemented Agreements
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Libyan Political Impasse and the Domino of Unimplemented Agreements

Saturday 27 May 2023 ،
Arab countries support Haftar, and these interventions have so far fueled the war in the country.  Some of these countries provide weapons and vehicles to both sides, fomenting the fighting in violation of the UN Security Council resolution of 2011 which banned arms supplies to Libya. Therefor ...
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Iran’s Presence in SCO, BRICS Proves Failure of Isolation Policy: Foreign Minister
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Iran’s Presence in SCO, BRICS Proves Failure of Isolation Policy: Foreign Minister

Tuesday 6 June 2023 ،
Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, the Comoros, and Gabon on the sidelines of his two-day visit to Cape Town, South Africa, to attend a foreign ministerial meeting of the BRICS group of emerging economies “Iran’s active presence in the Shanghai Cooperation Organiz ...
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Turkey’s Security Architect Now Leading Foreign Policy Apparatus
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Turkey’s Security Architect Now Leading Foreign Policy Apparatus

Tuesday 6 June 2023 ،
Arab monarchies, his appointment can speed up the reconciliation process with Cairo. Erdogan and Egyptian officials have recently voiced their readiness to reopen embassies and resume diplomatic relations, and perhaps Fidan's diplomacy will conclude this process earlier than the normal pace.&nbs ...
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Iran, Algeria Moving to Strategic Partnership
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Iran, Algeria Moving to Strategic Partnership

Tuesday 11 July 2023 ،
Arab countries that cut off ties with Iran following Saudi Arabia in recent years, Algeria was one of the Arab countries that continued relations with Tehran, and after the progress following détente agreement between Tehran and Riyadh in March, Algeria is trying to strengthen the level of co ...
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Will Erdogan Succeed in His Policy of Cozying up to West?
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Will Erdogan Succeed in His Policy of Cozying up to West?

Sunday 16 July 2023 ،
Arab uprisings. At the same time, the balance of power among non-regional actors in the region also began to change. The US focused more on containing China in the Asia-Pacific region, while the European Union distanced itself from developments in the West Asia due to its problems. On the contrary, ...

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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