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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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Stab in the Back: Allies Turning Syria into Graveyard of Erdogan’s Dreams
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Stab in the Back: Allies Turning Syria into Graveyard of Erdogan’s Dreams

Monday 7 April 2025
bases, sending signals of hostility to Erdogan. Alwaght- Trilateral cooperation of Turkey, Israel, and the US in Syria over the past years mainly rested on the objective of weakening Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad, countering the Axis of Resistance, and containing Iran's regional influ ...
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Iran Army Commander Visits Southeast Air Base, Warns Of “Heavy Price” For Enemies
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Iran Army Commander Visits Southeast Air Base, Warns Of “Heavy Price” For Enemies

Monday 7 April 2025 ،
Army commanders visited a strategic air base in southeastern Iran amid escalating tensions with the United States ALWAGHT- Two senior Iranian Army commanders visited a strategic air base in southeastern Iran amid escalating tensions with the United States. Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army Briga ...
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Netanyahu Losing Last Stronghold as Military Personnel Protest Prolonged War
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Netanyahu Losing Last Stronghold as Military Personnel Protest Prolonged War

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
Army and government discords  Prolonged war and failure of the army in securing the initial objectives of the war have heightened the differences between the military personnel and the cabinet officials, especially Netanyahu. Now the army commanders believe that the cabinet motivation for rene ...
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
base. This cognitive campaign operates through media messages, psychological operations, and discourse shaping in Lebanon and the wider Middle East. It aims to undermine Hezbollah’s narrative as a successful “resistance” force and to convince the Lebanese people that the country wo ...
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Challenges for Possible US Ground Offensive in Yemen
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Challenges for Possible US Ground Offensive in Yemen

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
based Western and Arab-backed government can advance on these fronts without any particular resistance from the movement.  US challenges in ground operation Although the US has the power and weapons for a ground offensive on Yemen with assistance from some of its allies, Yemen has proven that ...
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Sudan Civil War after Two Years:New Military Equations and Scenarios
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Sudan Civil War after Two Years:New Military Equations and Scenarios

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
base in the Al-Salihiya area southwest of Omdurman, which was considered a strategic location for the militia. The states of Sennar and Al Jazirah are also among the areas under the control of the Sudanese army. Areas under control of the RSF militias: Despite their retreat and heavy casualties, th ...
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus

Tuesday 29 April 2025 ،
Army's. The letter emphasized that the properties of these groups belonged to them and had not been granted by the previous government, and that the previous government’s assistance was limited to license plates. However, the confiscated assets were not returned, and even the interim gover ...
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Why Shouldn’t the World Be Fooled by Protests in Israel?
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Why Shouldn’t the World Be Fooled by Protests in Israel?

Thursday 1 May 2025 ،
based on access to coercive military and economic measures—Israel would never have been established, and it would not have survived in the hostile Middle East. He adds: In its early years, Israel's power was tenuous, bordering on the aspirational. But in the aftermath of its victory in th ...
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Foreign Actors Involved in India-Pakistan Crisis: Expert
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Foreign Actors Involved in India-Pakistan Crisis: Expert

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
based in the region inspired by similar extremist ideology could carry out terrorist attacks. Actually, these terrorist attacks could severely strain India-Pakistan relations, according to Mr Bagheri.  Therefore, the TTP, Taliban or any other extremist group as a non-state actor with its own g ...
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
bases and posts on the Iraqi soil. These bases are illegal and have drawn the opposition of the Iraqi government.  After seizure of large tracts of Iraqi territories by ISIS terrorists in 2014, the PKK broadened its presence to Sinjar, Makhmour, Zummar, and Kirkuk to protect the Yazidi minorit ...

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