- US, Israel Strategy for Lebanon Is Failed State
- Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule
- Iran Urges Pakistan to Deepen Strategic Cooperation, Says Security Chief
- Satellite Images Show Israel Strengthening Southern Lebanon Outposts
- Three Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza as 15 Palestinian Bodies Are Returned
- Hidden DOJ Memo Challenges Trump’s Account of Boat Strike
- Peaceful Protest by Alawites Met with Gunfire From HTS
- Does Larijani’s Pakistan Visit Mean Tehran-Islamabad-Riyadh Alliance on the Way?
- Beirut Assassination: Tel Aviv’s Dangerous Game and Mystery of Hezbollah Response
- Muscat Forum, a Path for Understanding and Convergence in Persian Gulf Region
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Israel Conducts New Attacks on Southern and Eastern Lebanon Israel continues to violate the ceasefire in Lebanon without facing consequences
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Turkey Wants Allied Syria, Israel Wants Fragmented One: Expert
Thursday 8 May 2025
Baku. As a continuation of these negotiations, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev were supposed to meet in Baku. This meeting was supposed to be held on Wednesday, but due to the increase in tensions between Turkey and Israel, it was postponed, b ...
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Al-Sharaa’s Azerbaijan Visit Suggests Anti-Iranian Bloc in the Making
Monday 14 July 2025
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Baku of the Syrian Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Mohammad al-Jolani), whose trip triggered waves of analyses and speculations. He was officially received by senior Azerbaijani officials, a event that cannot be simply seen as ceremonial.
During his meetings with Azerbaijani officia ...
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Zangezur Corridor Has Several Aspects, Pursued by More than One Actor: Expert
Sunday 27 July 2025
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Baku’s domination of the regional energy market and strategic routes. Azerbaijan thinks that with conclusion of this project, Baku will gain the upper hand in the transit routes of the region. But it seems that Azerbaijan leaders have not taken into consideration all the factors including the ...
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?
Monday 11 August 2025
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Baku reached an agreement on the text of the peace agreement, but one major sticking point remained: Armenia’s concern over Azerbaijan’s request to build a road to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Region, a request that Armenia did not agree to, but on which implementing Azerbaijan insisted. Th ...
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Zangezur Corridor Challenges in the Shadow of Geopolitical Competitions
Tuesday 19 August 2025
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Baku, however, this is more than just a transit route ; it is a strategic tool to reshape the region’s geopolitical landscape.
Despite this ambitious narrative, the operationalization of the corridor, which ostensibly aims to achieve economic goals, faces serious barriers. Despite ...
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott
Monday 1 September 2025
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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, a critical energy route that transports Caspian Sea energy through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, from where it is shipped to ports in the occupied territories.
Despite Turkey's official claim of a complete halt to trade with I ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
Tuesday 16 September 2025
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Baku.
These moves were met with retaliation from Benjamin Netanyahu, who officially recognized the 1915 Armenian genocide, driving tensions back up just months after a period of normalization between the two sides.
According to analysts, the escalation of tensions with Israel is no longer based so ...
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Ending Gas Waiver for Iraq: From Power Crisis to Profit to American Companies
Tuesday 23 September 2025
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Baku to Iraq, but American sanctions have blocked this vital corridor. Consequently, the only remaining alternative path requires transit through Armenia, a route fraught with political and historical disputes between the involved nations that complicate its rapid utilization.
Even if these politic ...
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Iran and Azerbaijan Conduct Joint Naval Exercise in the Caspian Sea
Sunday 19 October 2025
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Baku’s coast in the Caspian Sea ALWAGHT- Iranian and Azerbaijani naval forces conducted a joint maritime rescue and relief drill near Boyuk Zira Island off Baku’s coast in the Caspian Sea.
Iran and Azerbaijan recently wrapped up the four-day joint naval exercise AZIREX 2025 in the Caspian Sea ...
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Rising Turkey-Pakistan-Azerbaijan Axis: Aspects, Drivers, and Challenges
Tuesday 11 November 2025
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Baku's victory in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, backed by unwavering military and intelligence support from Turkey and explicit political support from Pakistan, solidified the foundations of a trilateral axis. Joint military exercises dubbed Three Brothers are the tangible manifestation of this secu ...
