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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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Israeli Crime in Southern Lebanon: Where Do Deadly Israeli Bombs Come From?
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Israeli Crime in Southern Lebanon: Where Do Deadly Israeli Bombs Come From?

Saturday 28 September 2024
Biden administration announced the authorization of the immediate sale of an arms package to Israel, using the presidential emergency powers that allow bypassing the Congress. Since then, the Biden administration has sent hundreds of packages of weapons and military aid to Tel Aviv at the same time ...
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Iran says it warned the US against interfering during its missile operation against Israel
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Iran says it warned the US against interfering during its missile operation against Israel

Wednesday 2 October 2024 ،
Biden administration’s unwavering support for Israel’s security. Iran’s missile strike, known as ‘Operation True Promise II,’ was in retaliation for the assassinations of resistance leaders Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, and senior IRGC commander Abbas Nilfor ...
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Riyadh’s Two-state Solution Conf. Serves Normalization in the Name of Palestinian State
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Riyadh’s Two-state Solution Conf. Serves Normalization in the Name of Palestinian State

Saturday 2 November 2024 ،
Biden, Saudi Arabia had initiated secret negotiations months before the Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Storm last October about the way and conditions of accepting the normalization of relations with the Israeli regime. However, Hamas’s attack and then the Israeli war in Gaza shattered the eq ...
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
Biden also called Georgia's election a setback of democracy in the country, indicating the importance of Georgia's political transformation of geopolitical competition between Moscow and Washington in the Caucasus region.  Shift in Georgian foreign policy  Undoubtedly, the victor ...
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Hezbollah Tel Aviv Attack Forced Netanyahu to Yield to Ceasefire, all Hezbollah Conditions Accepted: Expert
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Hezbollah Tel Aviv Attack Forced Netanyahu to Yield to Ceasefire, all Hezbollah Conditions Accepted: Expert

Monday 2 December 2024 ،
Biden and Hochstein have also officially announced that they will not send any forces to Lebanon. But why France? Because Lebanon has requested France to join the deal and not because they imposed France on Hezbollah.  The third issue is the removal of the preemptive Israeli strikes condition ...
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Trump Removes Restriction on Transfer of 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel
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Trump Removes Restriction on Transfer of 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
Biden, on the transfer of 1,800 MK-84 bombs to Israel. According to a report by Axios citing Israeli officials, the Pentagon is set to deliver the bombs in the coming days. Biden had enacted the ban in May 2024 during Israel’s ongoing war against Gaza, portraying it as a symbolic protest again ...
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Trump Pursues a New $1 Billion Arms Deal with Israel
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Trump Pursues a New $1 Billion Arms Deal with Israel

Tuesday 4 February 2025 ،
Biden administration but delayed due to concerns from Democratic lawmakers over humanitarian consequences. Trump recently lifted restrictions on the sale of 2,000-pound bombs that had been paused under Biden, defending the decision by stating that Israel had already paid for the weapons. Netanyahu ...
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Trump Plans to Reduce Foreign Aid Spending by $2.5 Billion
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Trump Plans to Reduce Foreign Aid Spending by $2.5 Billion

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
Biden administration, according to reports. Of this, $2.5 billion was designated for foreign aid, including support for NGOs focused on migration and refugees, economic initiatives in Moldova and Georgia, and inclusivity projects. However, military assistance to allies, including Ukraine, will remai ...
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
Biden administration, said: “We are facing an enemy that, contrary to our imagination, has advanced defense and missile technology. This has upset the tactical balance in the Red Sea.” Impacts of Yemen's air defense power in Washington Enhancement of Yemen's drone capabilities ...
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Why Isn’t There Hope in Istanbul Talks on Ukraine?
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Why Isn’t There Hope in Istanbul Talks on Ukraine?

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
Biden's path and the possibility of end of the short period of Washington's de-escalation with Moscow have caused the second round of Istanbul peace talks to be predicted as less prosperous than first round and also Riyadh talks.  On Tuesday, Trump in an unprecedented tone attacked the ...

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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.