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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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Netanyahu’s Push for Longer War Can Kill More Prisoners
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Netanyahu’s Push for Longer War Can Kill More Prisoners

Sunday 29 December 2024
zones and checkpoints. Hamas has been demanding an end to the war and a complete withdrawal of the occupiers from the Strip. The Netanyahu cabinet has been under pressure from the families of the prisoners every day over the past year, and this has somewhat taken from it the initiative in Gaza, and ...
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Israeli War Minister Declares that Troops Will Stay in Syrian Territory Indefinitely
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Israeli War Minister Declares that Troops Will Stay in Syrian Territory Indefinitely

Wednesday 29 January 2025 ،
zone in the strategic Syrian Golan Heights following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, will remain stationed there indefinitely. Israeli Minister of Military Affairs, Israel Katz, announced on Tuesday that Israeli military forces will remain stationed at the summit of Mount Hermon and within the securit ...
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Turkey Plans to Establish Military Bases and Station F-16 Jets in Syria
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Turkey Plans to Establish Military Bases and Station F-16 Jets in Syria

Monday 3 February 2025 ،
zone, while the US has previously established multiple bases in the Arab nation.
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Israeli Drone Strike Kills Six in Eastern Lebanon as Ceasefire Violations Continue
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Israeli Drone Strike Kills Six in Eastern Lebanon as Ceasefire Violations Continue

Sunday 9 February 2025 ،
zone in southwestern Syria, including Mount Hermon and several towns. This has raised concerns over Israel’s exploitation of Syria’s instability, with the termination of the 1974 ceasefire agreement drawing international scrutiny. The UN had maintained a peacekeeping force in the buffer ...
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Iran’s Top Security Official Pledges Full Support for Iraq in Meeting with Hashd al-Sha’abi Chief
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Iran’s Top Security Official Pledges Full Support for Iraq in Meeting with Hashd al-Sha’abi Chief

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
zone near the occupied Golan Heights. Israeli forces have since advanced deeper into Syria, conducting hundreds of airstrikes across the country. Meanwhile, American occupation forces have reportedly taken no action against Daesh, allowing the terrorist group to operate freely in large parts of Syri ...
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Israel Attacks Targets in Southern Syria After Advocating For ‘Demilitarization’
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Israel Attacks Targets in Southern Syria After Advocating For ‘Demilitarization’

Wednesday 26 February 2025 ،
zone in the Golan Heights, drawing condemnation from the United Nations. Despite Israeli efforts to destabilize Syria and support armed groups, the country’s new authorities have condemned the recent airstrikes, demanding Israel’s immediate withdrawal and warning of potential consequence ...
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Why’s Tel Aviv Afraid of Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire?
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Why’s Tel Aviv Afraid of Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire?

Saturday 8 March 2025 ،
zone of 700 to 1,000 meters between Gaza and the occupied territories. This withdrawal indicates the complete defeat of the Israeli military, and for this reason, the hardline ministers are unwilling to implement this stage of the ceasefire. If the second stage is implemented and Smotrich resigns, t ...
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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 ،
zone 30 kilometers deep into Syria.  What is Israeli dream for Syria and Turkey?  Despite all the Israeli concerns about Turkish military presence in Syria, there is a kind of exaggeration in positions of Israeli media and officials about the so-called threats stemming from Turkish Syria ...
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Renewed Gaza Offensive: What Are the Israeli Occupational Aims?
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Renewed Gaza Offensive: What Are the Israeli Occupational Aims?

Wednesday 9 April 2025 ،
zone. Israel resumed its operation in Gaza with a series of heavy airstrikes on March 18. It had withdrawn its forces after a two-month ceasefire agreement that saw the release of 38 prisoners held by Hamas in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The occupation forces are also concentra ...

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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