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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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How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?
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How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?

Sunday 2 March 2025
China. This gives the US breathing room to rebuild its power and focus on India and Pacific Ocean and boost its military presence and bilateral and multilateral security alliances like AUKUS in the face of China.  Over the past 45 years, the EU’s share of global GDP has fallen from 27 pe ...
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Iran-China-Russia: The Emerging Pole of Naval Power
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Iran-China-Russia: The Emerging Pole of Naval Power

Sunday 16 March 2025 ،
China, Russia, and Iran with their joint naval exercises signal that a new weight is emerging in the transitioning security order in the face of the US. In this connection, on Tuesday, the three countries started Security Belt 2025 naval war games near Iran's Chabahar port and will keep the dri ...
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Beijing Agreement An Eastern Bulwark against Trump’s Threats to Iran
Analysis

Beijing Agreement An Eastern Bulwark against Trump’s Threats to Iran

Monday 17 March 2025 ،
China as two rivals of the US to neutralize the White House's aggressive approach. In this relation, recently an important nuclear agreement was signed between China, Iran, and Russia which is considered a significant diplomatic maneuver by Iran's foreign policy apparatus against the Wester ...
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?
Analysis

Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
China? By cutting off American aid to African countries, will China not replace the US in Africa? Will Russia not fill the void left by the US in international organizations?, he asks. The answer to these questions is almost certainly yes, and there is no doubt that wherever Washington walks back, o ...
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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 ،
China will use this strategic success story to deal blows to their powerful rival in any future confrontation.  Russia, which is seeking to upgrade its unconventional air defenses in the wake of the Ukraine war, could use Yemen’s model of agile and decentralized defense. Also, China, whi ...
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
China and North Korea, as key players, play a pivotal role in determining the agendas and directions of this coalition and seek to establish a multipolar security system. Venediktov commented on the aims of the meeting, saying: We have chosen an agenda that is of the utmost importance given the cur ...
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Nuclear Iran: US Fear of Rise of New Power in New Energies Market
Analysis

Nuclear Iran: US Fear of Rise of New Power in New Energies Market

Tuesday 3 June 2025 ،
China and Russia in energy sector is part of this new equation that challenges the power structure in the global energy market.  Challenging existing order in energy market  The US and its allies for years have established their power through their domination of energy market especially ...
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Lessons Learned from Israeli-Iranian War
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Lessons Learned from Israeli-Iranian War

Tuesday 5 August 2025 ،
China. 8. Israeli-American convergence This was showed that the American and Israeli policies in the region are so convergent that it is hard to differentiate between their interests and decisions. 9. Iran’s strategic wisdom Writing about the way of war management by Iran despite having ...
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SCO Summit Marks Rise of Eastern-led Balance of Power
Analysis

SCO Summit Marks Rise of Eastern-led Balance of Power

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
China and Russia, is visibly sketching out a new order in which power is spread more evenly and non-Western nations take the lead. The participation of non-member states in the summit not only underscored the importance of the gathering but also highlighted the SCO’s growing weight in global ...
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From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?
Analysis

From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?

Monday 8 September 2025 ،
China, Russia, and Iran that are teeming up to undermine the Western hegemony and American unilateralism and that have managed to establish institutions in this path through founding such organizations as BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have attracted the Global South and set of th ...

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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.