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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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Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis
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Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis

Saturday 12 July 2025
The recent clashes in Kurdistan region of Iraq matk a warning to the Barzani rulers that current ruling method cannot continue. Alwaght- In the past weeks, Iraqi Kurdistan region has witnessed one of the most unprecedented clashes between the militants of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and loc ...
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Iran Moves to Strengthen Military for Possible Israel Confrontation
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Iran Moves to Strengthen Military for Possible Israel Confrontation

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy approved the general outline of a new defense bill. The legislation, backed by 120 lawmakers and introduced by Tehran MP Ali Khezrian, was reviewed in a meeting that included top officials from the Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces, the Army, and th ...
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Israeli Airstrike on Gaza City Claims Life of Palestinian Lawmaker
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Israeli Airstrike on Gaza City Claims Life of Palestinian Lawmaker

Tuesday 15 July 2025 ،
Committee and held key positions such as secretary of the Palestinian Lawyers Union and director of the House of Right and Law. His legal and political career was marked by multiple detentions by Israeli authorities in the 1980s and 1990s. Al-Ghoul was known for his outspoken criticism of US foreig ...
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Pakistan and Iran Boosting Strategic Ties Under Arbaeen Cooperation
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Pakistan and Iran Boosting Strategic Ties Under Arbaeen Cooperation

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
An alliance seems emerging between Iran and Pakistan in response to unbridled Israeli actions. Alwaght- The Arbaeen as one of the world’s biggest religious ceremonies every year brings millions of pilgrims from various countries, especially Iran and Pakistan, to Iraq. On the eve of this grand ...
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?

Thursday 17 July 2025 ،
Committee, the arrest of al-Zaidi was a legal measure because his name was on the wanted list and the aim was to verify his documents, identity and legal status. To justify the arrest, the committee claimed that he was one of the prominent sheikhs of the Kholan and Marib tribes who had previously p ...
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Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media
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Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media

Saturday 19 July 2025 ،
Committee told NPR when asked about concerns about the crackdown on free speech and violence against journalists in the US. The claim comes after a new survey of hundreds of journalists in the country found that 36 percent of them said they had been physically assaulted or threatened with violence w ...
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Just for Show: Why Are Aid Airdrops not a Solution to Gaza Catastrophe?
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Just for Show: Why Are Aid Airdrops not a Solution to Gaza Catastrophe?

Friday 8 August 2025 ،
Committee in London also said that airlifts of aid “can never meet the needs.” Figures on necessary aid Joe Inwood, a journalist of the BBC World, estimates that to provide food for each million of the 2 million population of Gaza, over 160 fights daily are needed, but now the flights ...
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?

Monday 11 August 2025 ،
Committee of America, told the New York Times that “what we are seeing is an agreement that rewards Azerbaijani aggression, undermines Armenian sovereignty, and ignores justice for the 150,000 Armenians who have been driven from their homes.” Failed past experiences: Past experience sho ...
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Global Outrage Erupts Over Israel’s Killing of Al Jazeera Journalists in Gaza
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Global Outrage Erupts Over Israel’s Killing of Al Jazeera Journalists in Gaza

Monday 11 August 2025 ،
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate condemned the attack, calling it a war crime and a deliberate targeting of civilians. Rights advocates said al-Sharif was singled out for his frontline reporting on the Gaza war. Al Jazeera denounced the killin ...
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Israel and Gaza War: Fear of Narrative Replacing Fear of Field
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Israel and Gaza War: Fear of Narrative Replacing Fear of Field

Wednesday 13 August 2025 ،
Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and UN experts condemning the killing of Anas and his colleagues and calling for an investigation and accountability for the Israeli occupiers. They stressed that the previous and explicit Israeli accusations against Anas were part of a de ...

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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.