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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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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands

Monday 2 June 2025
Democratic Forces (SDF) is one of the most significant potential sources of tension between Washington and the new Syrian government. Despite the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, Washington still maintains approximately 900 troops in northern and eastern Syria, raising concerns of the new ...
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites

Sunday 8 June 2025 ،
Democratic Party and the Kurdistan Patriotic Union) reflects this change in approach. Many public sector employees say that if the energy sales are handed over to the central government, they can at least receive their salaries regularly and transparently, something showing drop in Erbil’s leg ...
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Chaos in Los Angeles as California Rises against White House
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Chaos in Los Angeles as California Rises against White House

Monday 9 June 2025 ،
Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, said in statements that the situation was under control. However, it was reported that police used tear gas during the night protests in Los Angeles. Trump's violence against protestors  Mike Banks, the head of the California Border Patrol, confirmed tha ...
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Netanyahu Striving to Drag US into War
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Netanyahu Striving to Drag US into War

Saturday 21 June 2025 ،
Democrats of the Congress are working to block the US entry to war and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement as the main political backer of Trump among the Republicans and neoconservatives is opposed to Trump involving the US into an another uncertain West Asia war. MAGA is a neoconservative ...
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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 ،
Democratic Party (KDP) and local tribal militias, especially those of Haraki tribe. The development not only drew security concerns in the autonomous region, but also set off the alarm bells about tribal divergence, erosion of the local government, and possibility of central government and foreign f ...
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, two of the leading actors in Kurdistan region of Iraq. Erbil is hopeful it can take advantage of rebuilding Turkish peace process for settling its challenges with Ankara and boost business ties with it. This means that Turkish military actions will ...
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Party Tensions Rise as North Carolina Democrats Label Israel an ‘Apartheid’ State
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Party Tensions Rise as North Carolina Democrats Label Israel an ‘Apartheid’ State

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
Democratic parties in several other states. The North Carolina Democratic Party is facing internal turmoil after narrowly passing a resolution labeling Israel an apartheid state and calling for a US arms embargo. The vote reflects a broader rift within the Democratic Party nationwide, as grassroots ...
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As Syria Sinks in Crisis again, Re-embracing Spirit of Resistance Looks Only Working Choice
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As Syria Sinks in Crisis again, Re-embracing Spirit of Resistance Looks Only Working Choice

Sunday 20 July 2025 ،
Syria faces a serious danger of split under al-Jolani’s rule and the only option for survival is return to its past path. Alwaght- The noisy party of the rule of the armed groups over the war-torn Syria has ended way sooner than what was predicted and as the al-Jolani gang and its foreign supporters ...
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Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media
Analysis

Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media

Saturday 19 July 2025 ،
Democratic ads. So, we can say that the Trump era is a new era of hostility by the US president towards the big media. In fact, Donald Trump often enjoys being the subject of the press, but as much as he enjoys being the subject of the media, he also tries to blacken the press or threaten journalis ...
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Why’s Iranian Branch of PKK not Disarmed?
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Why’s Iranian Branch of PKK not Disarmed?

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
PJAK seems to be serving the American and Israeli agenda against Iran and this explains why it continues life despite its parent group disarmed. Alwaght- less than a month after Israeli demand for ceasefire with Tehran in the recent war, it seems that the Israelis have turned to destabilizing activi ...

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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.