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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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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?

Wednesday 14 May 2025
Party (PKK) has focused the eyes on the developments in Iraq. Before this and in the past 10 years, the Turkish military bombed northern Iraq under the excuse of activity of the PKK militants. Now a question presents itself: Will Turkey continue its military operations in Iraq's north after the ...
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China Slams US AI Chip Limits, Threatens Retaliation
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China Slams US AI Chip Limits, Threatens Retaliation

Wednesday 21 May 2025 ،
China denounced new US warnings over AI chip use as "bullying" and pledged strong countermeasures to defend its tech industry ALWAGHT- China denounced new US warnings over AI chip use as bullying and pledged strong countermeasures to defend its tech industry. China has fiercely criticized new US gu ...
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Lebanon’s Municipal Election: What Are Its Effects for Hezbollah and Country’s Politics?
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Lebanon’s Municipal Election: What Are Its Effects for Hezbollah and Country’s Politics?

Sunday 25 May 2025 ،
Future Movement, despite the movement's official announcement of boycotting the elections. Also, the Pulse of the Country list headed by Mohammad Dandashli, and finally the Sidon is Worth It. The second contention in the south is in the Christian region of Jezzine. Although the Christian Free ...
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Netanyahu Builds Bonds with Gaza Criminal Gangs in Strategy Shift against Hamas
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Netanyahu Builds Bonds with Gaza Criminal Gangs in Strategy Shift against Hamas

Friday 6 June 2025 ،
Having failed to break Hamas resistance, Netanyahu is turning to creating a criminal force to create public discontent and unseat Hamas. Alwaght- As Gaza humanitarian crisis escalates, new aspects of the Israeli crimes in the Palestinian coastal enclave come to surface. In this connection, Avigdor L ...
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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 ،
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 forces. This ...
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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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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
Party, Fabien Roussel, the secretary general of the Communist Party, and Olivier Faure, the first secretary of the Socialist Party, are among the prominent figures of the French left who have explicitly adopted positions of support for the French government’s decision. The second motivation o ...
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans

Saturday 16 August 2025 ،
Party of Iranian Kurdistan, the Komalah party and the PJAK, which are present in the north of Erbil province and the east of Sulaymaniyah province. Iran and Iraq share a long common border of about 1,450 kilometers, more than 500 kilometers of which is with the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Therefore, it ...
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
Party (PKK) has done in Turkey. Therefore, given the current complexities, the Kurdish issue in Syria remains one of the most sensitive and strategic issues, and several possible scenarios for its future are emerging: Sharing of influence and control: In the most optimistic case, both sides may ac ...
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Wednesday 27 August 2025 ،
Future ambiguities  The outlook of the Kurdistan region can be foreseen with worrying scenarios: Growing violence: The deepening rift between the KDP and PUK, coupled with the unresolved standoff between Erbil and Baghdad, threatens to spill over into violence—most dangerously in contes ...

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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.