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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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Clouds of US Sanctions Back on Lucrative Iran-Iraq Trade: Challenges and Solutions
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Clouds of US Sanctions Back on Lucrative Iran-Iraq Trade: Challenges and Solutions

Monday 10 March 2025
of neighbors in its foreign trade has led to growth in the exports and imports in recent years and transformation of bilateral and multilateral relations with these countries. Meanwhile, relations of Iran and Iraq as two neighbors with historical, cultural, and religious bonds in recent years have ...
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
of Ekrem Imamoglu as the mayor of Istanbul and one of the prominent opposition figures on charges of financial corruption and links to terrorist organizations has highly agitated the political scene in the country. The arrest has stirred waves of nationwide protests in Turkey. In major cities like ...
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Trump Plans to Reduce Foreign Aid Spending by $2.5 Billion
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Trump Plans to Reduce Foreign Aid Spending by $2.5 Billion

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
Government Efficiency, has set a goal to cut $2 trillion in federal spending. Meanwhile, the US national debt has surpassed $36.5 trillion and is projected to exceed $50 trillion by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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Deeper Crisis: Netanyahu Declaring War on State Institutions
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Deeper Crisis: Netanyahu Declaring War on State Institutions

Thursday 3 April 2025 ،
of pushing, he finally succeeded in dismissing Israel's Attorney General, Gali Bharavi-Miara. Before her dismissal, she had warned in a letter that Netanyahu's government intended to place itself above the law, act without checks and balances, and make unilateral decisions even at the most s ...
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Trump’s Envoy Leaves Beirut between Israeli Aggression and Surrender
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Trump’s Envoy Leaves Beirut between Israeli Aggression and Surrender

Monday 7 April 2025 ،
officials for Hezbollah disarmament or brace for new Israeli war. Alwaght- While the Israeli regime with its recent airstrikes and violation of its obligation to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon has drawn anger of the Lebanese public and motivated them to press their new government to counter th ...
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Netanyahu Losing Last Stronghold as Military Personnel Protest Prolonged War
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Netanyahu Losing Last Stronghold as Military Personnel Protest Prolonged War

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
of the war on Gaza with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's order, waves of protests at warmongering both at home and abroad have begun to smash the Israeli government.  As demonstrators in various countries are calling on the world community to step up the pressure on Tel Aviv to ...
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US and Dilemma of Oman Talks: Making Trust or Burning the Opportunity?
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US and Dilemma of Oman Talks: Making Trust or Burning the Opportunity?

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
of talks. Many agree success depends on how much Trump administration will show flexibility. Alwaght- Today, the first round of indirect talks between Iran and the US was held in the Omani capital Muscat in order for the two sides to see if they can patch things up.  In this high-level round o ...
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Gaza War: An Arrow Lodged in Netanyahu’s Bone
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Gaza War: An Arrow Lodged in Netanyahu’s Bone

Thursday 17 April 2025 ،
of war, collapse of Netanyahu To end the war in Gaza, the Israeli PM has the big obstacle of hardline ministers of his cabinet. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are categorically against halt of war. Violation of war and restarting it in the past two ...
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
of issues from Ukraine to Iran nuclear talks. Alwaght- The US is confused and its foreign policy is largely paradoxical and truly lucks a clear and predictable orientation. In the past decades, with the change of administrations in the US, home and foreign policy was undergoing major changes. For ex ...
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
Government of Lebanon is responsible for disarming Hezbollah, and we expect the Lebanese Armed Forces to disarm these terrorists in order to prevent further conflict.” These positions, which reveal Washington’s most important goal at this stage, namely the disarmament of the resistance, ...

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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