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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Iraq Summons Turkish Ambassador to Protest Airstrikes
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Iraq Summons Turkish Ambassador to Protest Airstrikes

Thursday 27 December 2018
Haftanin regions of northern Iraq. Irak kuzeyi Haftanin, Zap ve Hakurk bölgelerine 14 Aralık 2018'de düzenlenen hava harekâtları neticesinde terör örgütüne ait mağara ve sığınaklar imha edilmiş, üs bölgelerimize saldırı hazırlığında olan silahlı sek ...
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Libya’s Haftar Declares Jihad against Turkish Troops
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Libya’s Haftar Declares Jihad against Turkish Troops

Saturday 4 January 2020 ،
Haftar declared Jihad against Turkish Forces after Ankara approved a troop deployment to assist the rival government in Tripoli. Alwaght- Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar declared Jihad against Turkish Forces after Ankara approved a troop deployment to assist the rival government in Tripoli. The gen ...
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Ankara-Erbil-Washington Coordinated In Turkish Operation in Northern Iraq?
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Ankara-Erbil-Washington Coordinated In Turkish Operation in Northern Iraq?

Sunday 14 February 2021 ،
Haftanin area in northern Iraq. Then, on June 17, 2020, it carried out Operation Claw-Tiger. And in the new round of the operations, Garreh Mountain in Duhok is the target of attacks by Turkish military. The new operation raises some question: What does Turkey seek behind the renewed attacks on nor ...
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Fire Under the Ashes: How Are UAE-Egypt Differences Surfacing Despite Playing Allies?
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Fire Under the Ashes: How Are UAE-Egypt Differences Surfacing Despite Playing Allies?

Monday 15 February 2021 ،
Haftar in the face of the Turkish influence and Muslim Brotherhood power gain in Tripoli, it seems that follows more serious priorities in the war-weary North African country. One priority could be that it wants to prevent rise of a new Sinai in eastern Libya. Despite a parliamentary authorization f ...
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Iranians in Iran and Around the World Mark Nowruz
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Iranians in Iran and Around the World Mark Nowruz

Monday 21 March 2022 ،
Haftsin Table and reciting Quran and sharing gifts.  In this time of year, the shopping centers are extremely crowded as people go shopping to embrace new year.  After celebrating the new year at home, people hit the road for trips that see them visiting parts of the country in a vacatio ...
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The New Era of Turkish-Egyptian Relations
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The New Era of Turkish-Egyptian Relations

Saturday 17 February 2024 ،
Haftar's forces in eastern Libya, whereas Turkey supported the Government of National Accord, endorsed by the United Nations, which had Islamist leanings. Turkey even went as far as establishing a military base in Tripoli, Libya's capital, and deploying troops to the country. Consequently, T ...
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The future of the Camp David Accords amid increasing tensions between Egypt and Israel
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The future of the Camp David Accords amid increasing tensions between Egypt and Israel

Saturday 17 February 2024 ،
Since the onset of the Gaza conflict, relations between Egypt and the Zionist regime have been affected significantly. However, the extremist Netanyahu cabinet's threats of a widespread assault on Rafah and the seizure of the Egypt-Gaza border along the Philadelphia axis have escalated this dipl ...
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Iran, Culturally-Related Nations Celebrate Nowruz
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Iran, Culturally-Related Nations Celebrate Nowruz

Wednesday 20 March 2024 ،
Haft-Sin Table, a table including seven items whose names start with letter s in farsi.  The event is remnant of ancient Iran and after the Islamic period it became a juncture where culture meets religion.  People observe the holiday so to welcome the start of the spring. The celebration ...
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How Will Assad Fall Impact North African Countries?
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How Will Assad Fall Impact North African Countries?

Saturday 21 December 2024 ،
Haftar of Libya  The fall of al-Assad on December 8 will also endanger interests of General Khalifa Haftar, the commander of militias fighting the central government in Libya, as Haftar and al-Assad established close military and commercial relations in recent years. In 2020, a cooperation agr ...
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz

Tuesday 25 March 2025 ،
Haft Sin table, which is one of the most important customs common in different regions of Iran and a common ritual among all the ethnic groups that celebrate Nowruz.

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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