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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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Syria Sinks in Unrest as Al-Jolani Fails to Act on Promises
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Syria Sinks in Unrest as Al-Jolani Fails to Act on Promises

Saturday 8 March 2025
ISIS terrorist elements kidnapped more than 130 people of minorities in different regions. According to this report, ISIS-affiliated media outlets have published images and videos of the hostage-taking of 130 Syrian citizens, including several former military personnel, all of whom are minorities, e ...
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Iravani: Iran’s Policy on Afghan Refugees Remains Unchanged
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Iravani: Iran’s Policy on Afghan Refugees Remains Unchanged

Tuesday 11 March 2025 ،
ISIL-K. He called for the release of Afghanistan's frozen assets to support economic recovery and urged the de facto Afghan authorities to address the dire situation for women and girls, particularly the ban on their education and participation in healthcare. Iran remains committed to Afghanist ...
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust

Wednesday 12 March 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group and back efforts and regional and international formats. But there are various readings of terrorism, especially among Syria neighbors.  Turkey only considers the Syrian Kurdish groups to be a clear example of terrorists that must be dismantled, but it does not have such a ...
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group in 2014 following a fatwa by grand Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani of Iraq. This analysis sheds light on the motivation behind this US demand, the PMF role in neutralizing the US plots in Iraq and the region, and the possible ramifications of dissolution of this ef ...
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Iraq’s PMF Law: Gradual Integration or Maintaining Its Independence?
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Iraq’s PMF Law: Gradual Integration or Maintaining Its Independence?

Sunday 13 April 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group in 2014.  This was not the first time that Western media raised the issue of disarming resistance groups in the region, including in Iraq. Almost since the formation of resistance groups in Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen, Westerners and actors close to them in West Asia have rep ...
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Iraq Raises Alarm Over Renewed ISIS Threat in Syria
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Iraq Raises Alarm Over Renewed ISIS Threat in Syria

Monday 14 April 2025 ،
ISIS Takfiri terrorist group ALWAGHT- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has sounded the alarm over the growing activities of the ISIS Takfiri terrorist group in neighboring Syria, following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government late last year. During the fif ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound

Wednesday 16 April 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group, the two sides signed another agreement according to which Erbil went under obligation of exporting its oil through the federal government. But this agreement, too, run into difficulties due to Baghdad's decline to pay KRG's agree from the federal budget and Kurdish cont ...
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group, along with Iran's neighbors first policy adopted in response to Western sanctions over its nuclear program, have turned the two countries into key trade partners. As a result, Iran and Iraq have managed to cooperate across a wide range of business sectors.  However, a ...
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US Weapons Convoys Cross from Syria into Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Base
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US Weapons Convoys Cross from Syria into Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Base

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
ISIS. However, the Syrian government accuses Washington of illegally occupying territory and exploiting its natural resources, especially oil. Footage and reports over the years have supported claims of US involvement in smuggling Syrian oil to Iraq, and former President Trump openly stated that US ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
ISIS terrorists. However, at the time, these two Russian diplomats stressed that they had no plans to recognize the Taliban. Kabulov, who attended all the Moscow Format meetings before and after the fall of the Kabul government, raised Russia's expectations for recognizing the group at the first ...

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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