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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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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?

Wednesday 15 January 2025
ISIS international coalition. The Pentagon this week, however, responded to a question about transfer of construction materials to Kobani for support of the Kurdish-majority SDF as its allies to check Turkish attacks. Ankara labels Kurds its main enemies.  “We remain focused on our miss ...
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?

Thursday 16 January 2025 ،
ISIS terrorists in Syria since 2011 and made sacrifices to prevent seizure of power to by takfiris. So, this is one of the complicated and highly sensitive isssues. We should wait and see what approach the government and new PM will take towards Hezbollah and what reactions the latter will show abou ...
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group can prepare the ground for return of terrorists to eastern Syria and Iraq.  In the current security vacuum, and while the regular Syrian army is totally collapsed, there are concerns about the resurgence of ISIS. As ISIS sleeper cells have taken advantage of the recent ins ...
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of  Security and Military Partnership
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of Security and Military Partnership

Wednesday 22 January 2025 ،
ISIS and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists have repeatedly carried out terrorist operations in various cities of the country, and for this reason, over the past year, Tehran and Islamabad have reached agreements to confront terrorists on both sides of the border to prevent these groups fro ...
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Iran FM’s Afghanistan Visit Seeks Common Views on Region and Trade
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Iran FM’s Afghanistan Visit Seeks Common Views on Region and Trade

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
ISIS are revived, it can face the region with serious challenges. ISIS carried out dozens of attacks against Shiite and Sunni civilians in Afghanistan after the Taliban took the power. Since the US is also trying to destabilize the borders of Russia, Iran, and China at present, it specially counts ...
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Turkey Planning Influence in Iraq
Report

Turkey Planning Influence in Iraq

Saturday 1 February 2025 ،
ISIS  One of the topics of negotiations between the two sides is security cooperation. Turkey is trying to gain Baghdad's support for military action against the PKK forces in northern Iraq.  In this regard, in a meeting with Iraqi officials, Fidan stressed Ankara's willingness t ...
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders
Analysis

The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders

Sunday 2 February 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group in 2014 following a fatwa by grand Shiite leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani, is not unlikely. In this connection, on Saturday, Faleh Fayyad, the commander of the PMF, in a coordination meeting of the members of this group, implicitly acknowledged the existence of pressures ...
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What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?
Analysis

What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?

Friday 7 February 2025 ،
ISIS-Khorasan terrorist group. This means that so far, the Taliban have made no decision to hand over the weapons to the US.  Trump also cut off financial aid to Kabul, warning that this will be permanent if they do not return the American weapons. Official response to Trump: We are not Ashra ...
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Iran’s Top Security Official Pledges Full Support for Iraq in Meeting with Hashd al-Sha’abi Chief
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Iran’s Top Security Official Pledges Full Support for Iraq in Meeting with Hashd al-Sha’abi Chief

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
ISIS. Despite its defeat in Iraq and Syria, ISIS remnants continue to pose a threat, carrying out sporadic attacks. Iraq has warned of the group's potential resurgence, especially after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December. Al-Fayyadh emphasized Iraq’s commitment to ...
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist organization, welcomed the parliament’s move and maintaining that this law will ensure fairness for the Popular Mobilization Forces’ fighters in terms of their duties and rights, under the umbrella of the law and under the command of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forc ...

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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