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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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Will ISIS Resurge as a Threat?
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Will ISIS Resurge as a Threat?

Tuesday 31 December 2024
ISIS, but it vowes it will firmly counter any threat. Alwaght- Syria developments have provided a proper opportunity for resurgence and power gain of ISIS terrorist group in Iraq, raising worries about activities of this takfiri group.  Over the past few days Iraqi officials have expressed the ...
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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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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake
Analysis

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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Iraq Expresses Concerns to Syria Regarding Security Threats from ISIS Remnants
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Iraq Expresses Concerns to Syria Regarding Security Threats from ISIS Remnants

Monday 24 February 2025 ،
ISIS Takfiri terrorist group, which have resurfaced in certain areas of neighboring Syria. Iraqi intelligence chief Hamid al-Shatri emphasized the deep connection between security in Iraq and Syria, stating that developments in one country directly impact the other. He revealed that Iraq has convey ...
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse

Sunday 2 March 2025 ،
ISIS terrorist group through Cihan Port, providing millions of dollar to terrorists to destabilize the region.  In the Karabakh crisis, Turkey used the Idlib-based takfiri terrorists to fight alongside Azerbaijani forces against Armenia, stirring another crisis in the region. However, in all t ...
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust
Analysis

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
Analysis

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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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