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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
President Bashar al-Assad over the past three days have killed at least 147, the deadliest days since fall of al-Assad government earlier in December. Spark of clashes The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war in the Arab country, said the fighting began on Thurs ...
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Iran-China-Russia: The Emerging Pole of Naval Power
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Iran-China-Russia: The Emerging Pole of Naval Power

Sunday 16 March 2025 ،
The three countries send new signal of convergence to the Western camp amid shifting dynamics of global power. Alwaght- While Trump keeps shuffling the traditional Western alliances and redefining the US role in the global security, China, Russia, and Iran with their joint naval exercises signal tha ...
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability

Tuesday 18 March 2025 ،
The HTS attacks on Lebanon’s border areas play into the hands of Israel that benefits from regional conflicts. Alwaght- The elements of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), who over the past few weeks have pushed Syria to instability with their massacare of religious minorities in costal regions, this ti ...
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz

Tuesday 25 March 2025 ،
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. In his latest controversial comments, the Turkish leader has gone far beyond the limits and in a speech celebrating Nowruz in Istanbul on March 21 described the ancient Persian eve the common celebration of Turkic world, adding that this culture helps their ...
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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 ،
Iraq. Alwaght- In the past few days, the US government reported Trump sending a letter to Iran and setting a two-month deadline for Tehran to start the negotiations. Amid the reactions to the content of the letter, Iranian ambassador to Iraq revealed that the American President demanded the dissolut ...
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Iran’s Entry to Africa Through Algerian Gate
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Iran’s Entry to Africa Through Algerian Gate

Thursday 10 April 2025 ،
President Seyyed Ibrahim Raisi, the two countries signed 6 cooperation agreements. Actually, after its relations went frayed with some countries, Algeria is seeking to break its African atmosphere isolation. The country, especially over the past few years, has had challenge-hit relations with Sahel ...
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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 ،
Iraq. Article 112 of the Iraqi constitution had transferred the management of existing oil fields to the federal government, but there was ambiguity about new fields or those that had not been used before the constitution was adopted.  Kurdistan government, adopting its own interpretation of t ...
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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 ،
President George Bush on May 22, 2003. Security Council Resolution 1483 voted to establish the so-called Development Fund for Iraq to manage Iraq's oil revenues, from which all revenues from the sale of Iraqi oil will be deposited directly into an account at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York ...
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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 ،
President Trump openly stated that US forces were there for the oil. There have also been allegations of US support for ISIS via regional proxies.
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
Iraq. In fact, this trilateral meeting with the presence of the Qatari emir is not a passing ceremonial event. The timing and secrecy of this meeting have raised many questions about its objectives and consequences, especially in a situation where there are deep gaps in Iraq about the relationship w ...

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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