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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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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans

Saturday 16 August 2025
Party of Iranian Kurdistan, the Komalah party and the PJAK, which are present in the north of Erbil province and the east of Sulaymaniyah province. Iran and Iraq share a long common border of about 1,450 kilometers, more than 500 kilometers of which is with the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Therefore, it ...
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
Party (PKK) has done in Turkey. Therefore, given the current complexities, the Kurdish issue in Syria remains one of the most sensitive and strategic issues, and several possible scenarios for its future are emerging: Sharing of influence and control: In the most optimistic case, both sides may ac ...
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Wednesday 27 August 2025 ،
Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to unify their ranks under a parliamentary government, these days the crisis has gone beyond political differences and is moving to a direct threat to security stability of the autonomous region. The inefficiency of the legal institutions and p ...
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National Day Against Terrorism: 44 Years Since MKO Bombing
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National Day Against Terrorism: 44 Years Since MKO Bombing

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
Party. Both leaders were key figures in shaping the post-revolution government. They, along with other victims, were later buried at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran. The August 30 attack followed a string of MKO bombings in 1981, including the Hafte Tir massacre that killed Judiciary Chief Ayato ...
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott

Monday 1 September 2025 ،
Erdogan has long been accused of profiteering from the Palestinian cause while maintaining close trade ties with Israeli occupation. Alwaght- With the Israeli aggressive policies and war over the past two years have been stepped up with military campaigns against regional countries, we can claim tha ...
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
Party, the minimum cost of living for a five-member family in Damascus reached nearly 9 million Syrian pounds (about $818) by the end of June 2025. In practice, subsidy cuts and rising prices have offset any benefits from the wage hike, leaving households squeezed even further. While the reduction o ...
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications

Wednesday 10 September 2025 ،
Party, which ruled the country unilaterally under Saddam Hussein before the US invasion of the country in 2003. In many instances, even open investigations or unproven allegations have been deemed sufficient for exclusion. The current number of disqualifications has surpassed the record set in the ...
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US-backed Hezbollah Disarming Plan: Outlook and Challenges
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US-backed Hezbollah Disarming Plan: Outlook and Challenges

Wednesday 10 September 2025 ،
Washington favors a Lebanon defenselesss to the Israeli aggression, but Hezbollah is not yielding to pressures. Alwaght- As the US and other Western countries step up pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah, Andisheh Sazan-e-Nour Institute for Strategic Studies has held a meeting to ...
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Indian-Israeli Alliance: From Military Partnership to Ideological Convergence
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Indian-Israeli Alliance: From Military Partnership to Ideological Convergence

Sunday 14 September 2025 ،
Party (BJP), through Hindutva ideology, or Indian nationalism, is seeking to build a supremacist Hindu nation in India. This project has glaring similarities to Zionism and Israel's ethno-nationalist policies.  Under Modi, India-Israel relations have taken on a distinct ideological hue. Mo ...
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From Italy to Palestine: Sumud Flotilla Sets Sail to Break Gaza Blockade
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From Italy to Palestine: Sumud Flotilla Sets Sail to Break Gaza Blockade

Wednesday 17 September 2025 ،
Party; Benedetta Scuderi, a member of the European Parliament from the Greens/European Free Alliance coalition; and Senator Marco Croatti from the Five Star Movement. They, alongside representatives from Italian civil society, have endorsed the flotilla's mission to call for an end to the war in ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.