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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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KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post
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KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post

Wednesday 21 August 2024
Securing the governor post in Kirkuk is seen a big blow to the Kurdistan Democratic Party that claims dominance in Iraqi Kurdistan. Alwaght- Iraq's Kirkuk province, which over the past two decades has been one of the politically challenging regions of Iraq and Kurdish partisan clashes have led t ...
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Netanyahu Resorting to African Asylum Seekers to Escape Gaza War Defeat
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Netanyahu Resorting to African Asylum Seekers to Escape Gaza War Defeat

Wednesday 18 September 2024 ،
Israeli media report that Israeli army recruits African asylum seekers for life-threatening operations in return for permanent residency status. Alwaght- Though in recent years recruiting foreign mercenaries and militants has become a common phenomenon in wars, the Israeli regime in Gaza war has set ...
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Legal Reasons Supporting Israel Expulsion from the UN
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Legal Reasons Supporting Israel Expulsion from the UN

Monday 11 November 2024 ،
Legal mechanism of Tel Aviv expulsion  According to the Article 6 of the UN, the General Assembly has the power to expel a member of the UN at the recommendation of the UNSC if that member continuously violated the principles of the Charter.  The Israeli regime has also repeatedly ignore ...
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game

Wednesday 4 December 2024 ،
Status Law, General Amnesty Law, and Land Restitution Law. Although these three draft laws deal with completely different issues, they appear to be the result of a broad agreement among the main parliamentary factions, including Shiites Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF), the Sunnis, and the Kurds ...
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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 ،
Iraq is pushing to enhance employment benefits of the PMF forces as a boost to this anti-terror force, but obstructions are ahead. Alwaght- While the pro-resistsnce factions in the Iraqi parliament intend to enhance the job benefits of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) as an appreciation of a de ...
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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 ،
Neighbors of Syria convened in Amman to discuss Syria, but their division of views and concerns was obvious. Alwaght- With clashes in Syria between Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) forces and the minorities in various parts of the country raging, these developments have become the main agenda of the neigh ...
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus

Tuesday 29 April 2025 ،
The new rulers of Damascus are yielding to the US-Israeli demand to oust the Palestinian groups and refugees from Syria after decades of hosting. Alwaght- Amid extreme thirst of the new Syrian government for regional and international approval and legitimacy and while the interim President Ahmad al- ...
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Palestinian Authority: Palestinians’ Representative or Israel’s Partner?
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Palestinian Authority: Palestinians’ Representative or Israel’s Partner?

Thursday 29 May 2025 ،
The Palestinian Authority has close security cooperation with Israel against anti-occupation Palestinian resistance groups. Alwaght- The West Bank is going through one of the most dangerous and complex periods in its history. Political, social, and economic challenges are compounded by Israeli milit ...
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?

Thursday 17 July 2025 ،
The relatively calm Al Mahra seems to be a new area where the enemies of Yemen are working to inflame a new crisis. Alwaght- The situation in Yemen’s Al Mahra province on the border with Oman that over the past years has survived deadly clashes of the country is now escalating after arrest of ...
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Israel Engages South Sudan in Discussions to Relocate Palestinians from Gaza
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Israel Engages South Sudan in Discussions to Relocate Palestinians from Gaza

Wednesday 13 August 2025 ،
Legal experts warn that such a move could constitute ethnic cleansing, and Israel has reportedly explored similar resettlement discussions with other African nations, including Sudan and Somalia. The proposals have been widely condemned by Palestinians, human rights groups, and international leader ...

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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.