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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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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?

Saturday 19 April 2025
Middle East are one of the main reasons for the contradictory and sometimes conflicting orientations of Trump administration officials. Trump's contradiction: three case examples  Trump administration has pursued three issues in relation to Europe and West Asia over the past three months ...
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How Can India-Pakistan War Impact Central Asia?
Analysis

How Can India-Pakistan War Impact Central Asia?

Saturday 10 May 2025 ،
Middle East, and it is not far-fetched to expect that it will spread to Central Asia. As the world moves towards an increasingly confrontational US-China relationship, Beijing is growing as a closer ally of Pakistan and a backer of the $65 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). China is k ...
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With Fresh Israeli War on Iran Looking Highly Likely, Can Tel Aviv Withstand a New Heavy Blow?
Analysis

With Fresh Israeli War on Iran Looking Highly Likely, Can Tel Aviv Withstand a New Heavy Blow?

Wednesday 2 July 2025 ،
Middle East through a joint American-Israeli plan, and the events that occurred in Syria, as well as the assassination of Hezbollah commanders and the planning to assassinate Ansarullah Movements figures in Yemen, were carried out within the framework of this plan, which is meant to give the Zionist ...
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Zangezur Corridor Challenges in the Shadow of Geopolitical Competitions
Analysis

Zangezur Corridor Challenges in the Shadow of Geopolitical Competitions

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
Middle Corridor, or corridors passing through Iran and Central Asia. In general, Zangezur Corridor is a clear example of difficulty of implementing transit projects in contentious regions. This plan, rather than forming on common interests, is advanced as a unilateral instrument to enhance geopolit ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
Middle East' project: Turkish analysts believe the Israeli regime is pursuing a major strategy to weaken neighboring countries and create a security belt of weak or subservient states around itself. As part of this strategy, there should be no strong, large states bordering the occupied territor ...
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Tehran Accuses US, Israel of Fueling Unending Regional Conflicts
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Tehran Accuses US, Israel of Fueling Unending Regional Conflicts

Wednesday 17 September 2025 ،
Middle East in endless wars for their own benefit. He urged regional states to take independent action to strengthen security and resist Israeli aggression, while also criticizing normalization with Israel as “normalizing crime and terrorism.” Baghaei added that global opposition to Isr ...
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Blair, a War Criminal Named for Trump’s Gaza Administration
Analysis

Blair, a War Criminal Named for Trump’s Gaza Administration

Thursday 2 October 2025 ،
Middle East envoy for the Quartet —representing the UN, the US, the EU and Russia. The Quartet’s stated mission was to help Palestinians build institutions and a viable economy for a future state in Gaza and the West Bank, including Eastern Al-Quds (Jerusalem). Yet the Gaza conflict unde ...
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Manama Dialogue 2025: Overt and Covert Agenda
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Manama Dialogue 2025: Overt and Covert Agenda

Tuesday 4 November 2025 ،
Middle East” map. He described Lebanon as a failed state, blaming Hezbollah for its collapse. According to him, Lebanon remains the only country that has not aligned itself with what he called the US-led Arab–Israeli agenda, and as a result, Washington has little interest in investing th ...
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Velayati: UK Driving Anti-Iran Agenda at Manama Conference
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Velayati: UK Driving Anti-Iran Agenda at Manama Conference

Sunday 9 November 2025 ،
Middle Eastern affairs. He said the UK now seeks to restore its prestige by targeting Iran and ignoring ongoing Israeli crimes in Gaza. Velayati condemned governments that criticize Iran while supporting violence in Sudan and Yemen, calling their statements baseless. He emphasized Iran’s role ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
Middle East as called by the West, loses its key position it had during the Cold War and post 11/9, and decreases to a costly, less cost-effective region where continuation of the US presence has not produced a new order but waste of the American resources. Therefore, Washington's strategy hing ...

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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.