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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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Two Big Reasons for Pessimism: Is US-Saudi Defense Pact Really Too Close?
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Two Big Reasons for Pessimism: Is US-Saudi Defense Pact Really Too Close?

Sunday 12 May 2024
NATO.  Kristian Alexander, a Senior Fellow and the Director of International Security & Terrorism Program at TRENDS Research and Advisory based in the UAE, said that according to such a defense pact, “the US would provide security guarantees to Saudi Arabia, which might include commi ...
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NATO spokesperson: 500,000 troops on standby
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NATO spokesperson: 500,000 troops on standby

Monday 22 July 2024 ،
NATO was put on alert as US President Joe Biden withdrew from the election campaign and the Russian army continued its advance in Ukraine ALWAGHT- NATO was put on alert as US President Joe Biden withdrew from the election campaign and the Russian army continued its advance in Ukraine. Farah Dakhlol ...
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Crossing Putin’s Red Line: What’s behind Ukraine Offensive in Kursk?
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Crossing Putin’s Red Line: What’s behind Ukraine Offensive in Kursk?

Saturday 10 August 2024 ،
NATO, the first batch of F-16 fighters was finally delivered to the Ukrainian air force.  Two weeks ago, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis wrote on X: F-16 in Ukraine. Another impossible task became completely possible.  Westerners hope that with the entry of F-16 into t ...
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Hamas Op. Driven by Oslo Accords’ Failure, Israel Struggles for Very Existence: Expert
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Hamas Op. Driven by Oslo Accords’ Failure, Israel Struggles for Very Existence: Expert

Tuesday 8 October 2024 ،
NATO or even in other words it is an East-West confrontation. And the second war is in Gaza. Although the great powers of the East and the West are fighting in Ukraine, in the past month we have seen a series of stances taken by the West to the detriment of Ukraine. The Westerners announced that Kie ...
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
NATO from reaching its borders and being caught in the security fence of the West have stirred Moscow's sensitivities about the developments in the Caucasus.  In recent years, especially after the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the government of Yerevan, which has seen Russia' ...
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Biden Pledges Maximum Support to Arm Ukraine
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Biden Pledges Maximum Support to Arm Ukraine

Sunday 24 November 2024 ،
NATO but concluded such efforts would likely fail. Instead, the administration is exploring bilateral security agreements with Kyiv. Russia views Western arms supplies to Ukraine as an obstacle to peace and a direct involvement of NATO countries in the conflict. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov state ...
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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 ،
NATO, blamed Ukraine for Russian war, cut off military aid to Kiev, withdrawn from key UN institutions, waged a global tariff war, halted US foreign aids, and declared his goal to expand US territory by threatening to take over Canada, Panama, Greenland, and Gaza. The collection of Trump's actio ...
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Why Isn’t There Hope in Istanbul Talks on Ukraine?
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Why Isn’t There Hope in Istanbul Talks on Ukraine?

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
NATO, an issue that is considered a red line for Moscow. Even after the Istanbul talks, Zelensky called for increased Western pressure on Moscow to back down. Russian officials over and over have stated that any peace agreement must recognize “new realities on the ground,” an apparent r ...
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
NATO, meaning if one party is attacked, the other will respond as an ally. Saudi media also announced that this joint agreement indicates the two countries' desire to strengthen historical bilateral relations and create security, stability, and prosperity in the region and the world. Saudi Arab ...
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?

Thursday 16 October 2025 ،
NATO and Russia. Any significant return of Russian forces to their bases in Syria would trigger a negative reaction from the West. NATO, having spent years working to diminish Russian influence in Syria, will not permit its rival to re-enter the arena unchallenged. Internally, powerful rebel factio ...

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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.