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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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How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?
Analysis

How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

Saturday 10 December 2022
Khorasan, like East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Khatiba Imam Al-Bukhari, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Lashkar-e-Taiba have intensified their activities and launched terrorist attacks across the country.  Meanwhile, ISIS attacks ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?
Analysis

Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
Khorasani, one of the leaders of the Pakistani Taliban, were killed on the eve of the first anniversary of the Taliban government.  More than a year from the takeover of power by the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, observers and international organizations believe that activity of terrorist gr ...
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Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace
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Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace

Sunday 30 July 2023 ،
North-South Corridor, a strategic route that is of significance to Afghanistan that is suffering from a special geopolitical restriction. The geopolitical importance of Afghanistan has turned the country unto a scene of political and geopolitical competitions between regional and international power ...
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Iran, Turkmenistan Set to Boost Trade, Transit
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Iran, Turkmenistan Set to Boost Trade, Transit

Sunday 19 November 2023 ،
North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, and Golestan that have many things to share with Turkmenistan in cultural and civilizational areas can play an important role in various export and import areas. Meetings of local authorities of the two countries specially focus on bolstering the trade between them.& ...
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IRGC Missile Strikes Caused a Hellish Night for Mossad and ISIS
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IRGC Missile Strikes Caused a Hellish Night for Mossad and ISIS

Tuesday 16 January 2024 ،
Khorasan branch of the group receive training and are transported by the Americans to Afghanistan and the border of Iran to carry out attacks inside Iran,” sources told Al-Mayadeen.  These sources added that this attack was carried out using 7 missiles and a number of attack drones.  ...
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Mashhad Summit, Ideal Opportunity to Boost ECO Cooperation
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Mashhad Summit, Ideal Opportunity to Boost ECO Cooperation

Monday 2 December 2024 ،
North-South corridors, which can control the economic pulse of the region by developing its infrastructures. Using the capacity of rail corridors for ECO trade development was raised at the organization's meeting in Tashkent in February 2023 by Iran's late Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdo ...
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Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia
Analysis

Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia

Sunday 15 December 2024 ،
North Africa and the Indian Subcontinent are also concerned about being affected by the fallout from the worsening security situation and a new round of armed conflict in this country. One of the most important of these regions to be effected from Syrian crisis is Central Asia. First of all, the co ...
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors
Interview

Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors

Wednesday 25 December 2024 ،
North-West Frontier Province during the Nawaz Sharif government. At that time, the capital of the North-West Frontier Province was Peshawar. Currently, the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is Peshawar. The only region that can be mentioned for its importance is the Free Tribal Area, which ...
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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 ،
North-South Transit Corridor (INSTC).  War could hinder the CPEC corridor, which connects China’s Xinjiang province to Pakistan’s Gwadar port, passing through disputed areas such as Kashmir. It would also jeopardize India’s trade routes to Central Asia via Iran and Afghanista ...
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Two Additional Agents with Alleged Ties to Mossad Arrested in Northeastern Iran
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Two Additional Agents with Alleged Ties to Mossad Arrested in Northeastern Iran

Monday 21 July 2025 ،
North Khorasan Province ALWAGHT- Iranian security forces have apprehended two operatives linked to the Israeli Mossad spy agency in North Khorasan Province. North Khorasan’s public and revolutionary prosecutor, Javad Ilali, stated on Monday that the province's judiciary is resolute in tak ...

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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.