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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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Haifa Port Blockade, Yemen’s Blow to Major Israeli Trade Artery
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Haifa Port Blockade, Yemen’s Blow to Major Israeli Trade Artery

Wednesday 21 May 2025
80 percent of Israel's maritime traffic. However, by mid-2024, the port of Eilat in southern Israel, the artery of the regime's maritime trade with Asia, was crippled by Yemeni missile attacks and officially declared bankruptcy in the Knesset. At present, ships have chosen an 11,000-nautical ...
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Vulnerable Security: Huge Saudi Military Deals only Sink Riyadh Deeper in Reliance on West
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Vulnerable Security: Huge Saudi Military Deals only Sink Riyadh Deeper in Reliance on West

Thursday 22 May 2025 ،
8 Amraam advanced intermediate-range missiles (AMRAAM) is included in the deal, for a total value of $3.5 billion. The missiles, which are “beyond-visual-range” missiles, are similar to the Chinese PL-15 missile, which the Pakistani military is said to have used to shoot down an Indian R ...
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
80 other countries condemning war and alling for its end.  Two weeks ago, French President Emmanuel Macron surprised the international media by announcing his country’s intention to recognize the state of Palestine next June. Macron had previously hinted at the possibility of recognizing ...
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Venezuela: Ruling Party Led by Maduro Wins Big in Parliamentary and Regional Votes
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Venezuela: Ruling Party Led by Maduro Wins Big in Parliamentary and Regional Votes

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
82% of legislative seats and nearly all governor races. Preliminary results from Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) show that President Nicolás Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its allies secured a sweeping victory in the latest elections, winning ...
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Stop or Continue? Netanyahu Facing Fatal Gaza War Dilemma
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Stop or Continue? Netanyahu Facing Fatal Gaza War Dilemma

Tuesday 27 May 2025 ،
8 decades ago. No expert at the beginning of the war predicted that it will continue 20 months after its start and even the Israelis themselves expected to take control of Gaza in a lightening operation, but they are yet far from this aim. The Israeli occupation has bombed the coastal enclave in the ...
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Gaza, the "Hungriest Place on Earth"
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Gaza, the "Hungriest Place on Earth"

Sunday 1 June 2025 ،
85 percent of Gaza residents (about 1.9 million) face food insecurity and 35 percent of them are in a catastrophic hunger (IPC phase 5). At best, the aids entering Gaza through Rafah border crossing with Egypt for the total population of over 2 million are 30 trucks a day, while before October 2023 ...
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region

Saturday 7 June 2025 ،
84, which will include Syrians too.  Can al-Jolani’s government control them?  Sources close to the Syrian Defense Ministry told Reuters that al-Jolani argues to Western officials that integrating foreign fighters into the army poses fewer security risks than leaving them unmonitor ...
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Why Are Israeli Casualties in Gaza Rising?
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Why Are Israeli Casualties in Gaza Rising?

Sunday 8 June 2025 ،
8 Israeli troops were killed in Gaza Strip.  Also, according to the Israeli army, 862 soldiers have been killed since the start of the war on October 8, 2023, 428 of whom were killed in internal battles in the Gaza Strip. According to this data, 5,921 soldiers have been injured since the start ...
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites

Sunday 8 June 2025 ،
8, which stated that the ministry could no longer continue to pay the region's share of the state budget, as the region had exceeded the legal ceiling for its share (12.67 percent). Responding to Baghdad, Kurdistan's Ministry of Finance said in a statement that determining the autonomous re ...
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Creeping Inflation in Persian Gulf Arab States
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Creeping Inflation in Persian Gulf Arab States

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
8.9 percent increase in the prices of housing, water, electricity and other fuels, which are the heaviest categories in the index. This increase was due to a 10.6 percent increase in rent, supported by a 9.9 percent increase in villa rental prices. The growth in food and beverage prices was lower d ...

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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.