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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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Iraq’s PMF Law: Gradual Integration or Maintaining Its Independence?
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Iraq’s PMF Law: Gradual Integration or Maintaining Its Independence?

Sunday 13 April 2025
The PMF is a key force in fight against terrorism at a time terror groups pose existen danger to the country. Alwaght- On Saturday evening and hours after start of talks between Iran and the US in Oman, about 3,000 kilometers away in Baghdad, BBC reporter said that now that Tehran and Washington are ...
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Turkic World Project Falling, Dealing Blow to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism
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Turkic World Project Falling, Dealing Blow to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism

Monday 14 April 2025 ،
Organization of Turkic States (OTS) officials to Northern Cyprus to seek official recognition, by doing so, these countries have ruined all of Ankara’s efforts to strengthen the international legitimacy of its protectorate of Northern Cyprus. In a joint statement of the EU-Central Asia Summit ...
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IAEA Chief Set to Travel to Iran on April 16
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IAEA Chief Set to Travel to Iran on April 16

Monday 14 April 2025 ،
Organization of Iran. Gharibabadi emphasized that the visit is part of the ongoing interactions and cooperation between the two sides. Grossi's last visit to Iran was in November 2024, during which he toured the uranium enrichment sites at Fordow and Natanz.
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound

Wednesday 16 April 2025 ،
Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO). - Oil revenues would be deposited into the federal government treasury after deducting production costs. - The Kurdistan region’s budget share would be paid regularly. But this agreement also faced challenges in its way of implementation. Disagreeme ...
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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 ،
The US foreign policy looks quite confused regarding a series of issues from Ukraine to Iran nuclear talks. Alwaght- The US is confused and its foreign policy is largely paradoxical and truly lucks a clear and predictable orientation. In the past decades, with the change of administrations in the US ...
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Journalist Tamer Mekdad and His Family Lost Their Lives in An Israeli Airstrike on Their Home in Gaza
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Journalist Tamer Mekdad and His Family Lost Their Lives in An Israeli Airstrike on Their Home in Gaza

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
A Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli strike on northern Gaza, bringing the total number of journalists killed to 213 since October 2023 ALWAGHT- A Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli strike on northern Gaza, bringing the total number of journalists killed to 213 since Octobe ...
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Riyadh Wants Stronger Ties with Tehran after Defense Minister Visit: Expert
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Riyadh Wants Stronger Ties with Tehran after Defense Minister Visit: Expert

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
Organization terrorists and the Iranian monarchist in exile, in line with the Israelis, have also started creating a negative atmosphere against the negotiations and are trying to create a kind of psychological turmoil in Iran so that the negotiations do not come to fruition. All these actions show ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
Russian Supreme Court removed Taliban from terror list, facilitating closer ties with Kabul as Russia feels a need for partnership with the group. Alwaght- Just until last week, any member of the Taliban who entered Russia should have been arrested according to the Russian laws and could face up to ...
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
Organization, but occupied parts of Lebanon for the next 18 years. He went on to point out Israel’s constant attacks on Lebanon and its repeated ceasefire violations over the past five months, showing that Israel’s aggression knows no boundaries.  “We, as a Lebanese state, r ...
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UN Condemns US Envoy to Tel Aviv for Justifying Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade as ‘War Crime’
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UN Condemns US Envoy to Tel Aviv for Justifying Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade as ‘War Crime’

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
Israel’s obstruction of Gaza aid amounts to a war crime ALWAGHT- The UN's Palestine envoy has cautioned America's new ambassador to the occupied territories that Israel's obstruction of Gaza aid amounts to a war crime. For 50 days, Israel has blocked food, medicine, and essential suppli ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution