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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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Arbaeen, the Center of Resistance Camp’s Geoculture
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Arbaeen, the Center of Resistance Camp’s Geoculture

Monday 26 August 2024
of Imam Hussein is one of the world's biggest events in terms of human participation in which people from all races, nationalities, and religions participate. The great goals for which Imam Hussain and his house and his companions rose up and were martyred were so influential that after 1,400 ye ...
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Hope and Enthusiasm Re-embrace Palestine and Lebanon after the Leader’s Message
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Hope and Enthusiasm Re-embrace Palestine and Lebanon after the Leader’s Message

Sunday 6 October 2024 ،
of Iran sent message of assurance to Lebanon and Palestine that Tehran stands with them. Alwaght- While after the Israeli attacks on Lebanon in the past few weeks a kind of worry has hit the Lebanese people and psychological pressure has overtaken some of Hezbollah fighters, there was an urgent need ...
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Hezbollah’s Haifa Operation Assurance to Friends and Frustration to‌ Enemies
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Hezbollah’s Haifa Operation Assurance to Friends and Frustration to‌ Enemies

Monday 14 October 2024 ،
of Haifa had a horrific night under the missile and drone barrage of Hezbollah yesterday. The Lebanese resistance movement launched the highly accurate combined operation that dealt a fatal blow to the Israeli occupation forces in a deadliest attack against Israel since the beginning of war on Octob ...
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Re-settlement Conference: Gaza at Risk of Ramallah Fate
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Re-settlement Conference: Gaza at Risk of Ramallah Fate

Wednesday 23 October 2024 ،
of Gaza and rebuilding settlements, a scenario evoking memory of early 1990s West Bank. Alwaght- Whereas the world community is calling on Israel to stop its massacare campaign in Gaza, the hardline leaders of Tel Aviv have new dream for the coastal Palestinian enclave. As Israeli army steps up its ...
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Battle of Wills: Why’s New Anti-Israeli Strike by Iran Inevitable?
Analysis

Battle of Wills: Why’s New Anti-Israeli Strike by Iran Inevitable?

Saturday 9 November 2024 ،
of the comments of the senior Iranian officials over the past few days after the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei's speech on the anniversary of capture of the US embassy in Tehran as Washington's spying nest in 1979, which initiated a day in national calender as the National Day ...
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A Comparison of First and Third Lebanon Wars: Understanding Hezbollah’s Recent Victory over Israel
Analysis

A Comparison of First and Third Lebanon Wars: Understanding Hezbollah’s Recent Victory over Israel

Wednesday 18 December 2024 ،
of high similarity to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 in terms of the aims Israeli regime had set for it, though there are some differences in terms of the motivations of start of the war and the results to the two sides. However, a passing comparison between the first war (1982) and the thi ...
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
of the PMF forces as a boost to this anti-terror force, but obstructions are ahead. Alwaght- While the pro-resistsnce factions in the Iraqi parliament intend to enhance the job benefits of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) as an appreciation of a decade of sacrifices of these voluntary forces, t ...
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Syria’s HTS Fate Dim amid Turkey Unrest
Analysis

Syria’s HTS Fate Dim amid Turkey Unrest

Friday 28 March 2025 ،
of Ekrem Imamoglu as the mayor of Istanbul and one of the main rivals of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has led to massive protests in the country. These developments have not only deeply impacted Turkish politics, but also have carried consequences to the areas seen as sphere of Turkish inf ...
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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 ،
of Lebanon. Alwaght- These days, the debate over Lebanon's defense strategy is stirring controversy, and despite its beautiful, rational, and convincing title, it is actually a codename for advancing a plot to disarm Hezbollah. Since the time President Joseph Aoun during his swearing talked abo ...
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Israel and HTS: Two Blades of the Same Sword Tearing Apart Syria
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Israel and HTS: Two Blades of the Same Sword Tearing Apart Syria

Monday 5 May 2025 ،
of Syria still unfold and the dialogue and local mediation have so far failed to produce a permanent ceasefire and every now and then sporadic but violent clashes erupt between the two sides. Although the clashes had winded down for some time, deadly clashes between them have reignited since last we ...

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