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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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Indian Ocean Conference: Iranian FM Visit’s Significance, Aims
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Indian Ocean Conference: Iranian FM Visit’s Significance, Aims

Monday 17 February 2025
President Ram Madhav said on Wednesday. The conference is also in line with Oman's Vision 2040, which envisages economic diversification, environmental sustainability and promotion of renewable energy. The countries bordering the Indian Ocean, due to their geographical location, natural resour ...
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations
Analysis

Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations

Saturday 22 February 2025 ،
President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Qatar in September to join Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), now the emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamas Al Thani visited Tehran to further shore up ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Over the past years, relations between Tehran and Doha have suffered ...
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Iran and Sudan: Emerging Partnership in Horn of Africa
Analysis

Iran and Sudan: Emerging Partnership in Horn of Africa

Wednesday 26 February 2025 ،
President Omar al-Bashir in 2019, Sudan has not seen political stability and has been a setting for political and social confrontation of the regular army and the militias and this, by the way, has become the motivation for shift of approach in the foreign policy of the army-backed government in the ...
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Beijing Agreement An Eastern Bulwark against Trump’s Threats to Iran
Analysis

Beijing Agreement An Eastern Bulwark against Trump’s Threats to Iran

Monday 17 March 2025 ،
President Donald Trump has mobilized every tool at his disposal to force Iran to the negotiating table with excessive conditions using the maximum pressure campaign, on the other side, Tehran is using the capacities of expansion of relations with Russia and China as two rivals of the US to neutraliz ...
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the revolt of the opposition.  Although the Turkish prosecutor's office has issued an arrest warrant for Imamoglu and 99 others on charges of corruption, bribery and terrorism-related crimes, protesters see the move as politically-motivated by the governm ...
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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 ،
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 influence like Syria, now ruled by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS). The leaders of HTS l ...
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
Analysis

Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
President demanded the dissolution of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a voluntary force in Iraq formed in opposition to the ISIS terrorist group in 2014 following a fatwa by grand Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani of Iraq. This analysis sheds light on the motivation behind ...
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Foreign Actors Involved in India-Pakistan Crisis: Expert
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Foreign Actors Involved in India-Pakistan Crisis: Expert

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
President JD Vance, Mr Bagheri said that Vance's visit to India and Kashmir attack took place at a very sensitive time. Its coincidence with the visit of US vice president to India, and also on the eve of Trump's possible visit to this country to participate in the Quad Leaders' Summit, ...
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Why’s Hezbollah Lead in Municipal Elections Important?
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Why’s Hezbollah Lead in Municipal Elections Important?

Wednesday 7 May 2025 ،
Hezbollah and allied Amal Movement are leading in local elections as they shape the future of power dynamics at home. Alwaght- After several years of delay, local and municipal elections were held on Sunday in Mount Lebanon Governorate as first phase. These elections are first since 2016. The previo ...
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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 ،
Central Asia is scene to growing trade and expanding transit routes and war can hinder its development. Alwaght- If India and Pakistan go to a broader war, the consequences will very likely affect Central Asia. Actually, given the closeness of this region to Afghanistan and the increasing significa ...

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