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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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Israeli Response to Suspicious Majdal Shams Incident
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Israeli Response to Suspicious Majdal Shams Incident

Wednesday 31 July 2024
Council resolutions, is also home to about 50,000 Israeli Jews. This factor is effective in the pressures it can bring on the radical Israeli cabinet at home. In fact, in the Israeli apartheid regime, the grading of the importance of the inhabitants of the occupied lands is an undeniable fact, as d ...
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Three Important Assumptions about Israeli Response to Iran’s Expected Operation
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Three Important Assumptions about Israeli Response to Iran’s Expected Operation

Thursday 8 August 2024 ،
Council, said in an interview with CBS News that the general purpose of deploying new forces in the Middle East is to defuse tension in the region, as well as deter and repel the expected attacks and prevent broader regional conflict. This statement means that the US is not looking to expand the war ...
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Crossing Putin’s Red Line: What’s behind Ukraine Offensive in Kursk?
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Crossing Putin’s Red Line: What’s behind Ukraine Offensive in Kursk?

Saturday 10 August 2024 ،
Council, wrote in a message on X: The German newspaper Bild has published an article in which it proudly announces the return of German tanks to the Russian lands. In response to Germany's support for Ukraine's attack on Russian territory, Moscow would do everything to bring the newest Russi ...
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KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post
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KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post

Wednesday 21 August 2024 ،
Securing the governor post in Kirkuk is seen a big blow to the Kurdistan Democratic Party that claims dominance in Iraqi Kurdistan. Alwaght- Iraq's Kirkuk province, which over the past two decades has been one of the politically challenging regions of Iraq and Kurdish partisan clashes have led t ...
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Parliament grants its vote of confidence to all of President Pezeshkian’s ministerial nominees
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Parliament grants its vote of confidence to all of President Pezeshkian’s ministerial nominees

Wednesday 21 August 2024 ،
Council from a pool of 80 presidential hopefuls. He secured the most votes in the first round of the presidential election on June 28 and went head-to-head with runner-up Saeed Jalili in the July 5 runoff. The physician-turned-politician from Tabriz, in northern Iran, and former health minister, w ...
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What’s behind Anti-Ansarullah Forces’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi?
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What’s behind Anti-Ansarullah Forces’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi?

Sunday 22 September 2024 ،
Presidential Leadership Council (PLC).  According to the STC's official website, the two sides discussed cooperation and coordination to strength the efforts to counter Ansarullah and what they called terrorist and radical forces. However, many analysts consider the existence of many diff ...
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Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?
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Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?

Monday 16 December 2024 ،
Presidential Leadership Council and the UAE-aligned Republican Guard on the West Coast, also directly referred to the necessity of attacking the port of Hudaydah, adding: The fate of Abdul Malik Al-Houthi in Sanaa will be no different from the fate of Assad in Damascus, referring to Ansarullah's ...
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Iran Denounces Trump’s Threat of Military Action Against the Country
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Iran Denounces Trump’s Threat of Military Action Against the Country

Wednesday 12 February 2025 ،
Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) of February 2025 escalates hostility against Iran through unilateral coercive measures. The Iranian envoy urged the UN Security Council to take a firm stance against Trump’s rhetoric, warning that allowing such threats to go unchecked sets a dangerous precedent. ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?

Tuesday 15 April 2025 ،
Council after traveling to Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago, this time to try his luck in Abu Dhabi. Upon arrival at Al Bateen Airport, he was received by Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's FM, and then went to Al Shati Palace for talks with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's ruler, t ...
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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 ،
Council (SMC) threatened to liberate Damascus from terrorists.The SMC also announced the activation of the “Border Guard Brigade” in response to what it described as threats facing the region. Druze leaders even gave HTS a deadline to stop its attacks on the areas of Ashrafiya, Sahnaya a ...

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