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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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The West’s erratic plan against Putin has been revealed

The West’s erratic plan against Putin has been revealed

Saturday 27 January 2024
2024 exercise for February. Rob Bauer, Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, indicated that these drills would be geared towards addressing a potential Russian invasion. Moscow has reiterated its stance that it does not pose a threat to any NATO nation, but it will not overlook actions that ma ...
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Politico: Any tension in the Red Sea is detrimental to Biden

Politico: Any tension in the Red Sea is detrimental to Biden

Monday 29 January 2024 ،
2024 presidential elections in the United States may result in heightened inflation, which wouldn't bode well for Democrats. Politico further explains: While trade interruptions and military clashes in the Red Sea primarily impact Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, the increasing global turmo ...
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Has Egypt Just Sold Its “Paradise on Earth” to the UAE?

Has Egypt Just Sold Its “Paradise on Earth” to the UAE?

Monday 5 February 2024 ،
2024 alone, the government will have to pay creditors $30 billion in interest. According to the report of the central bank, the ratio of short-term debts to foreign currency reserves exceeded 80 percent in 2022, which is double that of 2021.  This situation has caused Cairo to even apply for m ...
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The strategic implications of Russia’s occupation of "Avdiivka"; Disruption within NATO

The strategic implications of Russia’s occupation of "Avdiivka"; Disruption within NATO

Sunday 18 February 2024 ،
2024. European policymakers and leaders in the arms industry have voiced concerns about diminishing weapon reserves in recent months, according to Bloomberg. They have highlighted that while arms manufacturers face a surge in orders, they lack defense contracts and government subsidies crucial for ...
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Will Putin maintain his place in the Kremlin?

Will Putin maintain his place in the Kremlin?

Friday 15 March 2024 ،
2024 presidential elections for similar reasons. Putin, aged 71, who has held office as President or Prime Minister of Russia since 1999, is set to mark his fifth presidential term in this year's elections, aiming to surpass the record for the longest presidency. Having won four presidential el ...
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Russians Begin Voting to Elect a President in Three-day Vote

Russians Begin Voting to Elect a President in Three-day Vote

Friday 15 March 2024 ،
Presidential elections have begun in Russia for the Russians to elect a head of state to run the country for the next 6 years.  It will be the first presidential vote to employ the latest technologies, tested during earlier lower-level polls: a three-day voting period and a remote vote.  ...
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Coordinated Vandalism Acts Hit Russian Electoral Polls

Coordinated Vandalism Acts Hit Russian Electoral Polls

Saturday 16 March 2024 ،
2024 presidential election, with President Vladimir Putin contending against three opponents. The voting will span three days until Sunday, and this will mark the first Russian presidential election since the 2020 constitutional reform. The reform had imposed a limit of two terms for any president. ...
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What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?

What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?

Sunday 16 June 2024 ،
2024, Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Tracy Jacobsen to replace Alina Romanowsky as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US to Iraq. Jacobsen's career in the US State Department started from (2000-2003) by working at the US embassy in Latvia, and her most important ...
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Trump Assassination Attempt and Shift in US Election Formation

Trump Assassination Attempt and Shift in US Election Formation

Tuesday 16 July 2024 ،
2024 presidential election— an election that is unlike any other in the history of the country, and now with the failed assassination attempt on Trump, it will become even more ambiguous than before. Trump assassination attempt opened a new chapter in the deeply polarized political scene of t ...
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Maduro’s Re-election Maintains anti-American Atmosphere in Venezuela

Maduro’s Re-election Maintains anti-American Atmosphere in Venezuela

Tuesday 30 July 2024 ،
2024. Also, according to statistical reports, Venezuela recorded a monthly inflation rate of two percent in June, which was accompanied by an 8 percent economic growth. Due to the partial relief of the US sanctions and the improvement of Venezuela's relations with global actors, relative economi ...

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