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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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Zangezur Corridor Challenges in the Shadow of Geopolitical Competitions
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Zangezur Corridor Challenges in the Shadow of Geopolitical Competitions

Tuesday 19 August 2025
Prosperity (TRIPP), after its recent unveiling at the White House has become a contentious geopolitical and economic project in the South Caucasus. Championed primarily by Azerbaijan and Turkey, the corridor aims to link mainland Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan and onward to Turkey. For Baku, however, this ...
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What Are Iranian President’s Armenia Visit Goals?
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What Are Iranian President’s Armenia Visit Goals?

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
Prosperity (TRIPP) due to the US president's mediation for its deal. Iran is concerned that this route will in a way or another have the function of the disputed Zangezur Corridor that through changes to the region's geopolitics undermines Iran's transit route to Europe, damages Iran' ...
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Araghchi: ECO Pivotal in Forging New Regional Economic Order
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Araghchi: ECO Pivotal in Forging New Regional Economic Order

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) should take on a “leading” and “effective” role in establishing a new regional economic order in West Asia ALWAGHT- Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, emphasized that the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) should take on a “leading&r ...
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
The Saudis are sure the US takes Israeli side when crisis erupts and so foreign protection is an illusion. Alwaght- As tensions in West Asia flare up and Israel continues its aggressive actions against regional states, some countries in the region are rushing to review their security strategies and ...
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Much Ado about Nothing: Dissecting Trump’s Gaza Plan
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Much Ado about Nothing: Dissecting Trump’s Gaza Plan

Tuesday 30 September 2025 ،
The US president ignores the will of the Palestinians in his Gaza war plan and only considers the Israeli interests. Alwaght- 48 hours before details of the Trump's so-called plan for end of Gaza war were published, the US media outlets unleashed a noisy propaganda wave saying that soon a big de ...
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Trump’s Asia Tour: A Push to Contain China through ASEAN
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Trump’s Asia Tour: A Push to Contain China through ASEAN

Monday 27 October 2025 ،
The US president is seeking further ways to curb China’s rise as he finds Beijing defiant and resilient to trade war. Alwaght- President Donald Trump who is trying to turn the trade balance in the US favor through imposing heavy tariffs on imports from other countries this time has picked the East A ...
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Iran-Turkey Collaboration Key to Enhancing Regional Stability, Says Pezeshkian
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Iran-Turkey Collaboration Key to Enhancing Regional Stability, Says Pezeshkian

Wednesday 29 October 2025 ،
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that deepening ties between Iran and Turkey contributes to enhancing stability, security, and development ALWAGHT- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that deepening ties between Iran and Turkey contributes to enhancing stability, security, a ...
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Blackmailing Baghdad: What Happened in Turkish FM’s Iraq Visit?
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Blackmailing Baghdad: What Happened in Turkish FM’s Iraq Visit?

Monday 3 November 2025 ،
The Turkish FM visited Iraq not just to discuss bilateral ties but also to press Baghdad in a variety of cases include water and politics. Alwaght- About three weeks after Iraqi foreign minister's Ankara visit, his Turkish counterpart made a visit to Baghdad on Sunday, signaling cozying up relat ...
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Rebuilding or Geopolitical Engineering? A Look into Gaza Division in Red and Green Zones
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Rebuilding or Geopolitical Engineering? A Look into Gaza Division in Red and Green Zones

Monday 24 November 2025 ،
The US plan to divide Gaza into Red and Green Zones is questioned as a reconstruction plan and seen as a way to create a new entity off Palestinian control. Alwaght- After months of war, massive devastation, and collapse of the essential Gaza infrastructure, now a question is presenting itself: Wher ...
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule

Thursday 4 December 2025 ،
The interior ministry of the interim government of Syria showed off new police vehicles in parade seen as a gesture of power and non-existent modernization. Alwaght- In recent days, the Syrian interim government led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in a ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.