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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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New York Shooting Leaves Four Dead, Including Law Enforcement Officer
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New York Shooting Leaves Four Dead, Including Law Enforcement Officer

Tuesday 29 July 2025
345 Park Avenue in Manhattan armed with an M4 rifle and began shooting. He killed Officer Didarul Islam, a security guard, a woman, and another individual on the 33rd floor before taking his own life. Authorities confirmed Tamura acted alone and found multiple weapons and prescription medications in ...
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Anti-Semitism Redefinition: An Instrument to Crack Down on Zionism Critics
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Anti-Semitism Redefinition: An Instrument to Crack Down on Zionism Critics

Saturday 9 August 2025 ،
320 to 91, which would go even further than Trump’s executive order, using exclusively the IHRA’s new definition and prohibiting the use of “alternative definitions of anti-Semitism” for “failing to recognize many modern manifestations of anti-Semitism.” This def ...
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?

Monday 11 August 2025 ،
3-kilometer transit route will be leased to the US government for 99 years. - The US government will lease the transit route under its control to a private American company to oversee construction and management. An old dispute Azerbaijan and Armenia have been at a deadly war for years over the d ...
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Iran’s Obtaining of Israeli Nuclear and Military Intelligence: 7 Strategic Impacts
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Iran’s Obtaining of Israeli Nuclear and Military Intelligence: 7 Strategic Impacts

Saturday 27 September 2025 ،
39;s sensitive and strategic centers. Analysts believe this massive haul has now likely been processed, decrypted, and analyzed, transforming it into a valuable asset for political, intelligence, and even military-operational exploitation. The published documentary suggests that the obtained files ...
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Trump and Loyalty Diplomacy: Redefining US Foreign Policy Structure
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Trump and Loyalty Diplomacy: Redefining US Foreign Policy Structure

Sunday 26 October 2025 ،
39;s foreign policy has been his appointment of former campaign activists and staunch political loyalists to key diplomatic positions. Amer Ghalib, a little-known Muslim mayor from a small Michigan town, was nominated as US ambassador to Kuwait. He had been a supporter of Trump during the president ...
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What’s behind Tel Aviv Announcing Rafah a "Closed Military Zone?
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What’s behind Tel Aviv Announcing Rafah a "Closed Military Zone?

Saturday 8 November 2025 ،
39;s infrastructure. Now, in the political process of implementing a ceasefire agreement, the Israelis are seeking to accomplish this goal with the cooperation of the Americans and reactionary Arab governments. A central part of the Tel Aviv's strategy is to leverage the blockade as a tool to ex ...
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Bin Salman’s US Visit the Launching Pad for Future US-Saudi Ties
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Bin Salman’s US Visit the Launching Pad for Future US-Saudi Ties

Monday 17 November 2025 ،
39;s attempts to downplay these crises, the US Congress and a significant portion of the American public remained wary of Riyadh. It was during this period that the Trump administration announced the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between the Israeli regime and several regional countries, i ...
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OHCHR: Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Violate UN Charter, Constitute War Crimes
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OHCHR: Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Violate UN Charter, Constitute War Crimes

Sunday 23 November 2025 ،
Protocol. He stressed that those responsible for illegal strikes must be held accountable and that victims and their families deserve truth, justice, and reparations. UNIFIL reported over 7,500 Israeli air violations and 2,500 ground violations north of the Blue Line since the ceasefire, all communi ...
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Is Lebanese Forces Party Pushing for a Coup Through FM Raji?
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Is Lebanese Forces Party Pushing for a Coup Through FM Raji?

Saturday 6 December 2025 ،
3. The country’s mosaic-like structure and the central government’s weakness, by creating a “balance of fear,” could prevent unilateral domination. This theory became the foundation of political thought for a segment of Lebanon’s right-wing Christian factions that late ...
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What’s Pezeshkian’s Central Asia Visit Yielded?
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What’s Pezeshkian’s Central Asia Visit Yielded?

Saturday 13 December 2025 ،
3 percent last year and by eight percent in the first nine months of this year. He added that joint cooperation in power generation and the development of corridor infrastructure would continue, noting that cooperation on gas and electricity transfers to Iran is also under review. Iran getting foot ...

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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.