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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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A Step to Break Last Palestinian Statehood Barrier as More Recognitions Coming
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A Step to Break Last Palestinian Statehood Barrier as More Recognitions Coming

Monday 22 September 2025
change in the status of the West Bank is main driving force behind their shift of standing.  In this connection, Macron in an interview with Israel's Channel 12 said that Israeli settlement constructions in the West Bank show that Israel's main aim is not destruction of Hamas but destr ...
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What’s the Message of Turkish-Egyptian Military Drills?
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What’s the Message of Turkish-Egyptian Military Drills?

Tuesday 23 September 2025 ،
change the balance of power and diplomacy in Eastern Mediterranean.  The last joint naval exercise, held in 2012, had become a distant memory, with the two nations since then pursuing divergent policies, particularly in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean. The Eastern Mediterranean has long b ...
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European Recognition of Palestinian State a Political Show: Analyst
Interview

European Recognition of Palestinian State a Political Show: Analyst

Wednesday 24 September 2025 ،
changed its approach to the Palestinian cause, saying that the reality is that the Western countries are the staunch backers of the Israeli regime, but for some reasons they are opposed to the formation of Greater Israel and support the two-state solution. There is a growing perception in Europe th ...
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?

Sunday 28 September 2025 ،
change in the nature and intensity of regional tensions. The June war was a product of several factors: Western claims about Iran moving closer to building a nuclear bomb, escalation of tensions in the Red Sea, and Israeli concern about shift in the balance of power in the region. The war erupted ...
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Snapback Mechanism Lays Bare Fundamental East-West Gap
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Snapback Mechanism Lays Bare Fundamental East-West Gap

Sunday 28 September 2025 ،
changed compared to the time of the nuclear deal.  Russia and China have explicitly declared the snapback mechanism illegal, asserting they are under no legal obligation to enforce the sanctions imposed by the West. Furthermore, the West's campaign to rally global support for a policy of m ...
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Hamas a Firm Block Ahead of Trump’s Gaza "Riviera" Plan
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Hamas a Firm Block Ahead of Trump’s Gaza "Riviera" Plan

Tuesday 30 September 2025 ،
change the equations. What is happening today in Gaza bears witness to this very fact.  Although Western and Israeli leaders speak of new scenarios at negotiation tables or international podiums, the resistance upsets their calculations through its field actions. Therefore, the recent operati ...
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Israelis Truely Worried about an Attack Bigger Than That of Oct. 7
Analysis

Israelis Truely Worried about an Attack Bigger Than That of Oct. 7

Wednesday 1 October 2025 ،
change quickly, and the Yemenis have the ability at any moment to exert direct and complex pressure on Tel Aviv. Driven by this, in recent months, the Israeli army, worried about the possibility of a ground offensive, has set up new fortifications in the Jordan Valley. These include establishing mi ...
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts

Saturday 4 October 2025 ،
changed, while three had forecast a 25 basis point cut. However, the prevailing economic uncertainty ultimately led the central bank to postpone any policy change. Meanwhile, Yedioth Ahronoth reports that a downgrade of Israel's sovereign credit rating by the global agency Moody's now appea ...
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Maduro Declares Venezuelans Will Resist Western Influence
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Maduro Declares Venezuelans Will Resist Western Influence

Saturday 4 October 2025 ،
change or foreign control. He further called for regional unity in the face of imperialist threats, asserting that an attack on Venezuela would be an attack on all of South America. Maduro reiterated that Venezuela will never become a colony, a backyard, or subordinate to any foreign empire, highli ...
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Bright Future Awaits Palestinian Resistance: Expert
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Bright Future Awaits Palestinian Resistance: Expert

Tuesday 7 October 2025 ،
changes has the Operation Al-Aqsa Storm brought to the equation of resistance?  Ghanadbashi: The Operation Al-Aqsa Storm had brought key changes to the structure of resistance and to the military struggle and helped strengthen the Palestinian resistance bonds with other fronts and reflect the ...

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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.