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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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Turkey Lays out List of Demands for Letting Sweden, Finland Join NATO
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Turkey Lays out List of Demands for Letting Sweden, Finland Join NATO

Wednesday 18 May 2022
S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, as well as re-inclusion in the F-35 advanced aircraft program. On May 15, Finland and Sweden officially announced their intention to join NATO in the wake of the ongoing Russian military offensive on Ukraine. To make it possible, all members of the allianc ...
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Inter-NATO Gap Deepening as Turkey-Greece Rift Unfolds
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Inter-NATO Gap Deepening as Turkey-Greece Rift Unfolds

Tuesday 11 October 2022 ،
S-400 air defense systems, infuriating Washington leaders. Delivering jets to one country and blocking their delivery to another demonstrates the extent of the American double standards in dealing with its two NATO allies, and by doing so, it only fuels their tensions. Turkey now has the upper hand ...
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Burgeoning Russian-Persian Gulf Military Cooperation: Agreements, Challenges, Grounds
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Burgeoning Russian-Persian Gulf Military Cooperation: Agreements, Challenges, Grounds

Thursday 23 February 2023 ،
S-400 missile defense system, though many consider the negotiations as a pressure lever by Riyadh to force the White House to deliver the THAAD air defenses, and that it has a very slim chance of materialization.  According to the agreements between the US and Saudi Arabia, Washington is plann ...
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Russian Bakhmut Advances Revealing Western Arms Inefficiency
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Russian Bakhmut Advances Revealing Western Arms Inefficiency

Monday 24 April 2023 ،
Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar said “Russian forces continue to attack and advance in Artemovsk, and fierce battles have been going on for the past few days. The enemy is attacking and advancing in some areas.”  Artymovsk is a key logistics hub for the supply of equipment for the ...
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Both Russia, West Have Their Eyes on Turkish Elections
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Both Russia, West Have Their Eyes on Turkish Elections

Sunday 7 May 2023 ،
S-400 air defense systems from Russia despite strong Western opposition. Russia used the deal to deepen inter-NATO gaps and distance Turkey from the West. Buying advanced weapon systems from Russia was a kind of crossing NATO’s red line and infuriated the leaders of this military alliance. In ...
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Sweden NATO Membership Closed with Turkey: Whats Next?
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Sweden NATO Membership Closed with Turkey: Whats Next?

Tuesday 30 January 2024 ،
S-400 air defense systems, Washington and NATO military support to the Syrian Kurds, Turkish maintaining of close relations with Western-sanctioned Russia and Iran and finally Turkey’s neutral position in the Ukraine war have inflamed these differences to an uncontrollable level.  Howeve ...
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India-Pakistan War Showcased China’s Arms Power against West
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India-Pakistan War Showcased China’s Arms Power against West

Saturday 17 May 2025 ،
S-400 system and two indigenous defense models, the Akash-NG and Barak-8, the former for short-range missiles and manufactured by the Indian Air Force and the Indian company Bharat Electronics, and the latter for long-range surface-to-surface missiles jointly developed with Israel.  On the oth ...
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Does F-35 Sale to Riyadh Make a Real Strategic Difference?
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Does F-35 Sale to Riyadh Make a Real Strategic Difference?

Saturday 22 November 2025 ،
S-400 system effectively knocked it out of the high-tech arms race. Now, Saudi Arabia's potential accession to the F-35 club threatens to widen this technological gap into a chasm, visibly underscoring Ankara's strategic drift from the West. In the soft-power rivalry between Riyadh and Anka ...
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
S-400, a move paving the way to receive the F-35s in the next six months. The American diplomat added that Ankara plays an important role in the F-35 program, and four of this model of fighter jet are now ready for delivery, but Turkey has not accessed them so far. Barrack said that in the recent m ...
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Driving Forces Behind Rising Iranian-Russian Alliance
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Driving Forces Behind Rising Iranian-Russian Alliance

Thursday 18 December 2025 ،
S-400 surface-to-air missile platform and Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets. Growing economic cooperation The two allies have expanded their cooperation in response to the Western economic pressures and sanctions. By 2022, their trade volume hit $5 billion annually, bit it had increased now. ...

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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.