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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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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?

Tuesday 8 July 2025
Saudi Arabia and the US, a direction that may be the result of miscalculation and an attempt to eliminate rivals on the path to power, because although al-Sadr had previously announced that he had withdrawn from politics forever, his recent positions indicate that boycott is a tool to advance his pl ...
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?

Friday 11 July 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia is subject to a strategic test. In recent years, the Saudis have attempted to moderate their aggressive foreign policy of the past, which was primarily represented by the war on Yemen, and now they present the image of an expedient actor inclined to control possible chaos in the region ...
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As Syria Sinks in Crisis again, Re-embracing Spirit of Resistance Looks Only Working Choice
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As Syria Sinks in Crisis again, Re-embracing Spirit of Resistance Looks Only Working Choice

Sunday 20 July 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, which have been involved in the rise of the militants through overt and covert support and in the period after the fall of the al-Assad government have supported the new rulers in Damascus in various ways, have now stepped aside in the front of the Israeli war machin ...
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?

Tuesday 22 July 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iraq were the second to fourth largest oil suppliers to China. Interestingly, in 2023, Iran was China’s third largest oil supplier after Saudi Arabia and Russia. China committed to $400 billion in foreign direct investment in Iran over 25 years in exchange for buying ...
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrow, the two sides announced their joint decision to hold an international conference at the United Nations. The conference will be held in New York on July 28-29, and aims to work out a roadmap for the fo ...
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What’s UAE Looking for in Central Asia?
Analysis

What’s UAE Looking for in Central Asia?

Wednesday 30 July 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, began distributing humanitarian aid and investing in Tajikistan, but the Tajiks still look to Iran rather than the Persian Gulf Arab countries. Another rival of the Emirates in Central Asia is Turkey. Turkey’s interest in Central Asia dates back to 1991, after the collapse of th ...
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Pezeshkian’s Pakistan Visit a New Window to Closer Strategic Ties
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Pezeshkian’s Pakistan Visit a New Window to Closer Strategic Ties

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, approaching India as Pakistan’s long-standing enemy, US pressures, and the process of normalizing relations between some Arab countries and the Israeli regime as factors influential in Islamabad’s reconsideration of its geopolitical priorities and moving towards more balanc ...
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Consequences of a Dangerous Decision: Will Hezbollah Be Disarmed?
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Consequences of a Dangerous Decision: Will Hezbollah Be Disarmed?

Sunday 10 August 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, and the UAE and bringing to rule a former Al-Qaeda leader who is an opponent to the Axis of Resistance and a backer of Arab-Israeli normalization despite Syria once being a backbone of the anti-Israeli front, the Israeli-American war on Iran as the key supporter of the Resistance camp, ...
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Muslim World Backs Iran, Israel and US Failed to Realize War Goals: Expert
Interview

Muslim World Backs Iran, Israel and US Failed to Realize War Goals: Expert

Wednesday 13 August 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia and Turkey? Like the wall that was created during the George W. Bush era, will that siege against Iran last? It impossible to create such a wall around Iran, because neither Turkey and Saudi Arabia, nor Pakistan are in the coalition against Iran, and only Europe can be American partner ...
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans

Thursday 14 August 2025 ،
Saudi dictates.  The second issue is the declaration of the Islamic Republic's support for maintaining the security, stability, and territorial integrity of all of Lebanon with all its ethnicities and religions, and within the framework of Iran's stable and permanent policy towards dev ...

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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.