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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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Riyadh’s Two-state Solution Conf. Serves Normalization in the Name of Palestinian State
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Riyadh’s Two-state Solution Conf. Serves Normalization in the Name of Palestinian State

Saturday 2 November 2024
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who traveled in September to Riyadh to advance normalization talks, that he personally does not care about what is called the Palestinian cause.  The American website added that bin Salman told Blinken that pursuing a normalization agreement with Israel woul ...
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Israeli Cabinet’s Intelligence Scandal: Three Scenarios
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Israeli Cabinet’s Intelligence Scandal: Three Scenarios

Monday 4 November 2024 ،
Secretary-General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, who said many times 'Israel is weaker than a spider's web, have now shown themselves in reality. Over the past months, Israeli citizens and officials were horrified for the army's incapablity to intercept Axis of Resistance's missiles, and n ...
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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure
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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure

Tuesday 12 November 2024 ،
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said last week in a phone call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani that Baghdad should stop the attacks of armed groups from Iraqi territory. Blinken seems to have meant the expected Iranian attack.  In such a situation, it seems that the trip o ...
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Why’s Israel Assassinated Hezbollah Media Chief?
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Why’s Israel Assassinated Hezbollah Media Chief?

Tuesday 19 November 2024 ،
Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, and was also close to Sayyed Nasrallah's predecessor Sayyed Abbas Mousavi. These close relations had strengthened his position as one of the influential figures of Hezbollah. Afif was considered one of the important media figures of the Lebanese resist ...
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Mashhad Summit, Ideal Opportunity to Boost ECO Cooperation
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Mashhad Summit, Ideal Opportunity to Boost ECO Cooperation

Monday 2 December 2024 ،
The ECO summit is a major meeting as the world is transitioning to a new stage where energy and corridors are growing more significant. Alwaght- With the geopolitical changes in the world and emergence of new economic groupings, regional organizations begin to captivate attention more than any other ...
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Who’s Al-Jolani and What’s His Role in Syria Future?
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Who’s Al-Jolani and What’s His Role in Syria Future?

Sunday 8 December 2024 ،
Al-Jolani first was a member of Al-Qaeda Syria branch and then formed his independent radical group. Alwaght- With the collapse of Bashar al-Assad government in Syria and takeover of the power by the armed opposition in Damascus, a new chapter in the Syrian contemporary history is opening. Meanwhi ...
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Tahrir Al-Sham, the New US Infantry in Syria
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Tahrir Al-Sham, the New US Infantry in Syria

Sunday 22 December 2024 ،
Secretary of State Barbara Leaf, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens, and the US Envoy for Syria Affairs Daniel Rubenstein on Friday met with al-Jolani. According to the State Department’s report, the discussions focused on the American nationals missing in Syr ...
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Arab League’s Gaza Initiative Final Nail in Coffin of Trump’s Forced Migration Plan
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Arab League’s Gaza Initiative Final Nail in Coffin of Trump’s Forced Migration Plan

Friday 7 March 2025 ،
Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, maintained that the Cairo meeting had two main goals: First, the collective opposition of Arab countries to any attempt to forcibly relocate Palestinians from Gaza, and second, to present practical and realistic solutions instead of proposals ...
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
Secretary of Defense Pete Hexath, are critical of Europe. In recent discussions among members of Trump's administration, some officials have often expressed their dissatisfaction with the US financial and economic support for Europe, but on the other hand, it does not seem that all American poli ...
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
Iraqi PM’s office defended the move as a step to address Baghdad’s security concerns and interests. Alwaght- Everything started with publication of a photo, a photo so provocative that unleashed a major scandal to the Iraqi government. Later last week, Aljazeera reporter Ali Hashem published photo ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution