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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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Gaza War Allows Yemen’s Ansarullah to Flex Muscles to Bigger Actors
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Gaza War Allows Yemen’s Ansarullah to Flex Muscles to Bigger Actors

Monday 11 December 2023
The Yemeni movement is now involved in a confrontation of Israel and its backer the US, something granting it a higher profile in regional equations. Alwaght- The barbaric Israeli war on Gaza after Hamas’s October 7 operation is the first real test to the theory of ‘unity of fronts&rsquo ...
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Baghdad Unsuccessful in Implementing Security Agreement with Tehran: Expert
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Baghdad Unsuccessful in Implementing Security Agreement with Tehran: Expert

Friday 19 January 2024 ،
Security Council under Secretary-General Ali Shamkhani. Erbil continued to allow these hostile Kurdish groups to seriously jeopardize Iranian security. The risks included assassinations inside Iran and the intelligence collection from Iran by Kurdistan region and supply to the Americans and Israeli ...
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Iran and Russia Expanding Military Cooperation, US Angry: Political Expert
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Iran and Russia Expanding Military Cooperation, US Angry: Political Expert

Saturday 27 January 2024 ،
Security Council of Iran Ali Akbar Ahmadian, who is at the same time the special envoy to the Supreme Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei, visited Moscow on Wednesday at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev. The visit, first one since Ahmadian took the post in May last year, is said ai ...
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The deserts of Jordan, a new battleground against America in the region
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The deserts of Jordan, a new battleground against America in the region

Wednesday 14 February 2024 ،
The American base targeted by a drone attack in Jordan serves as a crucial stronghold for US forces along the Baghdad-Damascus corridor The American base targeted by a drone attack in Jordan serves as a crucial stronghold for US forces along the Baghdad-Damascus corridor, monitoring resistance movem ...
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The strategic implications of Russia’s occupation of "Avdiivka"; Disruption within NATO
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The strategic implications of Russia’s occupation of "Avdiivka"; Disruption within NATO

Sunday 18 February 2024 ،
Security Conference about the threat posed by the lack of armaments, providing Russia with flexibility to escalate the conflict. During a phone call, President Joe Biden tied the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Avdiivka to Congress's failure to pass a relief package for Kiev. Biden assured ...
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China’s action to acknowledge the Islamic Emirate of the Taliban
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China’s action to acknowledge the Islamic Emirate of the Taliban

Tuesday 20 February 2024 ،
At present, the Afghan Taliban operates embassies in 14 nations, yet host governments have refrained from publicly acknowledging the Taliban. At present, the Afghan Taliban operates embassies in 14 nations, such as Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, yet host governments have refrained from public ...
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Karabakh Mountain Range: A Fresh Battleground for India-Pakistan Confrontation
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Karabakh Mountain Range: A Fresh Battleground for India-Pakistan Confrontation

Sunday 25 February 2024 ،
Security Treaty Organization. With Azerbaijan's enduring confrontation with Armenia in Karabakh and concerns about potential future actions from its western neighbor to reclaim the region, Azerbaijan seeks to fortify its arsenal and enhance its leverage against Armenia. Azerbaijan's recent ...
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Ukraine Signs Security Pacts with Italy, Canada
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Ukraine Signs Security Pacts with Italy, Canada

Sunday 25 February 2024 ،
The pacts are signed as Western aids to Kiev falter amid Israeli war on Gaza. Alwaght- Ukrainian government has signed separate agreements with Italy and Canada on military and security cooperation. The agreements come as Ukraine marks third anniversary of war. Our meetings with Italian Prime Mini ...
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The Geopolitical Maneuvering of Saudi Arabia and the UAE Amid the Crises in the Horn of Africa
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The Geopolitical Maneuvering of Saudi Arabia and the UAE Amid the Crises in the Horn of Africa

Monday 26 February 2024 ،
Security Council resolution, aiming to strengthen its armed forces. Earlier this month, four Emirati soldiers and one Bahraini officer, who were involved in training the Somali army, were killed in Mogadishu during an attack by Al-Shabaab militants affiliated with Al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, the clandest ...
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Bitter Water: Understanding the Jordan-Israel Water Disputes
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Bitter Water: Understanding the Jordan-Israel Water Disputes

Wednesday 6 March 2024 ،
Water treaties have consistently sparked political tensions, serving as a permanent tool for the Zionist regime to uphold its dominance Water treaties have consistently sparked political tensions between the parties involved, serving as a permanent tool for the Zionist regime to uphold its dominance ...

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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