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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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Two Big Reasons for Pessimism: Is US-Saudi Defense Pact Really Too Close?
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Two Big Reasons for Pessimism: Is US-Saudi Defense Pact Really Too Close?

Sunday 12 May 2024
Senate and Congressional Approval), who view the Saudi government as an untrustworthy partner and are critical of its human rights record and involvement in the Yemen conflict.” And if the Republican-controlled Congress does not approve this official treaty, although the White House can go th ...
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What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?
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What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?

Sunday 16 June 2024 ،
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. But the new US envoy has made her threats to the Iraqi resistance groups even before arriving in Baghdad and with her interventionist remarks she heralded a new period of destabilizing and escalatory US policy in Iraq.  In the hearing of the committee, J ...
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Iran Denies Allegations of Involvement in AMIA Bombing
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Iran Denies Allegations of Involvement in AMIA Bombing

Sunday 14 July 2024 ،
Senate approved an agreement with Iran to establish a fact-finding committee to investigate the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in 1994, which resulted in the deaths of 85 people. AMIA refers to the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina, or the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association.
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Italy Laying the Rails for the EU to Rebuild its Syria Policy
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Italy Laying the Rails for the EU to Rebuild its Syria Policy

Monday 29 July 2024 ،
Senate, visited Damascus to meet with Syrian officials.  In 2019, Italy in a surprise move announced the reopening of its embassy in Damascus, but Rome did not name an ambassador to Damascus, but sent a chargé d'affaires, and the full restoration of diplomatic relations between the ...
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Can Public Investment Fund Realize Bin Salman’s Dreams?
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Can Public Investment Fund Realize Bin Salman’s Dreams?

Tuesday 3 September 2024 ،
Senate Finance Committee. In a letter released in June, Senator Wyden raised concerns that Saudi Arabia's Public Fund and other Middle East funds are using payments to Affinity executives as a tool to influence Kushner and other powerful political figures. This comes as two years ago, some Ara ...
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ICC Netanyahu Arrest Warrant: Justice under Guillotine of US Interests
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ICC Netanyahu Arrest Warrant: Justice under Guillotine of US Interests

Sunday 24 November 2024 ،
Senate to act and sanction this irresponsible body, Lindsey Graham, a hardinle Republican senator, said.  Different US stance in the face of Putin arrest warrant  While American leaders strongly support Netanyahu against the ICC, they take a different view when it comes to their enemies, ...
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Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?
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Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?

Monday 16 December 2024 ،
Senate, including: Classifying the Houthis as foreign terrorist organizations similar to Lebanon's Hezbollah, supporting government forces and their allies to retake the port of Hudaydah, and targeting Ansarullah leaders to destroy its leadership structure.  Al-Hadhrami further said that a ...
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Iran’s Firm Stance in Nuclear Talks Disallows Another Libya Scenario
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Iran’s Firm Stance in Nuclear Talks Disallows Another Libya Scenario

Saturday 24 May 2025 ،
Senate and 177 of the House members, it is emphasized that Iran must completely abandon any capacity to enrich uranium, even for energy purposes. Trump himself has repeatedly claimed that he does not accept the continuation of enrichment in Iran, and in his speeches in Qatar he also claimed that Ir ...
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
Senate hearing on developments in Syria, saying: Syria may be just weeks away from 'collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions.' His harsh assessment during a hearing session of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations came just days after US President Donald Trump made the hig ...

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36th anniversary of the  passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Imam Khomeini (RA)

36th anniversary of the passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Imam Khomeini (RA)