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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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Mubarak Port Development, Kuwait’s Dream to Take the Pulse of Persian Gulf Trade
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Mubarak Port Development, Kuwait’s Dream to Take the Pulse of Persian Gulf Trade

Tuesday 4 June 2024
September last year. Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Zhang Jianwei confirmed that President Xi Jinping pays a lot of attention to Kuwait, explained that he is interested to visit Kuwait, and stressed implementation of the bilateral agreements.  Although Kuwait is a major ally of the US in West As ...
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What’s behind UAE Accepting Taliban Ambassador?
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What’s behind UAE Accepting Taliban Ambassador?

Wednesday 28 August 2024 ،
September 11, 2001 and the fall of the Kabul regime at the hands of US-led coalition forces, The situation changed. However, with the return of the Taliban to rule, the equation again turned to restoration of relations and the rulers of Abu Dhabi have reviewed their approach to the Taliban.  T ...
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Generals Explore Possibility of Iran-Russia Joint Maritime Patrols
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Generals Explore Possibility of Iran-Russia Joint Maritime Patrols

Sunday 15 September 2024 ،
September 12 to 14, under the theme Promoting Peace for a Shared Future. Participants addressed topics such as the role of Global South countries in international security, enhancing global security frameworks, preserving peace and development in the Asia-Pacific region, and promoting a balanced an ...
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Iran and China Deliberate on Defense Issues and Global Security Threats
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Iran and China Deliberate on Defense Issues and Global Security Threats

Sunday 15 September 2024 ،
September 12 to 14, was centered around the theme “Promoting Peace for a Shared Future.” Forum participants addressed the role of Global South countries in international security, the enhancement of global security mechanisms, the maintenance of peace and development in the Asia-Pacific ...
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Netanyahu Resorting to African Asylum Seekers to Escape Gaza War Defeat
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Netanyahu Resorting to African Asylum Seekers to Escape Gaza War Defeat

Wednesday 18 September 2024 ،
September, the Israeli army announced the official statistics of the number of casualties of its soldiers in Gaza war, during which 695 people have been killed so far. The army also released a statement announcing that since the beginning of the Gaza war, 4,357 soldiers and officers were injured, of ...
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Signs of Netanyahu Retreat from War on Hezbollah Emerging
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Signs of Netanyahu Retreat from War on Hezbollah Emerging

Friday 1 November 2024 ،
September, Hezbollah has managed to destroy 28 Merkava tanks, 4 bulldozers, an armored vehicle, a personnel carrier, three Hermes 450 drones, and one Hermes 900 drone.  In recent weeks, Hezbollah has dealt a heavy blow to the Israelis by unveiling its new weapons, suggesting that continuation ...
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New Emirati-Israeli Adventure in Yemen Could End up Costly to Abu Dhabi
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New Emirati-Israeli Adventure in Yemen Could End up Costly to Abu Dhabi

Wednesday 20 November 2024 ،
September, the French website Intelligence Online confirmed that Emirati and Israeli intelligence officers had entered Socotra Island later in May 2020, and that Abu Dhabi had pressured the Southern Transitional Council (STC) of Yemen, a UAE-sponsored separatist group operating in the south, to agre ...
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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 ،
September 11, 2001 attacks, when he began attending religious sermons and secret meetings in the suburbs of Damascus. Al-Jolani was captured by US forces in Iraq in 2006 and held for five years. He later took on the task of establishing Al-Qaeda's Syrian branch, the Al-Nusra Front, and increase ...
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Ukraine and End of Deep Sleep with Trump’s Slap
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Ukraine and End of Deep Sleep with Trump’s Slap

Monday 24 February 2025 ،
September 30, 2024, was $183 billion. In an interview with AP on February 11, Zelensky said that about $70 billion in military aid had been delivered to Ukraine, and another $6 billion had been transferred in the form of things like education programs, humanitarian aid, and economic recovery and in ...
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Turkic World Project Falling, Dealing Blow to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism
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Turkic World Project Falling, Dealing Blow to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism

Monday 14 April 2025 ،
September 15-16, 2010, the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States was established and its name was changed to the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). After this development, Turkey tried to take advantage of the treaty to strengthen its geopolitical influence and create strategic alliances ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity