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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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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?
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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?

Tuesday 31 December 2024
Southeast Asia and Africa, especially after Turkey was excluded from the India-Middle East Corridor (IMEC) project, which was proposed last year by the US in opposition to China's Road and Belt Initiative (RBI).  Turkey also believes that the fall of the al-Assad government is an important ...
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Iran and India Engage in Political Discussions
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Iran and India Engage in Political Discussions

Sunday 5 January 2025 ،
South Corridor, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry. Regional and global developments, such as the situation in Afghanistan and events in West Asia and the Caucasus, were also key topics of discussion. Takht Ravanchi emphasized India's strategic importance in Iran's foreign relations ...
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?

Thursday 16 January 2025 ،
Asia affairs observer and analyst. Exceptional conditions led to Hezbollah's departure from advocacy to Suleiman Frangieh Starting his comments, Mr Afghahi mentioned the conditions that led to election of Joseph Aoun. He said that the atmosphere of election of president was highly exceptional ...
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The Secret of Iranian Underground Military Bases
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The Secret of Iranian Underground Military Bases

Friday 17 January 2025 ،
Asia, and massive Western sanctions have not blocked Iran's way to military advances. In 2022, General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), announced that Iran had more than 3,000 ballistic missiles. This is in addition to thousands of advanced missiles fro ...
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World Surprised as IRGC Navy Unveils Underground Base
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World Surprised as IRGC Navy Unveils Underground Base

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
Asia conditions. Some media outlets described the coincidence of the IRGC navy's move with regional tensions as a clear Iranian message to the West. Visiting the strategic base, IRGC Commander General Hossein Salami said: Both the sailing range and sailing speed of the vessels, the range of the ...
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Iran and EAEU Partnership: Blurring the Trade, Energy, and Transit Borders
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Iran and EAEU Partnership: Blurring the Trade, Energy, and Transit Borders

Sunday 2 February 2025 ،
South Corridor and the East-West Corridor can increase Iran's transit revenues, and by developing infrastructure and increasing the transportation of goods, Iran can become a trade hub in the region. Having in mind that Iran and the Eurasian countries are the only regions located along the Nort ...
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Trump’s Dream for Gaza Will Not Come True: Expert
Interview

Trump’s Dream for Gaza Will Not Come True: Expert

Saturday 8 February 2025 ،
Asia affairs. The crisis of prisoner swap for Netanyahu  Commenting on the motivations of Netanyahu for the US visit, Mr Zaree first mentioned the challenges surrounding the implementation of the second stage of the agreement with Israel and Hamas, adding that the agreement signed between the ...
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HTS Aggressions on Lebanon Borders: A New Conflict with Regional Fallouts
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HTS Aggressions on Lebanon Borders: A New Conflict with Regional Fallouts

Monday 10 February 2025 ،
Asia affairs expert, in an interview with Alwaght commented on the aims and motivations of HTS aggression on the Lebanese border, saying: The aggressions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham elements on the Lebanese borders are within the framework of the American-Zionist plan to expand the sphere of influence o ...
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China

Saturday 15 February 2025 ،
South Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Uganda, and Ethiopia.  The economies of these eight low-income countries are so small that aid accounts for an average of 11 percent of their total income (based on available GNI data for the seven countri ...
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Tehran-Beirut Flight Cancelation: New Scenario Aimed at Weakening Hezbollah
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Tehran-Beirut Flight Cancelation: New Scenario Aimed at Weakening Hezbollah

Saturday 15 February 2025 ،
Asian affairs, said in an interview with Alwaght: “The effort is to cut off the relationship between Hezbollah and Iran in order to weaken Hezbollah. Because the Zionist leaders claim that the continuation of the relationship between Iran and Hezbollah means that this movement will become stro ...

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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