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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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Syria to Fight Terrorism by All Legitimate Means: President Assad
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Syria to Fight Terrorism by All Legitimate Means: President Assad

Wednesday 23 October 2019
Spring, for 120 hours in order to allow YPG militants to withdraw 30 kilometers from the Turkey-Syria border. Once the withdrawal is complete, “Operation Peace Spring will be halted entirely,” Pence told reporters. Lavrov: US position on Syria “changeable and contradictory&r ...
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Idlib Ground Of Erdogan Foreign Policy’s Grand Defeat
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Idlib Ground Of Erdogan Foreign Policy’s Grand Defeat

Sunday 23 February 2020 ،
Spring in northwest and northeast. Meanwhile, he distanced himself from the West and moved close to Russia. Kremlin welcomed his approach. Russia delivered S-400 air defense systems, offered SU-35 fighter jets, and promised to construct nuclear power plans to Turkey in an effort to get Ankara out of ...
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New Putin-Erdogan Deal Is Sugar-Coating Turks’ Surrender
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New Putin-Erdogan Deal Is Sugar-Coating Turks’ Surrender

Friday 6 March 2020 ،
Spring Shield” and involving thousands of Turkish troops fighting alongside anti-Assad formations. This operation soon fizzled; not only was the Turkish advance halted in its tracks, but the Syrian Army, supported by Hezbollah and pro-Iranian militias, were able to recapture much of the ...
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War At Ayn Issa Gates: How Will Kurds Decide?
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War At Ayn Issa Gates: How Will Kurds Decide?

Thursday 31 December 2020 ،
Spring. The US did not help Kurds counter the Turkish advancement. Now some analysts suggest that the aspirations for Ayn Issa make a sequel to those operations.  Despite all speculations, recently Turkey’s ministry of defense stated that it has no plans to seize Ayn Issa and the Kurdish ...
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Iranian Diplomat Urges Political Solution without Foreign Interference in Yemen
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Iranian Diplomat Urges Political Solution without Foreign Interference in Yemen

Monday 18 October 2021 ،
Spring of Victory), which he said had successfully achieved its goals. “Yemeni armed forces could liberate Usaylan, Bayhan and Ain districts in Shabwah province, in addition to the districts of al-Abdiyah and Harib in (neighboring) Ma’rib province during the operation. They could also r ...
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Yemeni Forces Recapture Two More Marib Districts in Fresh Gains
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Yemeni Forces Recapture Two More Marib Districts in Fresh Gains

Wednesday 3 November 2021 ،
Spring of Victory launched jointly. The province’s al-Jubah and Jabal Murad districts were liberated by the army and allied popular forces during the second phase of ‘Operation Spring of Victory,” said Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesman to the army. He further told ...
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Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria, Possible Scenarios
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Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria, Possible Scenarios

Tuesday 31 May 2022 ،
Spring, unlike two previous operations in west of the Euphrates River was launched in the eastern Euphrates. It was conducted on October 17, 2019 in order to repel the US-sponsored Syrian Kurdish militias Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from the border areas of Raqqa and Hasakah and ended a week late ...
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What Does Tehran Summit Mean for Syrian Kurds?
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What Does Tehran Summit Mean for Syrian Kurds?

Saturday 23 July 2022 ،
Spring, to push back the US-backed Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from Hasakah and Raqqa border areas, taking control of more areas held by the Kurds.  Recently, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Tehran to persuade Russia and Iran as two staunch allies of ...
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Russia Launches New Missile Strikes on Ukraine
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Russia Launches New Missile Strikes on Ukraine

Thursday 16 February 2023 ،
A barrage of Russian missiles has struck targets across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, as the West pledges to pour more arms into the country Alwaght- A barrage of Russian missiles has struck targets across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, as the West pledges to pour more arms ...
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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 ،
The Russian army’s capture of the strategically important city of "Avdiivka" on the second anniversary of the Ukraine war revealed the failure of Western attempts to defeat their Eastern adversary The Russian army's capture of the strategically important city of Avdiivka on the second anniversar ...

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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