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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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How’s Al-Azhar Alone Saving Face of Arab World with its Pro-Resistance Stances?
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How’s Al-Azhar Alone Saving Face of Arab World with its Pro-Resistance Stances?

Monday 21 October 2024
Sunni Muslims is Egypt’s Al-Azhar which over the past year has voiced its support to Gaza on various platforms and called for unity against the Israeli occupation. After assassination of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar by the Israeli regime on October 16, Al-Azhar released a statement, saying that w ...
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School of Nasrallah Conf. : Bringing in Spotlight Hezbollah’s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
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School of Nasrallah Conf. : Bringing in Spotlight Hezbollah’s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Sunday 10 November 2024 ،
Sunni issue, but he recognized it as an matter of resistance, Islam, and humanity, and he sacrificed himself for the cause of resistance.  Qalibaf added that Nasrallah did not look at Hezbollah as a mere military institution. Rather, it took it severel steps beyond and transformed it into a so ...
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game

Wednesday 4 December 2024 ،
Sunnis, and the Kurds, which made presenting all three plans in parliament at once necessary and interdependent. The most important draft law that sparked widespread controversy in parliament and among civil society organizations, between supporters and opponents, was the proposal to amend Iraq' ...
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Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism in Post-Assad Syria Stirring Regional Worry
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Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism in Post-Assad Syria Stirring Regional Worry

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Sunnis. 3) Controlling transit routes for oil trade in northwestern Syria. 4) Pursuing the neo-Ottoman and neo-Pan-Turanism doctrine in the western Middle East 5) Building a gas pipeline from Qatar through Syria and Turkey to Europe.  Arabs worried eyes on Turkey In post-Assad Syria, regional ...
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors

Wednesday 25 December 2024 ،
Sunni sects has encompassed Kurram region. On Thursday, a convoy of 200 passenger vehicles was targeted on the Parachinar-Peshawar route, leading to death of women, children and the elderly. Most of the victims were Shiites from Parachinar. On Friday, a large number of locals attended the funeral ...
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Iran Has Consistently Supported Oppressed Muslims
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Iran Has Consistently Supported Oppressed Muslims

Friday 17 January 2025 ،
Sunni communities but also from Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian faiths. He further noted that Iran's Parliament currently includes 26 Sunni representatives. Sheikh Ibrahim Tufa commended Iran’s global support for Muslims, describing Iran as a symbol of the Muslims of the world. He also ...
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Iran FM’s Afghanistan Visit Seeks Common Views on Region and Trade
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Iran FM’s Afghanistan Visit Seeks Common Views on Region and Trade

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
Sunni civilians in Afghanistan after the Taliban took the power. Since the US is also trying to destabilize the borders of Russia, Iran, and China at present, it specially counts on terrorist groups, especially their foothold gain in Afghanistan. Therefore, Iran and its neighbors through partnership ...
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Syria Sinks in Unrest as Al-Jolani Fails to Act on Promises
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Syria Sinks in Unrest as Al-Jolani Fails to Act on Promises

Saturday 8 March 2025 ،
Sunni cleric, according to the news network, had previously condemned the ethnic cleansing operations against the Alawites by the Syrian interim government. At the same time, local sources reported an explosion near Al-Watani Hospital in As Suwayda in southern Syria, along with the sound of gunfire ...
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Syria Facing Partition Risk, Al-Jolani Can’t Rule Syria with Iron Fist: Expert
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Syria Facing Partition Risk, Al-Jolani Can’t Rule Syria with Iron Fist: Expert

Wednesday 12 March 2025 ،
Sunnis from the north to Damascus, and the predictable situation for Syria is that each of them will pursue their own ethnic interests and unity under a central government is not their choice.  We could conspicuously see that the performance of the HTS has not been uninfluential in deteriorati ...
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What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?
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What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?

Thursday 13 March 2025 ،
Sunnis, and Christians, which has led to the formation of an intertwined social and economic fabric. Although this region did not suffer as much devastation during the years of civil war as other regions, it was not completely immune to the negative economic and political effects and consequences of ...

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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