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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound

Wednesday 16 April 2025
list of them:  2014 agreement: In this year, the government of PM Nouri al-Maliki and the Kurdistan government according to which Erbil was obliged to deliver 250,000 oil barrels to the central government and in return for 17 percent of federal government allocated to the region. Still, the po ...
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
list of MoUs signed between the two sides:  1. Extension of gas exports and its expansion contract: Amid the urgent Iraqi need for gas to produce power, the two sides stressed the need to ensure continuation of this contract.  2. Technical partnership and joint investment in the developm ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
list, facilitating closer ties with Kabul as Russia feels a need for partnership with the group. Alwaght- Just until last week, any member of the Taliban who entered Russia should have been arrested according to the Russian laws and could face up to 20 years in jail on charges of terrorism. However, ...
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus

Tuesday 29 April 2025 ،
list Austin Bennett Tice who went missing since 2012 in Syria, and accepting responsibility for Syrian prisoners in the Al-Hawl refugee camp, an open-air prison for ISIS terrorists and their families.  The US State Department had previously outlined its list of conditions for the resumption of ...
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Iran and Arab Monarchies in Trump’s Eyes: What’s the True Development?
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Iran and Arab Monarchies in Trump’s Eyes: What’s the True Development?

Sunday 18 May 2025 ،
list positions based on incorrect and undocumented information. An example is his claim about the US’s $350 billion in military aid to Ukraine, which documented reports stated was $127 billion over three years. So now the question presents itself: Is the development gap between the two sides o ...
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
list for al-Sharaa  The recent meeting of al-Sharaa with his American counterpart Donald Trump is indicative of an unprecedented and quantitative development in the American-Syrian relations. Held with support of Saudi Arabia, the meeting was the first between an American president and his Syr ...
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region

Saturday 7 June 2025 ،
list. The next question after receiving citizenship and joining the Syrian army is whether these fighters are willing to abandon their takfiri ideology. In other words, even assuming that al-Jolani is sincere in changing his ways, which many analysts doubt, the question remains whether he has the a ...
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What Factors Are Eroding Israeli Resilience in War with Iran?
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What Factors Are Eroding Israeli Resilience in War with Iran?

Monday 16 June 2025 ،
list of strategic targets, including refineries, storage tanks, and fighter jet fuel laboratories, threatening that if the regime’s evil actions continue, this series of operations will continue with higher power and destruction. In these circumstances, given that the Israeli regime, despite ...
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New Roadmap for Lebanon Betrays Next American-Israeli Moves
Analysis

New Roadmap for Lebanon Betrays Next American-Israeli Moves

Monday 7 July 2025 ،
lists and movements supporting Hezbollah and its allies is a clear response to foreign plans and conspiracies that, with deceptive security and economic slogans, seek to disarm the resistance movement and surrender Lebanon to the demands of the Israeli regime. The Lebanese people have shown that the ...
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
list Party, are among the prominent figures of the French left who have explicitly adopted positions of support for the French government’s decision. The second motivation of Paris should also be sought in the effort to redefine France’s position in the geopolitical competition with the ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.