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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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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
attack on Ghanafad border village by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) fighters in neighboring Syria. In the clashes between the tribal Lebanese and the HTS forces, 4 were killed and 10 were injured from the Lebanese side. The tribes responded to the attacks and, according to reports, managed to capture tw ...
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Israel’s Ofer Raid Reveals Its Terrorist Nature
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Israel’s Ofer Raid Reveals Its Terrorist Nature

Monday 17 February 2025 ،
attack was seen as an attempt to undermine the resilience of Palestinian detainees. In addition to this, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs revealed harsh conditions faced by female detainees at Damon Prison, including forced stays in cold cells with insuf ...
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Iran’s Top Security Official Pledges Full Support for Iraq in Meeting with Hashd al-Sha’abi Chief
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Iran’s Top Security Official Pledges Full Support for Iraq in Meeting with Hashd al-Sha’abi Chief

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
attacks. Iraq has warned of the group's potential resurgence, especially after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December. Al-Fayyadh emphasized Iraq’s commitment to defending its sovereignty and countering any hostile threats. Reports suggest that ISIS militants are active ...
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
attacks on them, considering them a threat to its own forces in Iraq. These American concerns have motivated the US to oppose enhancing the living conditions and job benefits of these forces, including the pension law.  The Americans know very well that they cannot implement their evil plans i ...
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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 ،
attack on the new Syrian forces since they took office in Damascus. Images published by Reuters show the bodies of at least 20 people who appeared to have been shot in the Alawite-majority village of al-Mukhtariyah, about 12 miles east of the provincial capital of Latakia. Blood is seen around seve ...
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust
Analysis

Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust

Wednesday 12 March 2025 ،
attacking Kurdish-controlled areas, Turkey seeks to seize these areas and eliminate threats from its borders, but this interventionist policy will lead to further insecurity in Syria rather than helping to restore stability. It is important for Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon that a strong government pre ...
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What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?
Analysis

What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?

Thursday 13 March 2025 ،
attacks by elements of new rule, the HTS officials attribute the deaths to the remnants of the al-Assad regime in order to cover up the new crimes of the takfiris. But the eruption of the fighting by the HTS opponents in the coastal provinces and the iron fist shown by al-Jolani’s forces in t ...
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability

Tuesday 18 March 2025 ،
attacks on Lebanon’s border areas play into the hands of Israel that benefits from regional conflicts. Alwaght- The elements of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), who over the past few weeks have pushed Syria to instability with their massacare of religious minorities in costal regions, this time beyon ...
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Iran Unveils ‘Missile Megacity,’ Boasts of Stronger ‘Iron Fist’
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Iran Unveils ‘Missile Megacity,’ Boasts of Stronger ‘Iron Fist’

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
attacks and warned that the country's military development was outpacing its enemies' ability to recover. He concluded that Iran's growing defensive capabilities would continue to shift the balance of power in its favor.
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
attacks to economic sanctions to media propaganda, have met their failure and the US has reached a point of strategic frustration with the PMF, to an extent that it insists on shifting the blame and declining to accept the reality of failure of its interventionist policies in Iraq and to name it the ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

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