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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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Pakistan and Taliban: From Alliance to Enmity
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Pakistan and Taliban: From Alliance to Enmity

Monday 17 November 2025
attacks between Afghanistan and Pakistan that expanded to airstrikes and direct clashes of the forces of the two countries once again disclosed the depth of the historical differences and deep-seated distrust between the two neighbors. Despite holding several rounds of talks, the two countries have ...
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Haytham Tabatabaei: Hezbollah’s Elite Commander from Birth to Martyrdom
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Haytham Tabatabaei: Hezbollah’s Elite Commander from Birth to Martyrdom

Tuesday 25 November 2025 ،
attack in southern Lebanon on Sunday. He commanded Hezbollah's elite unit Radhwan Force in Syria and had a role in backing Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement. He was on the US blacklist and Washington set $5 million for information leading to his arrest. Also, Israeli security research c ...
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Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule
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Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule

Wednesday 26 November 2025 ،
attacked the properties and vehicles of the Alawites. The armed groups also desecrated prominent Alawite figures and sought to take control of neighborhoods in Alawite-majoroty cities using terror and intimidation. According to the report, the public security forces of the interim government have fi ...
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Syria’s Beit Jinn Revolt a Clear Message to Tel Aviv, Al-Jolani Govt.
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Syria’s Beit Jinn Revolt a Clear Message to Tel Aviv, Al-Jolani Govt.

Saturday 29 November 2025 ،
attacks on the Syria's south, hoping to expand occupied territories. But now it is facing serious challenges in its expansionist policy. In the latest development, a number of Israeli military forces earlier on Friday raided Beit Jinn town in Damascus outskirts in a push to control it, but face ...
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Iraq May Self-harm Repatriating ISIS Members from Al-Hawl Camp
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Iraq May Self-harm Repatriating ISIS Members from Al-Hawl Camp

Monday 1 December 2025 ،
attacks. Raed al-Hamid, an Iraqi researcher of the radical groups, says that security organizations, no matter how advanced, cannot watch those transferred to Iraq from Syria all day long. Al-Hamid warns that a large number of the Al-Hawl refugees still hold extremist ISIS views. Legal obstacles b ...
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IRGC Hosts SCO Anti-Terror Exercise Sahand-2025
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IRGC Hosts SCO Anti-Terror Exercise Sahand-2025

Monday 1 December 2025 ،
Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS). He stressed the strategic significance of the exercise in promoting regional security collaboration. Colonel Asgari also highlighted Iran’s long-standing role in combating terrorism, noting that the country has been a key actor in the fight against extremist g ...
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?

Tuesday 2 December 2025 ،
attacks, bombings, and involvement in drug trafficking to finance its operations. During this time, bloody clashes between the Turkish army and the PKK militias took place. One of the largest military operations of Turkey against the PKK, dubbed Operation Hammer, was carried out in 1997. I this ope ...
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Death of Abu Shabab a Blow to Tel Aviv’s Gaza Plans
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Death of Abu Shabab a Blow to Tel Aviv’s Gaza Plans

Saturday 6 December 2025 ،
attacks on Hamas-controlled regions and against resistance forces. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier described armed, predatory Gaza factions like the Abu Shabab group as “a good thing,” despite facing domestic criticism for backing what some in Israel called ISIS-li ...
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
attacks, providing its operators with a distinct strategic advantage. So, the S-400 through its special capabilities can, to some extent, make up for the Turkish air weakness in the face of foreign threats, including those posed by F-35s possessed by the rivals. But forsaking this air defense syste ...
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IRGC Forces Martyred in Southeast Iran Border Clash
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IRGC Forces Martyred in Southeast Iran Border Clash

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
attack by "terrorist groups" near the border city of Lar in southeastern Iran ALWAGHT- Three IRGC Ground Force members were martyred in a Wednesday attack by terrorist groups near the border city of Lar in southeastern Iran. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) stated that three of its Ground ...

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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.