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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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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges

Tuesday 21 January 2025
attacks against and disarmament of the Syrian Kurds who had a role in the fight against ISIS terrorist group can prepare the ground for return of terrorists to eastern Syria and Iraq.  In the current security vacuum, and while the regular Syrian army is totally collapsed, there are concerns ab ...
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of  Security and Military Partnership
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of Security and Military Partnership

Wednesday 22 January 2025 ،
attacks, and this is a common challenge of the two countries. ISIS and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists have repeatedly carried out terrorist operations in various cities of the country, and for this reason, over the past year, Tehran and Islamabad have reached agreements to confront ter ...
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Hamas Criticizes US for Redesignating Yemen’s Ansarullah as a ‘Terrorist’ Organization
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Hamas Criticizes US for Redesignating Yemen’s Ansarullah as a ‘Terrorist’ Organization

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
attacks on US Navy ships and Israel-affiliated vessels since November 2023, conducted in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israeli aggression in Gaza. Yemen’s Ansarullah political bureau also criticized the US move. In a statement on Thursday, Ansarullah called the designation a desperate eff ...
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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 ،
attacks against Shiite and 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 ne ...
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A United Regional Front Is the Key to Checkmate Terrorism in Pakistan
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A United Regional Front Is the Key to Checkmate Terrorism in Pakistan

Tuesday 4 February 2025 ،
attacks, posing a significant threat to its stability and security. Situated in a volatile region, particularly bordering Afghanistan, the country has been caught in the crossfire of complex security challenges. These crises are fueled by a mix of internal vulnerabilities and external pressures, in ...
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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 Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust
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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?
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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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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

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