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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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The rift that Macron imposed upon the NATO allies’ unity!
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The rift that Macron imposed upon the NATO allies’ unity!

Wednesday 28 February 2024
The White House also declared its decision not to deploy forces to Ukraine. Furthermore, the UK, Italy, Spain, Poland, and the Czech Republic promptly rejected the notion of sending military forces to Ukraine. France's Retreat The French President's comments regarding the dispatch of milit ...
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US Early Loss in the Red Sea: What’s behind US Aircraft Carrier’s Withdrawal?
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US Early Loss in the Red Sea: What’s behind US Aircraft Carrier’s Withdrawal?

Wednesday 1 May 2024 ،
The US removed a much-vaunted aircraft carrier it send to the Red Sea about five months ago to check Yemen’s ban on Israeli ships. Alwaght- An American aircraft carrier is leaving the region after a four-month mission in the Red Sea. This was confirmed by US sources who said that the mission of USS ...
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Tough Days for Kiev as Moscow Consolidates its Upper Hand in War
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Tough Days for Kiev as Moscow Consolidates its Upper Hand in War

Monday 27 May 2024 ،
The war is going against Ukraine wishes as Western weapons fail to make change and Russian prove more e effective on the battleground. Alwaght- Just contrary to the picture showed by the Western and American media outlets to the public opinion of the war in the beginning, Ukraine conditions these da ...
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Limits on Western Weapons Range Hamper Ukraine Defense: NATO
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Limits on Western Weapons Range Hamper Ukraine Defense: NATO

Monday 27 May 2024 ،
The time has come to consider whether it will be right to lift some of the restrictions which have been imposed because we see now that especially in the Kharkiv region the front line and the border line is more or less the same.” Kiev has been begging its Western backers – the United S ...
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Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?
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Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?

Sunday 15 September 2024 ،
The supporters and opponents of Zangzor Corridor each struggle for their wishes and it is the time that settles the case. Alwaght- Though the Karabakh dispute winded down after Azerbaijan recapture of its territory from Armenia last September, in recent days with Russia expressing its stance on a co ...
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
The new round of the parliamentary election was held on October 26, and the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party led by Bidzina Ivanishvili won 54 percent of the votes, followed by the pro-Western opposition party that won 37.58 percent. The ruling Georgian Dream party won 90 percent of the votes in rur ...
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Iran-Russia Strategic Pact: What Does it Mean for the Two Actors?
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Iran-Russia Strategic Pact: What Does it Mean for the Two Actors?

Sunday 19 January 2025 ،
The Kremlin spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, for her part, described the pact strategic, adding: In addition to signing this agreement, the presidents of the two countries will review the prospects for further expanding bilateral cooperation, including in trade and investment, transport and logistics, a ...
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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 ،
The Russian Prosecutor General had previously asked the country's supreme court to remove the terrorist label from the Taliban's name following several visits by senior Taliban officials to Russia.  Highs and lows of Moscow-Taliban ties The Russian relations with the Taliban have expe ...
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
The thirteenth Moscow International Security Meeting began on Tuesday and will continue to Thursday chaired by Sergei Shoigu, the head of the Russian National Security Council, with the presence of over 100 countries. Members of the BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Associatio ...
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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 ،
The US gave a go-ahead to Syrian government’s plan to integrate radical fighters into army, a move seen as carrying long-term threats to region. Alwaght- In one of the most controversial developments after rise to power in Syria of armed groups, reports talk about the US green light to integration o ...

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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.