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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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Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge
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Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge

Tuesday 5 May 2026
The wealthy Arab monarchy is hit by division that may threaten its very existence as Abu Dhabi monopolizes power. Alwaght- Multiple weeks after the ceasefire in the Persian Gulf, the Arab monarchies are still grappling with the fallout of the crisis and see a return to stability in the shadow of ten ...
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Pezeshkian Pledges to Prevent War from Burdening Iranians’ Daily Lives
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Pezeshkian Pledges to Prevent War from Burdening Iranians’ Daily Lives

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
Trade (MIMT) to prioritize export-oriented goods and align domestic production with societal needs. Minister Mohammad Atabak reported that despite external pressures and economic war, production in key sectors continues uninterrupted, with special programs in place to control prices, counter hoardin ...
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
Union, paving the way of grains exports from Kazakhstan to Iran, particularly from Amirabad Port, and trade figures suggested they were soon to reach $3 billion business a year. However, war cast doubt on this planning. Grains account for nearly 90 percent of Kazakhstan’s exports to Iran and ...
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How’s Iran War Taking Its Toll on European Economies?
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How’s Iran War Taking Its Toll on European Economies?

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
Trade unions, especially in the Eurozone, are facing a bitter reality: workers, fearing layoffs and job insecurity, have lost much of their bargaining power to demand higher wages. As a result of the energy shock from the Iran war, workers' pay packages are now falling behind prices in a growin ...
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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?
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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Union, sinking themselves in political and security swamps. Meanwhile, all news reports suggest that China is providing security and intelligence assistance to Iran to counter the US aggression in a bid to create some balance in intelligence war.  This strategy of inaction has had consequences ...
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
Union, India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel, designed to link India to Persian Gulf ports and then, via rail networks, to Mediterranean terminals and Europe. In Russian eyes, a successful IMEC would not only undercut the traditional role of the North–South route but also redirect a signifi ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
Union of double standards, saying the EU has remained silent over Turkey's illegal occupation of half of Cyprus, yet it opposes the Jewish people's historic right to live in their ancestral homeland. Sustained Tel Aviv-Ankara hostility in new regional order The confrontation between Turkey ...
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
Union takes on particular importance here. If Iran's Africa policy is to rise above bilateral relations, it must grasp the continent's institutional architecture. Africa is a collection of 54 countries with distinct interests, political systems, and orientations, no single template can be pr ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
Union at 11, Israel Beiteinu and Atzmaut Yehudit at 9 each, and United Torah Judaism at 8. The Joint List and Shas each won 7 seats, while the Religious Zionist Party took 4. The same poll predicted that three other parties would fail to clear the electoral threshold, a scenario that, if borne out, ...
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
Union. Its trade with African states was less than $20 billion in 2022, which this amount for EU was $275 billion and for China around $200 billion. This drives Moscow to rely on an advantage where it has more competitive power: security and military equipment. Here we can see the logic of security ...

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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.