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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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Iran and Sudan: Emerging Partnership in Horn of Africa
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Iran and Sudan: Emerging Partnership in Horn of Africa

Wednesday 26 February 2025
war in recent years has prioritized look East policy. In the period after toppling of long-serving President Omar al-Bashir in 2019, Sudan has not seen political stability and has been a setting for political and social confrontation of the regular army and the militias and this, by the way, has be ...
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How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?
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How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?

Sunday 2 March 2025 ،
war, the US voted for the first time against a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Russia as an aggressor. While Europeans had not yet recovered from the shock of the Munich Security Conference, the revelation of the secret meeting of the American and Russian delegations 1,000 kil ...
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Iran, Russia, and China to Conduct Joint Naval Exercise
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Iran, Russia, and China to Conduct Joint Naval Exercise

Sunday 9 March 2025 ،
warships, combat vessels, and logistical ships from Russia, China, the Iranian Navy, and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy. Aimed at enhancing regional security and multilateral cooperation, the drill will focus on safeguarding maritime trade, combating piracy and terrorism, conductin ...
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Clouds of US Sanctions Back on Lucrative Iran-Iraq Trade: Challenges and Solutions
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Clouds of US Sanctions Back on Lucrative Iran-Iraq Trade: Challenges and Solutions

Monday 10 March 2025 ،
war against rivals especially the Islamic Republic of Iran, as expected, Iraq became the first point of focus where the anti-Iranian maximum pressure campaign is pursued. According to the US State Department, since Saturday, the US ended Iraq's waivers to buy Iranian electricity.  Iran-Ira ...
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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 ،
war as other regions, it was not completely immune to the negative economic and political effects and consequences of the war, as it was deeply affected by the influx of refugees, military interventions, and economic sanctions. Geographically, the Syrian coast stretches for 180 km from Tartus Gover ...
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Iran-China-Russia: The Emerging Pole of Naval Power
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Iran-China-Russia: The Emerging Pole of Naval Power

Sunday 16 March 2025 ،
war games near Iran's Chabahar port and will keep the drills going until Saturday. Security Belt-2025 is the fifth joint naval exercise between China, Iran and Russia since 2019, covering the strategic triangle between the three straits of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca, a triangle through w ...
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As Ansarullah Deadline Ends, Yemen Nightmare Returns to Israelis
Analysis

As Ansarullah Deadline Ends, Yemen Nightmare Returns to Israelis

Monday 17 March 2025 ،
war on the Palestinian enclave, Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement resumed its operations against the Israeli territorial security and maritime interests in the Red Sea, once again bringing back the nightmare of attacks to the Israelis. Immediately after the end of the deadline set by Ansar ...
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Heavy American Bombing: Will Yemen Back Down from Pro-Palestinian Support?
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Heavy American Bombing: Will Yemen Back Down from Pro-Palestinian Support?

Sunday 23 March 2025 ،
war attacked Israeli ships and oil tankers bound for Israel to force Tel Aviv to end its genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave. In fact, Yemeni forces are targeting ships and tankers that serve Israeli interests, because according to the Yemeni government, attacks on ships bound for Israel are ca ...
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Aspects of Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan-Turkmenistan Agreement
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Aspects of Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan-Turkmenistan Agreement

Sunday 6 April 2025 ،
war in Ukraine and the Western economic sanctions against Russia, the importance of the Central Asian transit route has increased, and these issues have in turn caused the countries of the region to realize the need to resolve disputes, especially in border areas and to strengthen trade, customs, an ...
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Stab in the Back: Allies Turning Syria into Graveyard of Erdogan’s Dreams
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Stab in the Back: Allies Turning Syria into Graveyard of Erdogan’s Dreams

Monday 7 April 2025 ،
warning tone from the Israeli official comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently sent his top military advisor to Moscow to discuss developments in Syria. The trip, according to media reports, was based on Israeli concerns about increased military cooperation between Turkey and ...

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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