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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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Is Erdogan-Assad Meeting Likely?
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Is Erdogan-Assad Meeting Likely?

Thursday 8 December 2022
Turkey demanded Damascus commitment to political process, a demand making no sense as the government has an upper hand now. Meanwhile, some people believe that these conditions are meant to make trump cards for possible sitting on the negotiating table.  Why does possible meeting matter more t ...
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Saudi-Turkish Military Cooperation: Motivations and Challenges
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Saudi-Turkish Military Cooperation: Motivations and Challenges

Thursday 29 December 2022 ،
Turkey for military technologies and Erdogan needs the kingdom for election win, economic investment. Alwaght- After a decade of tensions, the Saudi and Turkish relations are seeing a new chapter as Riyadh and Ankara are putting on their agenda boosting their cooperation at all levels. To this end,t ...
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What’s Motivating Syria-based Terrorists to Move to Ukraine Fronts?
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What’s Motivating Syria-based Terrorists to Move to Ukraine Fronts?

Monday 16 January 2023 ،
Turkey are funding this transfer. Alwaght- Since the second half of the 20th century, the possession of weapons of mass destruction and advanced military equipment by the world powers implied that any direct war between them would have extremely high-cost with no winners and, resulting in buildout o ...
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Baku Making Alliances to Break Karabakh Security Blocks
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Baku Making Alliances to Break Karabakh Security Blocks

Monday 1 May 2023 ،
Turkey.  Geopolitical factors driving Tbilisi-Baku cooperation  Georgia and Baku engaged in expansion of relations since collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Due to geopolitical factors and their bilateral need for each other, their main focus has been on connection of their ...
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Drones Are Re-writing Ukraine War Rules
Analysis

Drones Are Re-writing Ukraine War Rules

Saturday 6 May 2023 ،
Turkey and used them to carry out several strikes on Russian warships in the Black Sea and Port of Odesa.  Ukraine is certain it cannot forever rely on the Western allies and this thought motivated its moves to develop its drone power. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in May 2022 l ...
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Persian Gulf to India Link: US Strategy to Contain China’s Foothold
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Persian Gulf to India Link: US Strategy to Contain China’s Foothold

Tuesday 9 May 2023 ،
Turkey, Indian Peninsula, Africa, and West Asia. The two Indian ports of Karachi and Mundra are part to this plan.  Washington’s initiative to revive normalization aimed at furthering Arab-Israeli economic entanglement  Though Israe ...
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Iraq Launches $17bln Road, Rail Project to Link Asia, Europe
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Iraq Launches $17bln Road, Rail Project to Link Asia, Europe

Sunday 28 May 2023 ،
Turkey, in a move designed to transform the country’s economy after decades of war and crisis. Iraq launched a $17 billion project on Saturday to link a major commodities port on its southern coast by rail and roads to the border with Turkey, in a move designed to transform the country's economy ...
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Erbil-Baku Relations Boost Coming against Backdrop of Iranian Reservations, Concerns
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Erbil-Baku Relations Boost Coming against Backdrop of Iranian Reservations, Concerns

Sunday 23 July 2023 ،
Turkey to Edirne province in western Turkey. It is connected to the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), which brings natural gas produced in Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz-2 field in the Caspian Sea to the border of Georgia and Turkey. It forms a key part of the Southern Gas Corridor for the transfer of n ...
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Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace
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Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace

Sunday 30 July 2023 ،
Turkey to Afghanistan through Herat opened a major trade route between Afghanistan and Europe. After this transfer, Afghanistan's goods will also be transferred through this route, and the plan to transfer passengers through this railway line is on the agenda, too.” Khaf-Herat railway was ...
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Moscow Security Conference Represents a Platform Displaying Transition to Multipolar World Order
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Moscow Security Conference Represents a Platform Displaying Transition to Multipolar World Order

Friday 18 August 2023 ،
Turkey, Mexico, Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.  In the opening speech of this conference, Putin, pointing out that the US is looking for its desired reform in the cooperation system between countries in the Asia-Pacific region, said West is planning to integrate NATO with the AUKUS coalition.&nbs ...

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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