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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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Russian Tanker Hit in Black Sea as Turkey Issues Warning to Ukraine
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Russian Tanker Hit in Black Sea as Turkey Issues Warning to Ukraine

Tuesday 2 December 2025
Turkey confirming the ship and crew are safe ALWAGHT- A Russian tanker transporting vegetable oil came under attack in the Black Sea, with Turkey confirming the ship and crew are safe. A Russian-flagged tanker carrying vegetable oil was attacked in the Black Sea while traveling from Russia to Georg ...
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?

Tuesday 2 December 2025 ،
Turkey’s turn to act.” The commander laid out two core demands for advancing the peace process: The unconditional release of Ocalan, and the constitutional recognition of the Kurdish people’s rights in Turkey. Another senior commander, Serdar Mazlum Gbar, reinforced this position ...
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Pope’s Lebanon Visit Puts a Heavy ’Divine Responsibility’ on the Religious Leader
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Pope’s Lebanon Visit Puts a Heavy ’Divine Responsibility’ on the Religious Leader

Wednesday 3 December 2025 ،
Turkey to Lebanon, Israeli forces refused to halt their artillery barrage against Lebanon, a deliberate and malicious move aimed at undermining his mission. On Monday at Harissa, the Catholic sanctuary atop a mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea north of Beirut, the Pope states: “Prayer ...
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule

Thursday 4 December 2025 ،
Turkey motivates speculations that Erdogan’s government has very likely funded these vehicles as a gift to Damascus allies it helped topple Bashar al-Assad during 13-year civil war. The images of the parade left Syria social media ablaze, with various interpretations leading to the notion tha ...
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Israeli Strikes in Gaza Threaten Critical Ceasefire
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Israeli Strikes in Gaza Threaten Critical Ceasefire

Sunday 7 December 2025 ،
Turkey’s Foreign Minister have publicly warned that the agreement risks collapse unless immediate progress is made toward a permanent political solution. The window for diplomacy is narrowing rapidly. Qatar, a key mediator alongside Egypt and the United States, has expressed urgent conce ...
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Qatar And Egypt Urge Israeli Withdrawal for Gaza Peace Progress
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Qatar And Egypt Urge Israeli Withdrawal for Gaza Peace Progress

Sunday 7 December 2025 ،
Turkey has expressed interest in participating, though it faces Israeli opposition, and has argued that separating the fighting parties should be the immediate priority, not Hamas’s disarmament. Mediators are urgently pushing for the force's deployment, citing daily Israeli violations that ...
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
Turkey and the US over sale of F-35 fighter jets to Ankara, it seems that the obstacles ahead of this project are being cleared away. Recently, the American ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack announced that the Turkish government is due to decommission Russian-supplied S-400, a move paving the way to ...
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The Strategic Enigma in Baku-Abu Dhabi Alliance
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The Strategic Enigma in Baku-Abu Dhabi Alliance

Tuesday 9 December 2025 ،
Turkey. The UAE has entered into related infrastructure projects, a move that signifies its practical involvement in the geopolitical competition of the South Caucasus, a region where Iran as an actor with deep-seated influence faces its own challenges. The presence of Emirati companies in Azerbaij ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
Turkey. While the reduction of direct military commitments and the emphasis on ending forever wars resonated domestically, regionally it contributed to a power vacuum and a cacophony of competing actors, diminishing the US role from a hegemonic order-setter to a player engaged in minimal crisis mana ...
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Iran’s Pezeshkian in Central Asia, Energy and Transit Top on Agenda
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Iran’s Pezeshkian in Central Asia, Energy and Transit Top on Agenda

Thursday 11 December 2025 ،
Turkey and take part of this supply to meet consumption needs for its five northern border provinces. This mechanism significantly alleviates gas shortages in Iran's northern and eastern provinces while enabling Iran to generate economic revenue from gas transit. Turkmenistan, ranked among the ...

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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.