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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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Why Are Israeli Military Commanders Afraid of Hezbollah’s Elite Radwan Unit?
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Why Are Israeli Military Commanders Afraid of Hezbollah’s Elite Radwan Unit?

Sunday 11 June 2023
US State Department announced a reward up to $5 million for any information on him.  According to the American claims, Tabatabai is a top Hezbollah military commander, leading the movement’s elite forces in Syria and Yemen wars. Therefore, the presence of such a person in Hezbollah's ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
US is responsible for creation of the ISIS. Moscow and Tehran stress that the main aim of ISIS was to destabilize borders of Iran and Russia, two US rivals in Asia, and immerse them in a security crisis. It seems that Russia has figured out that the Taliban either does not want to fight seriously or ...
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Iran’s Power Show-off in the US Backyard
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Iran’s Power Show-off in the US Backyard

Wednesday 14 June 2023 ،
US. Iran has also helped to repair and re-operate Venezuela’s oil refineries, and their bilateral relations is expected to reach its highest level in the coming years. Although Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, it is facing problems producing gasoline and diesel, and Tehran ...
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UAE to Hold First Joint Drills with China, Reducing Reliance on US
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UAE to Hold First Joint Drills with China, Reducing Reliance on US

Monday 31 July 2023 ،
US and Western Europe to purchase huge amounts of military hardware, is adopting a visible policy shift aimed at diversifying its options. Back in June, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the country has withdrawn from a US-led maritime coalition after an extensive evaluation of its security ...
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What Are Messages of China-UAE Air Exercise to US?
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What Are Messages of China-UAE Air Exercise to US?

Sunday 13 August 2023 ،
US hegemony shrinkage. Alwaght- The geopolitical developments following Ukraine war that for the first time after Cold War displayed the East-West confrontation have pushed the regional states to new alliances. For decades having chosen the US as their security guarantor, the Persian Gulf Arab state ...
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North Korea Conducts Nuke Drill in Response to Planned US-South Korea Exercises
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North Korea Conducts Nuke Drill in Response to Planned US-South Korea Exercises

Thursday 31 August 2023 ،
US will hold military exercises soon.  The state media reports spelled out in unusual detail how the North envisions a potential war, including countering any attack by striking the South with nuclear weapons, then sweeping in to occupy its territory, reported Reuters.  “The KPA st ...
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North Korea Launches First Operational Tactical Nuclear Submarine
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North Korea Launches First Operational Tactical Nuclear Submarine

Friday 8 September 2023 ،
US. Alwaght- North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine,” tasking it with patrolling the waters that lie between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. “Submarine No. 841” would perform its combat mission as “one of core underwater offen ...
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Russia-Armenia Relations Hit by Differences over Karabakh Dispute
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Russia-Armenia Relations Hit by Differences over Karabakh Dispute

Monday 11 September 2023 ،
US military drills on Armenian territory,” a trip to Kiev by the Armenian Prime Minister’s wife and Yerevan’s decision to join the International Criminal Court.  The relations between Russia and Armenia have begun to escalate in recent days following Armenia delivery of the f ...
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NATO to Stage Largest War Games since Cold War
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NATO to Stage Largest War Games since Cold War

Monday 11 September 2023 ،
US-led military bloc, but also Sweden, the report said. The Nordic nation applied to join NATO last year, but its application is still in limbo due to the reluctance of Türkiye and Hungary to ratify its bid owing to a number of grievances in bilateral relations. The FT also reported that the d ...
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N Korea Fires Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles as Kim Visits Russia
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N Korea Fires Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles as Kim Visits Russia

Wednesday 13 September 2023 ،
US, the military added. The Japanese coast guard also confirmed that two ballistic missiles were launched. Japan's top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters that the missiles appear to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone but we are analyzing details. Kim is ...

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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