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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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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision

Saturday 31 May 2025
ons rise of a new security mechanism with an Eastern approach far from abusive Western approaches. Alwaght- Amid Ukraine war, Russia has hosted an international summit on world security. The thirteenth Moscow International Security Meeting began on Tuesday and will continue to Thursday chaired by S ...
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
on as interim government is thirsty for recognition. Alwaght- Last year these days, the American officials talked about the need to withdraw their military forces from Syria. But the surprise fall of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus in December has changed many of the calculations in the region. The chan ...
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region
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Absorption of Foreign Militants to New Syrian Army, US’s Ticking Bomb for Region

Saturday 7 June 2025 ،
ong-term threats to region. Alwaght- In one of the most controversial developments after rise to power in Syria of armed groups, reports talk about the US green light to integration of some foreign militants in the military and security structure under leadership of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani as the lea ...
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What Factors Are Eroding Israeli Resilience in War with Iran?
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What Factors Are Eroding Israeli Resilience in War with Iran?

Monday 16 June 2025 ،
War with a greater military power would mean further destruction, higher financial costs, wider recruitment, accelerated reverse migration, escape of foreign capital, human casualties, and all in all heavier war bill on the already struggling regime.  According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspape ...
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What’s the Role of Israeli Attacks on Iranian Civilian Sites in Tel Aviv’s Combined War Strategy?
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What’s the Role of Israeli Attacks on Iranian Civilian Sites in Tel Aviv’s Combined War Strategy?

Tuesday 17 June 2025 ،
onal laws civilian sites and defenseless people should be immune to military attacks, since the start of the Israeli aggression on Iran earlier on Friday, ordinary citizens and civilian places have been among the main war targets of the Israeli regime.  The attacks on a number of residential b ...
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Iraq, the Strategic Middle Ground During Israeli-Iranian War
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Iraq, the Strategic Middle Ground During Israeli-Iranian War

Thursday 3 July 2025 ،
on Iraq. Baghdad needs to come clean with Tel Aviv on these violations, or suffer consequences. Alwaght- In the geopolitical conflicts of West Asia and North Africa, Iraq has always been one of the focal points of developments and the regional and international competitions due to its strategic geog ...
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry

Thursday 3 July 2025 ،
on. Alwaght- Normalization between Syria and Israel has once again begun to make headlines. Back-to-back comments by the American, Israeli, and Syria officials reveal the opportunities and the conditions to obtain a normalization agreement between the two sides. But it does not seem the normalizatio ...
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New Roadmap for Lebanon Betrays Next American-Israeli Moves
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New Roadmap for Lebanon Betrays Next American-Israeli Moves

Monday 7 July 2025 ،
on. Alwaght- Continuing its overbearing policies, the US administration under President Donald Trump has reactivated its New Middle East project with a focus on Lebanon. After the developments in recent months, including the fall of Syrian government, Washington, which is seeing itself a step closer ...
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?

Tuesday 8 July 2025 ،
onal equations have undergone drastic changes, with massive efforts being made by some international actors to contain and undermine the Axis of Resistance. One of the main stages of this quiet battle is Iraq that due to its geopolitical position plays a vital role in the West Asian security equatio ...
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
on Ankara to end anti-Kurdish military actions. Alwaght- After four decades of armed struggle with Turkish government, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun disarming following a decision made by its leaders. In this connection, on Friday in a symbolic event, 30 of the terrorist group ...

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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.