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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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Tehran Dialogue Forum: Promoting Iran as Hub of Anti-imperialist Diplomacy
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Tehran Dialogue Forum: Promoting Iran as Hub of Anti-imperialist Diplomacy

Monday 19 May 2025
West Asia situation, the Iranian capital hosted Tehran Dialogue Forum (TDF) starting on Sunday, an even attended by prominent Iranian and foreign figures at the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS). In this important meeting, representatives of over 50 countries gathered to discu ...
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US Was Forced to Halt Yemen Bombing Campaign: Ansarullah Member
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US Was Forced to Halt Yemen Bombing Campaign: Ansarullah Member

Tuesday 20 May 2025 ،
West Asia, had requested a progress report, but the results Trump wanted in this report had not been achieved and the US had not even established air superiority over the Yemeni army. According to the report, what Trump had learned was that after 30 days of intense attacks against Yemen, the costly ...
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Is Trump Mulling Shift in Gaza Strategy?
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Is Trump Mulling Shift in Gaza Strategy?

Wednesday 21 May 2025 ،
West Bank. His main aim is to stir a military confrontation between the US and Iran, as well as to strike and neutralize all potential resistance forces in the region. Netanyahu is also considering expanding and consolidating control over areas in Lebanon, Syria, and along Gaza's Philadelphi Cor ...
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Iran’s Firm Stance in Nuclear Talks Disallows Another Libya Scenario
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Iran’s Firm Stance in Nuclear Talks Disallows Another Libya Scenario

Saturday 24 May 2025 ،
West should know Iran is not Libya and even heavier pressure cannot bring Iran to its knees. Alwaght- After a relative calm in the atmosphere of four rounds of indirect nuclear negotiations between Iran and the US, with the White House's malicious and excessive remarks against the Iranian people ...
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From Syria Oil to Iraq Gas: How’s US Seeking to Plunder Regional Energy Resources?
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From Syria Oil to Iraq Gas: How’s US Seeking to Plunder Regional Energy Resources?

Sunday 25 May 2025 ،
WesternZagros are not new and have been previously approved by Iraqi courts and do not have any legal problems. The Erbil government announced that it has signed contracts with several large American companies to invest in the two gas fields of Miran and Topkhane-Kardamir, and that these two agreem ...
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IRGC Warns It’s Ready to Launch Severe Retaliation Against Enemies
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IRGC Warns It’s Ready to Launch Severe Retaliation Against Enemies

Sunday 25 May 2025 ،
West Asia. Echoing this stance, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned in March that any malicious act against Iran would provoke a fierce retaliatory strike.
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
Western camp not only raises no pro-democracy voice in the face of heinous terror and crime against the Alawite minority and also ruling of the al-Jolani without holding elections for at least the next five years, but also it rolls out red carpet to al-Jolani, a militia leader-turned-politician with ...
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Local Elect. Display of Hezbollah Power, Public Base: Expert
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Local Elect. Display of Hezbollah Power, Public Base: Expert

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
West Asia affairs expert Mohammad Reza Sadeghi.  Alwaght: Media labeled the recent elections as the most challenging in recent years. Why were local elections these important?  Sadeghi: After the developments that took place in the region, Hezbollah was under a lot of pressure from insid ...
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Iran and Pakistan: Convergence in Regional Crises
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Iran and Pakistan: Convergence in Regional Crises

Wednesday 28 May 2025 ،
West Asia and Tehran and Islamabad as two Islamic powers can have considerable common points in regional policies. One of the most obvious of these is the common position on the Palestinian cause. Both countries do not recognize the Israeli regime and have actively condemned Israeli aggression on P ...
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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 ،
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 Sergei Shoigu, the head of the Russian National Security Council, with the prese ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity