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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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Beijing Agreement An Eastern Bulwark against Trump’s Threats to Iran
Analysis

Beijing Agreement An Eastern Bulwark against Trump’s Threats to Iran

Monday 17 March 2025
Western political moves. The agreement was signed during a meeting on Friday of deputy foreign ministers of the three countries in Beijing, where the three diplomats discussed the latest on the Iranian nuclear case and lifting the sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the closing statement ...
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability
Report

HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability

Tuesday 18 March 2025 ،
West Asia has been through waves of crises over the past two years, the recent clashes between the Syrian armed groups and Lebanese forces will bear many political and security consequences. In terms of security, these tensions can lead to border instability and risk penetration of terrorist groups ...
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
Analysis

Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
West and weaken independent institutions like the PMF.  In the past three months, the US and the Israeli regime, in cooperation with Turkey and armed terrorist groups in Syria, have subjected Syria's to a new crisis, and one of the important strongholds of the Axis of Resistance against th ...
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Aspects of Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan-Turkmenistan Agreement
Analysis

Aspects of Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan-Turkmenistan Agreement

Sunday 6 April 2025 ،
West and North to South, Central Asia has been the focus of major economic and trade projects of economic powers, including China, Russia, India, and Europe in recent years. In this context, the role of Central Asia in advancing the grand Road and Belt Initiative (RBI) of China project is highly sig ...
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What’s behind Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Failure in the US
Analysis

What’s behind Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Failure in the US

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
West Asia policy and interests.  Trump's hidden dissatisfaction with the economic costs that Netanyahu's warmongering has imposed on Washington over the past two years can be seen in his unwillingness to suspend or reduce economic tariffs on Israeli goods, where Trump sarcastically spo ...
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Iraq’s PMF Law: Gradual Integration or Maintaining Its Independence?
Analysis

Iraq’s PMF Law: Gradual Integration or Maintaining Its Independence?

Sunday 13 April 2025 ،
Western media raised the issue of disarming resistance groups in the region, including in Iraq. Almost since the formation of resistance groups in Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen, Westerners and actors close to them in West Asia have repeatedly emphasized the disarmament of resistance groups, and this issu ...
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?
Analysis

Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
Western institutions is a trend the US itself established after the WWII, but now Trump is questioning all this. This behavior may be driven by Washington leaders' feeling of threat to the American global hegemony and the need to restore their global dominant position. The global multipolar atmo ...
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What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?
Analysis

What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
West Asia and its developments in his meetings with Russian officials. With these positions of the top Iranian diplomat and various reports of the intensity of consultations held on the issue of nuclear negotiations during this trip, it can be understood that the Islamic Republic of Iran is pursuin ...
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Riyadh Wants Stronger Ties with Tehran after Defense Minister Visit: Expert
Interview

Riyadh Wants Stronger Ties with Tehran after Defense Minister Visit: Expert

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
West Asia affairs expert Hassan Hanizadeh. Alwaght: What was the aim of the Saudi defense minister's visit amid sensitive regional circumstances? What messages does it carry? Hanizadeh: The visit to Tehran of Khaled bin Salman who is the third most powerful man in the Saudi power pyramid demon ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
Western invasion and a new government was formed in Kabul. In 2003, while the Taliban were fighting against the then Kabul government as an armed rebel group, the Kremlin officially listed the Taliban as a terrorist organization. Third period: launching contact channels: In 2015, the Kremlin starte ...

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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