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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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Pakistan and Taliban: From Alliance to Enmity
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Pakistan and Taliban: From Alliance to Enmity

Monday 17 November 2025
Western anti-terrorism coalition. As a result, Islamabad formally cut off its support to the Taliban and provided military bases and logistical lines to the Western forces.  Yet, beneath this public reversal, elements within Pakistan's security establishment, particularly the ISI, maintain ...
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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 ،
Western powers, and an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Pope is not only a religious leader with a unique position among the Christians but also a personality with moral legitimacy and political weight on the world stage. So, this visit marks not only ...
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Will Hadhramaut Battle Change Yemen Map?
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Will Hadhramaut Battle Change Yemen Map?

Sunday 7 December 2025 ،
Western thinking on how to handle the Yemen case within the broader vision of a “new Middle East”, particularly after the failure of military tools in eight years of war against Sana’a, and after the collapse of Washington’s naval coalition, which was formed to protect Israel ...
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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 ،
Western security architecture and increase its incentive to align with US and NATO policies. Thus, Washington’s decision is not merely a military transaction but an effort to maintain geopolitical balance, prevent Turkey’s divergence, and bolster NATO cohesion amid complex regional devel ...
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Gaza ‘Peace Board’: From Removing Blair to Kushner’s Personal Interests
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Gaza ‘Peace Board’: From Removing Blair to Kushner’s Personal Interests

Tuesday 9 December 2025 ،
Asia, amassing significant personal wealth. Kushner now spearheads efforts to plan what are being termed “alternative safe communities.” The plan centers on constructing temporary yet functional villages in an area currently referred to as the “Green Zone”, land in eastern a ...
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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 ،
Western military bloc, and questioning the credibility of collective deterrence have eroded the mutual trust and cohesion of this alliance. The cost-centric view of Trump moves past the symbolic and geopolitical position of Europe in stabilization of the US world leadership and closes eyes to the fa ...
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Tehran and Riyadh Going Beyond De-escalation, Now Seeking Common Cooperation Grounds
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Tehran and Riyadh Going Beyond De-escalation, Now Seeking Common Cooperation Grounds

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
Western-reliant traditional diplomatic frameworks. China views the long-term trajectory of the West Asia region with clear-eyed understanding: without stability and cooperation among the region’s major players, its own economic and geopolitical ambitions will face serious headwinds. Therefore ...
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
Western banks. If the US were to release these blocked assets, a significant portion of the interim Taliban government’s financial crises, including paying civil servant salaries, providing basic public necessities, and reviving critical infrastructure, could be alleviated. For this reason, Af ...
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Armenia Growing Hasty about TRIPP Corridor
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Armenia Growing Hasty about TRIPP Corridor

Tuesday 16 December 2025 ،
Asia.” He added that the project would expand regional links, deliver economic benefits across the region, and become another critical factor in advancing peace between Baku and Yerevan. These claims, however, come amid broader strategic calculations in Washington. One of the US’s core ...
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With West Doubtful of Him, Can Al-Sharaa End Syria Chaotic Situation?
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With West Doubtful of Him, Can Al-Sharaa End Syria Chaotic Situation?

Wednesday 17 December 2025 ،
Western capitals about capability of al-Sharaa to control Syria. Alwaght- The death of three American forces in Syria’s Palmyra attack has once again drawn the attention to the relations of the Trump administration and the new Syrian government. Since fall of Bashar al-Assad in last December, ...

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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.