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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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Old Colonizer in Back: What behind Britain’s Return to Persian Gulf?
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Old Colonizer in Back: What behind Britain’s Return to Persian Gulf?

Wednesday 7 December 2016
Western Hemisphere, where the Latin American countries are located. This pushes Washington to reduce presence in West Asia and Persian Gulf regions and instead focus on the East Asia, where it is losing the edge to China. This makes us to suggest that it is unavoidable for Washington to task such a ...
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US Spent $49M for Venezuelan Regime Change Since 2009: Report
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US Spent $49M for Venezuelan Regime Change Since 2009: Report

Thursday 18 May 2017 ،
Western Hemisphere. The country was listed as one of the top six enduring targets for the top US spy agency, NSA, along with China, North Korea, Iraq, Iran and Russia.
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Venezuela’s Maduro Condemns ‘Imperialist Coup’ Plot
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Venezuela’s Maduro Condemns ‘Imperialist Coup’ Plot

Sunday 25 June 2017 ،
Western Hemisphere. The country was listed as one of the top six enduring targets for the top US spy agency, NSA, along with China, North Korea, Iraq, Iran and Russia.
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Iranian Flotilla En Route to Venezuela with Fuel: Bloomberg
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Iranian Flotilla En Route to Venezuela with Fuel: Bloomberg

Sunday 6 December 2020 ،
Western hemisphere businesses are scared of US sanctions. “They’re creating a new institutionality to confront sanctions,” said a finance sector source. “There’s a transition from the West to Asia and the Middle East. With the difference that they’re going to all ...
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Geopolitics, Profit, Poppies: How CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State
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Geopolitics, Profit, Poppies: How CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State

Monday 28 June 2021 ،
Western streets. “I don’t see how it can be a coincidence that you have that explosive growth in poppy production in Afghanistan and then you have the worldwide opioid epidemic,” Hoh stated, a connection that raises the question of whether users in Berlin, Boston, or Brazil should ...
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Israeli Long Shot to Dominate Red Sea
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Israeli Long Shot to Dominate Red Sea

Sunday 31 July 2022 ،
Western supporters in exchange for the fulfillment of some of their demands. But in the meantime, the Yemenis have the support of the Axis of Resistance that can help them grab the calm from the aggression countries. As Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah, has r ...
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How’s Abu Dhabi Giving Away Yemen’s Socotra Island to Tel Aviv?
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How’s Abu Dhabi Giving Away Yemen’s Socotra Island to Tel Aviv?

Sunday 30 October 2022 ،
Western-Arab alliance.  Also, by getting a toehold, in the Yemeni island and settling Israelis in its regions, it can bolster its presence in the Persian Gulf, making a bridge out of the UAE to realization of its goals in the region. Influence in the Arab countries is a long-held Israeli wish ...
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Africa’s NATO? How ECOWAS Became A Tool for Western Imperialism
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Africa’s NATO? How ECOWAS Became A Tool for Western Imperialism

Sunday 10 September 2023 ،
Western puppet, is widely popular in the country, and many of Niger’s neighbors have declared that any attack on it will be considered an attack on all their sovereignty. The United States and France are also considering military action, while many in Niger are calling for Russian aid. Consequ ...
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Venezuela Mobilizes Forces as US Carrier Enters Caribbean
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Venezuela Mobilizes Forces as US Carrier Enters Caribbean

Wednesday 12 November 2025 ،
Western Hemisphere. Regional observers see the deployment as a major escalation between Washington and Caracas. While US officials justify the military presence as part of a counter-narcotics campaign, Latin American leaders and legal experts question the legitimacy of the operations. Critics argue ...
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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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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.