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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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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria

Monday 30 December 2024
Western media, by showing the leaders of the HTS in civilian clothes and ties, try to pretend that these people have forsaken their previous policies and approaches and in other words became civilized, the reality on the ground and the systematic brutal methods of assassination, humiliation, looting ...
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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?
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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?

Tuesday 31 December 2024 ،
Western countries will have other priorities for investment due to the backbreaking costs of the war in Ukraine over the past three years and, possibly, the heavy factor of Ukraine’s need for post-war reconstruction. Trump, as a businessman, may also make the lifting of sanctions conditional o ...
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Iran-Russia Strategic Pact: What Does it Mean for the Two Actors?
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Iran-Russia Strategic Pact: What Does it Mean for the Two Actors?

Sunday 19 January 2025 ،
Western sanctions. In the past two years, steps have been taken to do business using national currencies, and by eliminating the dollar from bilateral trade, the impacts of Western sanctions will be mitigated. Russia and Iran have developed closer relations in recent years as part of a joint effort ...
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Leader: Iran has made Advancements in All Areas over the past 40 Years
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Leader: Iran has made Advancements in All Areas over the past 40 Years

Sunday 2 February 2025 ،
Western dominance. He specifically lauded the Palestinian resistance, expressing strong support for those fighting against Israeli occupation. Khamenei pointed to the ongoing conflict in Gaza as an example of an improbable yet divinely supported victory. He asserted that despite overwhelming odds, ...
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Israelis or Palestinians: Who Deserves Relocation?
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Israelis or Palestinians: Who Deserves Relocation?

Monday 3 February 2025 ،
Western colonialist approach  As Trump imagines that Greenland can be bought, Iran uses this logic and proposes that the Israelis can migrate to Greenland and allow Palestine to return to its true owners, the Palestinians.  Discrediting Trump's proposal  This comparison showed ...
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What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?
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What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?

Monday 3 February 2025 ،
Western sanctions, Syria is grappling with an economic crisis and so one of the expectations of the new Syrian leadership is that Saudi Arabia and other Arab monarchies lend a helping hand to Syria.  Mr Ghanadbashi added that currently Syria is a confluence of rivaling policies and competing s ...
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China

Saturday 15 February 2025 ،
Western partners are warning the White House about the consequences. “Donald Trump’s plans to dramatically cut US international aid could be a ‘major strategic mistake,’ allowing China to step in and increase its global influence,” Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dav ...
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Syrian Refugees Dilemma: Choosing between Return and Staying Abroad
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Syrian Refugees Dilemma: Choosing between Return and Staying Abroad

Sunday 16 February 2025 ،
Western sanctions.  According to Al-Hurra news, economic expert Younis al-Karim believes that the Syrians returning from Turkey to their country face complicated economic challenges.  According to this expert, the most important obstacles facing the return of refugees are the difficult c ...
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Lebanese Govt. Falls in American-Israeli Trap, Ignores Internal Priorities
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Lebanese Govt. Falls in American-Israeli Trap, Ignores Internal Priorities

Wednesday 19 February 2025 ،
Western and Arab capitals for the Lebanese government's iron fist approach, there is no mention of the government's right to maintain Lebanon's territorial sovereignty, and they are limited only to the airport crackdown, while the entire territorial sovereignty at its entirety is constan ...
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations

Saturday 22 February 2025 ،
Western sanctions, as stated by the Iranian Ambassador to Qatar: According to the latest statistics of the Iranian customs, the value of trade exchanges between the two countries in the first 8 months of 1403 (the Persian year from March to November) exceeded $191 million, up 25 percent from same pe ...

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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