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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 Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges

Monday 15 December 2025
stability is possible within regional formats and without foreign interventions. Foreign ministry’s spokesman Ismail Baghaee said the meeting was arranged to reach a regional consensus and to find a solution to boost stability and security in the peripheral environment of the regional countrie ...
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With West Doubtful of Him, Can Al-Sharaa End Syria Chaotic Situation?
Analysis

With West Doubtful of Him, Can Al-Sharaa End Syria Chaotic Situation?

Wednesday 17 December 2025 ،
stability raises the alarming likelihood of terror enclaves and cantons re-forming across the country. From this perspective, a US and Western alignment with the current Damascus regime may ultimately generate more threats than it mitigates. Echoing these concerns, David Schenker, a senior fellow a ...
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Israelis Bearing the Brunt of Netanyahu’s Warmongering
Analysis

Israelis Bearing the Brunt of Netanyahu’s Warmongering

Thursday 25 December 2025 ،
World Israel News outlet, the foreign tourists visiting the occupied territories has dropped 68 percent in 2024. This sharp drop has cut the Israeli tourism $6.5 billion, a sum showing massive losses for hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, and related services. Though in early 2025 the tourism se ...
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Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa
Analysis

Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa

Sunday 28 December 2025 ،
stability in West Asia and Africa. The Israeli decision drew negative reactions from Somali and the surrounding countries. Somaliland is an autonomous region in Horn of Africa and in the southern coasts of Gulf of Aden. Somaliland is the name adopted by the clans of Somalia’s five northern p ...
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Gen. Solemani, A Living Resistance Legacy
Analysis

Gen. Solemani, A Living Resistance Legacy

Sunday 4 January 2026 ،
stability. The Western-Israeli project of fragmenting Islamic nations has been pursued for years under various guise, from proxy wars to inflaming ethnic and sectarian divides. Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and Palestine have all been active stages for this scenario. In the face of this trend, the Re ...
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What’s Driven Strong Saudi Response to Southern Yemen Developments?
Analysis

What’s Driven Strong Saudi Response to Southern Yemen Developments?

Friday 16 January 2026 ،
World company, the UAE is seeking to take the pulse of trade in a vast region from Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa and the Mediterranean. Abu Dhabi’s success in southern Yemen will allow control over the two sides of the Arabian Peninsula from Jabal Ali to Aden ports. This ...
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What Does Trump’s “Board of Peace” Eye for  Gaza?
Report

What Does Trump’s “Board of Peace” Eye for Gaza?

Monday 19 January 2026 ،
World Bank Group Ajay Banga. According to the White House statement, these people make up the “founding executive board” of the Board of Peace, which also includes a non-American: Ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair who co-invaded Iraq with US President George W. Bush in 2003. The stat ...
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
Analysis

With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026 ،
stability of the past decade have begun to rise following fresh clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, who is the current interim president of Syria. These concerns are not merely about the security consequences of these two g ...
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan

Tuesday 27 January 2026 ،
stability of its interim rule has turned repression and intimidation into tools of governance. Seeking to consolidate power and entrench its authority, the group labels armed opponents as baghi (rebels) and agents of “corruption on earth,” declaring that their harm is “public&rdquo ...
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The Bear’s Friendship: A Look at Recent Turkish Comments on Iran
Analysis

The Bear’s Friendship: A Look at Recent Turkish Comments on Iran

Tuesday 27 January 2026 ،
stability, with its unique and sensitive geopolitical position, is a key factor for the security of the entire Persian Gulf region and beyond. But meanwhile, the remarks by Turkish officials about the need for readiness to influx of [Iranian] refugees to the borders and setting up makeshift refugee ...

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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.