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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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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?

Wednesday 11 June 2025
citizens from two Alawite families in west of the country. These Alawite citizens were residents of the village of Jura al-Maa in the Mashqita district of the coastal province of Latakia. They were working on their farms when they were attacked by armed groups. The Syrian Observatory for Human Righ ...
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What Factors Are Eroding Israeli Resilience in War with Iran?
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What Factors Are Eroding Israeli Resilience in War with Iran?

Monday 16 June 2025 ،
citizens. Different strategic depths  Another highly important and influential factor determining the resilience in the war is the geopolitical features of a country, especially strategic depth and territorial size, and geopolitical position. In terms of territorial size, the occupied territo ...
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Iran’s Top General Says Initial Strikes on Israel Are Warnings, With Punitive Actions to Come
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Iran’s Top General Says Initial Strikes on Israel Are Warnings, With Punitive Actions to Come

Tuesday 17 June 2025 ،
citizens. He further explained that Iran’s military forces, including the IRGC aerospace force, air-defense, Army, and other security branches, have inflicted significant damage on sensitive Israeli targets. However, he emphasized that these actions were only warnings, with more severe puniti ...
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What’s the Role of Israeli Attacks on Iranian Civilian Sites in Tel Aviv’s Combined War Strategy?
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What’s the Role of Israeli Attacks on Iranian Civilian Sites in Tel Aviv’s Combined War Strategy?

Tuesday 17 June 2025 ،
citizens and civilian places have been among the main war targets of the Israeli regime.  The attacks on a number of residential buildings in various areas of the capital Tehran to assassinate senior officials was the first one in a series of Israeli crimes to strike the non-military sites tha ...
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Iran’s "Operation Annunciation of Victory": Why’s Trump Announced Ceasefire?
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Iran’s "Operation Annunciation of Victory": Why’s Trump Announced Ceasefire?

Wednesday 25 June 2025 ،
citizens. In other words, the Islamic Republic distinguished between Qatar and the US military in this attack.  But despite these friendly relations with Qatar, Iran considers it its legitimate right, based on international law and political custom, to consider legitimate military targets all ...
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Iran Condemns NATO Chief’s Bold Praise of US Aggression
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Iran Condemns NATO Chief’s Bold Praise of US Aggression

Wednesday 25 June 2025 ،
citizens by all means necessary. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) condemned the attacks as violations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and insisted they would not hinder Iran’s peaceful nuclear development.
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Israel and Multi-layer Losses in War with Iran
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Israel and Multi-layer Losses in War with Iran

Sunday 29 June 2025 ،
citizens had to hide for long hours in shelters on a daily basis. This recurrent experience built heavy pressures on the society and created a broad gap between the government and the public. Sense of insecurity and distrust in the crisis handling has left many Israelis blame Netanyahu for the curre ...
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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?
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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
citizens, and it is natural that given that more than 95 percent of foreign nationals in Iran are Afghan citizens, the compulsory departure of them is much more noticeable than other foreign citizens. Therefore, one of the reasons why Iran is serious about deporting foreign citizens, especially Afgh ...
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
citizens of Israel,” and that “we are taking action to prevent them from being harmed by the Syrian regime and to ensure the demilitarization of our border areas with Syria.” After these developments, Syrian Defense Minister Morhef Abu Qasra said that a ceasefire was implemented i ...
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New PMF Law: Redefining Power in Iraq’s Security Structure
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New PMF Law: Redefining Power in Iraq’s Security Structure

Saturday 26 July 2025 ،
citizens.” He clarified that “this measure is not helpful in any way.” The White House did not stop at just expressing opposition and threatened the Iraqi government with possible punitive measures. Earlier, Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, the speaker of the Iraqi House of Representatives ...

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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.