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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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Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon
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Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon

Tuesday 22 July 2025
clashes, constant Israeli attacks on infrastructure have made Syria a theater for insecurity, chaos, and crisis. Although Israeli attacks are being justified under humanitarian reasons like support to the Druze minority, but their main goal is destroying the infrastructure, sowing division, and get ...
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Why’s Syria not Settling Down?
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Why’s Syria not Settling Down?

Saturday 26 July 2025 ،
clashes soon drew in the government led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, and the situation grew more complicated after Israeli airstrikes on parts of Syria. The recent killings In Sweida, southern Syria, have dimmed the hopes of the new Syrian government ...
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Why’s Iranian Branch of PKK not Disarmed?
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Why’s Iranian Branch of PKK not Disarmed?

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
clashes and the martyrdom of a border guard of the Baneh border regiment while monitoring and guarding the border strip, on July 22. - Ambush by PJAK elements and the martyrdom of two border guards and the injury of another border guard on the outskirts of the Siranband border post in Baneh, on Jul ...
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HTS Executes Syrians While Simultaneously Filming the Violence
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HTS Executes Syrians While Simultaneously Filming the Violence

Thursday 31 July 2025 ،
clashes between local Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes on July 13, the situation escalated sharply following the deployment of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants. Disturbing footage has emerged showing HTS fighters executing unarmed civilians, including the Arnous family and a water well g ...
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans

Saturday 16 August 2025 ،
clashes. Meanwhile, the experience of the emergence of ISIS and the dispatch of terrorists from Syrian soil has worried Iraqis about developments in the neighboring country. However, the moves that have been made in recent months by the White House against the Popular Mobilization Forces, which is ...
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Hezbollah Weapons and an Impossible Disarming Agenda
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Hezbollah Weapons and an Impossible Disarming Agenda

Sunday 17 August 2025 ،
clashes and ideological tensions at home and potentially block an effective and reliable disarming process. According to various reports, senior Lebanese army officers have previously warned that any disarmament process could lead to divisions within the army itself. Therefore, the Lebanese army is ...
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
clashes between the SDF and the tribal forces. A number of Raqaa villages have been scenes to these violent clashes. These clashes followed similar developments that took place in parts of Deir Ez-Ezor and Hasakah and Aleppo outskirts, leaving a number of people from both sides dead. The possibilit ...
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How’s Structural Racism Shaping Different Western Approaches to Gaza and Ukraine?
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How’s Structural Racism Shaping Different Western Approaches to Gaza and Ukraine?

Thursday 21 August 2025 ،
clashes. This cold and inhumane language is less provocative to the Western public opinion and as a result, less pressure is exerted on the governments to push for a stop to massacare in Gaza.  Gaza victims larger in number than those in Ukraine  This dual-faced racist behavior comes whi ...
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Wednesday 27 August 2025 ،
clashes of the past is more serious than ever, something we can see its signals in two similar security incidents having taken place in the past weeks in Erbil and Suleimanyeh. 1. Recent developments: from Erbil to Suleimanyeh The first sign showed itself in July in Khabat district of Erbil. There ...
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
clashes with Hezbollah, attempts to advance into southern Lebanon, extensive strikes inside Syria, and the occupation of southern Lebanon areas all indicate a focused Israeli effort on this plan. This strategy is visibly materializing in the so-called David's Corridor, a project aimed at linking ...

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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.