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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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Infiltrating Sinai: New Israeli Strategy in Gaza Sounds the Alarm to Egypt
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Infiltrating Sinai: New Israeli Strategy in Gaza Sounds the Alarm to Egypt

Thursday 12 June 2025
clashes with Yemen’s Ansarullah in the Red Sea, as well as the repeated attempts by the Israeli regime to seize it in 1956, 1967, and 1973, which ultimately led to the Camp David Agreement and the division of Sinai into three largely demilitarized zones. Sinai still holds a special place in I ...
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Israeli Situation after New Iranian Missile Attack
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Israeli Situation after New Iranian Missile Attack

Sunday 15 June 2025 ،
clashes between residents and police forces have occurred, leading to numerous riots in the city. It has also been reported that at least 61 buildings have been damaged in these attacks. Following the Iranian drone and missile attacks, continuous sirens sounded in various areas in the occupied terr ...
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Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis
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Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis

Saturday 12 July 2025 ،
clashes in Kurdistan region of Iraq matk a warning to the Barzani rulers that current ruling method cannot continue. Alwaght- In the past weeks, Iraqi Kurdistan region has witnessed one of the most unprecedented clashes between the militants of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and local tribal m ...
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
clashes and military attacks between the Turkish army and PKK forces in border areas will lead to greater stability in southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and even the Kurdish areas of Syria. Over the past decade, Ankara has established a large military presence in northern Iraq and Syria, relying ...
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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 ،
clashes between the Soviet Red Army and the Afghan mujahideen over 50 years ago. The wave of Afghans entering Iran increased in the early 1980s after the Islamic Revolution and then the war Saddam of Iraq waged against neighboring Iran. However, over the part few months and amid the security develo ...
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?
Analysis

Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
clashes between the forces of the interim government and the Druze minority and simultaneously the Israeli army. These tensions suggest that the Arab country is not going to enjoy peace and stability after al-Assad as these developments are not the first since his fall in early December last year. A ...
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?

Thursday 17 July 2025 ،
clashes of the country is now escalating after arrest of a tribal leader of the region. On Monday, Sheikh Mohammed Ahmad al-Zaidi was arrested on the border when crossing to Oman. Then an armed group attacked the convoy carrying him to Al-Ghayda the center of Al Mahra, killing a police officer and ...
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Israel and Syria Reach Ceasefire Agreement to End Hostilities
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Israel and Syria Reach Ceasefire Agreement to End Hostilities

Saturday 19 July 2025 ،
clashes between HTS regime forces, Bedouin tribes, and Druze groups have escalated into a humanitarian crisis, displacing tens of thousands. Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday targeted Syria’s Ministry of Defense in Damascus and HTS forces in Suwayda, killing at least three people and injuring do ...
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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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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.