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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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Israel Still Holds Five Positions in South Lebanon Past Deadline
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Israel Still Holds Five Positions in South Lebanon Past Deadline

Tuesday 18 February 2025
control over parts of Lebanese territory. Since the ceasefire took effect, Israeli forces have continued airstrikes and bombings on border villages, killing over 60 people. UN experts and Human Rights Watch have condemned the destruction of homes, agricultural land, and infrastructure, warning that ...
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
control of large tracts of land in the Iraqi provinces. Some analysts believe that the delay in adopting this law may be part of an effort to undermine or even eliminate the PMF. These analyses are based on the fact that by not approving protective laws, the rights and benefits of the PMF forces ma ...
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Iranian FM: Israel’s WMDs and Nuclear Arsenal Endanger Global Peace
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Iranian FM: Israel’s WMDs and Nuclear Arsenal Endanger Global Peace

Tuesday 25 February 2025 ،
control agreements, especially with the US and other nuclear-weapon states increasing their nuclear weapons budgets. While acknowledging the significant global threat of nuclear weapons, he called for their complete elimination and for nuclear-weapon states to fulfill their disarmament obligations u ...
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Israel Attacks Targets in Southern Syria After Advocating For ‘Demilitarization’
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Israel Attacks Targets in Southern Syria After Advocating For ‘Demilitarization’

Wednesday 26 February 2025 ،
control over southern Syria, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for the “complete demilitarization” of the region. Since 2011, Israel has backed armed groups in Syria and escalated military aggression to undermine the government of President Bashar al-Assad, a long- ...
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse

Sunday 2 March 2025 ،
control of Palestinian Authority. Then in Syria, with assistance of Israel and the US, Turkey toppled government of President Bashar al-Assad who was enemy of Israel and historic supporter of the Palestinians and is now making no move to end Israeli occupation of large part of southern Syria because ...
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Druze- HTS Confrontations Shatter Al-Sharaa Government’s Decorated Facade
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Druze- HTS Confrontations Shatter Al-Sharaa Government’s Decorated Facade

Monday 3 March 2025 ،
control from the al-Jolani forces. A Druze military council announced high alert and the Druze have reportedly taken to the streets and are ready for deployment to Damascus to fight al-Jolani forces. Ambiguity surrounding HTS governance The Druze anger is a starting point of civil disobedience aga ...
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US, Israel Reject Arab Leaders’ Gaza Plan Allowing Palestinians to Stay
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US, Israel Reject Arab Leaders’ Gaza Plan Allowing Palestinians to Stay

Wednesday 5 March 2025 ،
control over Gaza and the displacement of its population. The Arab League criticized Trump’s vision as violating international law and human rights. The US and Israel rejected the Arab plan, arguing it did not reflect Gaza’s current conditions. A White House spokesman insisted Gaza was ...
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US-Europe Division over Ukraine Allowing Russian Battleground Progress
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US-Europe Division over Ukraine Allowing Russian Battleground Progress

Monday 10 March 2025 ،
controls 75 percent of the Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions and more than 99 percent of the Luhansk region in Ukraine. US capitalizing on Ukraine war  Though the US has now left Ukraine alone in war with Russia, reports and figures suggest that war has not been without profits to the A ...
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust

Wednesday 12 March 2025 ،
controlled areas, Turkey seeks to seize these areas and eliminate threats from its borders, but this interventionist policy will lead to further insecurity in Syria rather than helping to restore stability. It is important for Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon that a strong government prevails in Syria so ...
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Syria Facing Partition Risk, Al-Jolani Can’t Rule Syria with Iron Fist: Expert
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Syria Facing Partition Risk, Al-Jolani Can’t Rule Syria with Iron Fist: Expert

Wednesday 12 March 2025 ،
control over these areas, which has put Syria's security at serious risk. The separatist movements that have begun in Syria can, in the form of a comprehensive approach, put the future of Syria and the central government at greater risk. In any case, the lack of participation of ethnicities and ...

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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