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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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70 years Since Anglo-American Coup against Iran’s Mosaddegh
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70 years Since Anglo-American Coup against Iran’s Mosaddegh

Saturday 19 August 2023
deals, but they only saw it as an economic milking cow and a political slave who must obey their orders. In addition, the duo feared that allowing Iran to nationalize resources would create a domino effect for similar moves by other states around the world, undermining dozens of other inequitable, ...
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Africa’s NATO? How ECOWAS Became A Tool for Western Imperialism
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Africa’s NATO? How ECOWAS Became A Tool for Western Imperialism

Sunday 10 September 2023 ،
dealers in Chicago” and later became a key State Department source for analyzing West Africa. Previous ECOWAS chairman Mahamadou Issoufou was also a “staunch ally of the West,” in the words of The Economist” magazine, though many in Africa might use less neutral language to d ...
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Sweden NATO Membership Closed with Turkey: Whats Next?
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Sweden NATO Membership Closed with Turkey: Whats Next?

Tuesday 30 January 2024 ،
deals. At the same time, Turkey did not join the West’s propaganda against the human rights situation in China, especially in the Uyghurs Muslim minority case. This is while in 2009, Erdogan described China’s policy towards the Uyghurs as “genocide”, but since then, Ankara di ...
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US Out of Niger: West’s Last Stronghold in Africa Collapses
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US Out of Niger: West’s Last Stronghold in Africa Collapses

Wednesday 20 March 2024 ،
deals with France and expelled its forces.  Niger was key to the US military operations in the Sahel region of Africa and is home to a major air base. The US is concerned about the spread of violence in the region, where local groups have pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorist organ ...
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Iran’s FM Talks Gaza War, Nuclear Dialogue with EU Foreign Policy Chief
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Iran’s FM Talks Gaza War, Nuclear Dialogue with EU Foreign Policy Chief

Tuesday 26 March 2024 ،
deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was ditched by Donald Trump in May 2018. However, the talks to revive the deal under Joe Biden’s presidency failed as the West withdrew from the talks following the 2022 riots in Iran.  Concerning Gaza crisis, Borrel ...
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Why Does Netanyahu Find Holding Philadelphi Corridor Vital?
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Why Does Netanyahu Find Holding Philadelphi Corridor Vital?

Saturday 24 August 2024 ،
deal and Philadelphi Corridor control, he will pick the second one.  But why is holding this region crucial to Netanyahu and why does not he make such a concession to Hamas, even as a temporary step? Where is exactly Philadelphi Corridor?  Philadelphi Corridor, called Salahuddin Corrido ...
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Arbaeen, the Center of Resistance Camp’s Geoculture
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Arbaeen, the Center of Resistance Camp’s Geoculture

Monday 26 August 2024 ،
dealing heavy blows to the enemy with massive attacks from Yemen to Iraq to Lebanon, to an extent that Israeli officials admitted that they have lost their deterrence against the Axis of Resistance and cannot fight on several fronts simultaneously. Arbaeen, Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, and the Resistan ...
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Where Does Palestine Head with Trump’s Comeback?
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Where Does Palestine Head with Trump’s Comeback?

Saturday 9 November 2024 ،
deal of the century  Historically, in the first term of his presidency, by revoking the Iran nuclear agreement and pressuring some Arab countries to sign normalization deals with Israel, Trump upset the policy of the past decades of the US and the international consensus, and now it is unlikel ...
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Hidden Hands behind Aleppo Re-inflamed Conflict
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Hidden Hands behind Aleppo Re-inflamed Conflict

Saturday 30 November 2024 ،
deal between central government and armed groups. The story began when Idlib-based terrorist groups led by Tahrir Al-Sham launched a major offensive they called Operation Deterring the Aggression on two fronts in southeastern Idlib and western Aleppo. The terrorist groups deployed hundreds of thei ...
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors

Wednesday 25 December 2024 ،
deal between the Pakistani government and the TTP, adding that if Pakistan accepts negotiations, it will effectively mean that it has recognized the group. This is also the most important goal of the TTP and the reason for their increased attacks in border areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is to ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures