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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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Nobel: A Political Reward or Peace Prize?
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Nobel: A Political Reward or Peace Prize?

Sunday 12 October 2025
democracy in Venezuela is now at the center of controversies and criticism for this award. The Nobel Committee described Machado the key and unifying figure at a time the political opposition was divided.  The Nobel Committee chair, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, praised her courage for keeping the fla ...
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Bloody Divorce: How’s Pakistan-Taliban Historical Alliance Collapsed Overnight?
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Bloody Divorce: How’s Pakistan-Taliban Historical Alliance Collapsed Overnight?

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
democracy forces and Islamist political parties in Pakistan like the International Union of Muslim Scholars.  Given this complex backdrop, we can now understand why the Afghan Taliban's approach to Islamabad's demands, including crackdown on and severing ties with the TTP, has been so ...
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What Does High Iraq Election Turnout Mean?
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What Does High Iraq Election Turnout Mean?

Wednesday 12 November 2025 ،
democracy
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Iraq Resistance Gained further Weight, US Failed Despite $2b Spending in Vote: Expert
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Iraq Resistance Gained further Weight, US Failed Despite $2b Spending in Vote: Expert

Tuesday 18 November 2025 ،
democracy. Now, he said, we should ask which Arab country allied to the US holds peaceful elections or which once holds elections at all. In the Iraqi elections, the people and parties participated in the elections equally and fairly and only three limits were set for participation: Verification of ...
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Why’s Trump Boycotted South Africa G20 Summit?
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Why’s Trump Boycotted South Africa G20 Summit?

Monday 24 November 2025 ،
democracy where all citizens, Black, white, or mixed-race, hold equal rights and participate actively in political, economic, and social life. White South Africans continue to hold significant economic power, serve in government, and are not subject to discriminatory laws like those of the apartheid ...
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One Year On: Syria Stuck in Sectarian Strife, Justice and Reform Frozen
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One Year On: Syria Stuck in Sectarian Strife, Justice and Reform Frozen

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
democracy and freedom remain unanswered. Although public criticism of authorities is now possible, the political structure remains highly centralized, with a powerful presidency and a parliament not elected by popular vote. New security bodies, like the political affairs bureau, restrict political o ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
democracy discourse, produced a somehow sustainable order. But the erosion of the structural advantages, rise of new emerging powers, particularly China, and Washington's failure in its West Asia interventions, have pushed this model to a period of demise.  The Trump doctrine was forged pr ...
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium

Friday 12 December 2025 ،
democracy' has cracked, the image of 'the region's most powerful army' has shattered, and the narrative of a 'civilized state carrying values' has collapsed. Rather than confront this unraveling, the Zionist regime has accelerated toward further extremism: policy has turned ...
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Syria a Year after al-Assad Fall
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Syria a Year after al-Assad Fall

Friday 12 December 2025 ،
democracy and the new constitution grants sweeping powers to the president, while the recent parliamentary elections were arranged in a largely ceremonial way without people voting to elect their representatives. The al-Sharaa-influenced committee selected two-third of the members of parliament and ...
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US Tanker Seizure Brings War Clouds Lower on the Caribbean
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US Tanker Seizure Brings War Clouds Lower on the Caribbean

Saturday 13 December 2025 ،
democracy and human rights, but rather seizing his nation's oil and gas. A strongly-worded statement from Caracas declared this action rips the mask off America and exposes its real objectives. War possibility grows The seizure of the oil tanker comes as Trump in recent weeks has stepped up hi ...

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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.