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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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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It
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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It

Monday 17 February 2025
foreign aid and military support from the US, will have no choice but to accept his plan, although King Abdullah II of Jordan, after a visit to Washington last week, posted comments on social media in which he reiterated Jordan’s consistent position against the displacement of the Palestinians ...
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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 ،
foreign backers. If it was not for these forces, the same scenario that is being implemented in Syria by the Israeli regime would be repeated in Iraq in order to realize the plan to expand the occupied territories from the Nile to the Euphrates. Establishing the US foothold in Iraq by Iraqi element ...
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Lebanese Govt. Falls in American-Israeli Trap, Ignores Internal Priorities
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Lebanese Govt. Falls in American-Israeli Trap, Ignores Internal Priorities

Wednesday 19 February 2025 ،
foreign efforts at work to turn the new Lebanese government into a pawn in the Israeli and American political game. In his meeting with the top American diplomat, Netanyahu said that Israel and the US should work united in the face of a strong Lebanese government. This explicitly suggests that Leba ...
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Amid Re-emerging Gaps with US, What Are European Options against Trump?
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Amid Re-emerging Gaps with US, What Are European Options against Trump?

Thursday 20 February 2025 ،
foreign policy chief, has said that what is needed is not a European army, but 27 European armies that can work together effectively to defend Europe. In this case, it seems that countries like Germany in Europe are trying to move towards trans-Western defense and military alliances. Earlier, German ...
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations

Saturday 22 February 2025 ،
foreign trade and cut off economic revenues caused Tehran, especially during the presidency of the late Iranian President Sayyed Ibrahim Raisi and the leadership of foreign policy by late Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian, to prioritize trade and economic partnerships with its neighbors. Thi ...
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What’s behind Lavrov’s Tehran Visit?
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What’s behind Lavrov’s Tehran Visit?

Tuesday 25 February 2025 ،
foreign policy czar discussed a variety of bilateral, regional, and international issues with Iranian officials. Alwaght- As part of the diplomatic interactions between Tehran and Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Iran to hold discussions with Iranian officials. The visit is ...
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Iran and Sudan: Emerging Partnership in Horn of Africa
Analysis

Iran and Sudan: Emerging Partnership in Horn of Africa

Wednesday 26 February 2025 ،
foreign policy. Sudan is one of these countries that despite being scene to a civil war in recent years has prioritized look East policy. In the period after toppling of long-serving President Omar al-Bashir in 2019, Sudan has not seen political stability and has been a setting for political and s ...
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Palestine Warns of Israel’s Annexation Plans in The West Bank Under The ‘Greater Jerusalem Project’
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Palestine Warns of Israel’s Annexation Plans in The West Bank Under The ‘Greater Jerusalem Project’

Monday 3 March 2025 ،
agenda. The ministry criticized discussions by Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation, planning to bring the proposal before the Knesset for approval. The ministry described this move as a major violation, undermining the possibility of establishing a sovereign Palestinian state, whil ...
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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 ،
foreign ministers of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Turkey. The participants issued a 11-point statement voicing support for the efforts to rebuild Syria and mobilize the international support for projects aimed at early improvement of the situation in the war-ravaged country. The participants ...
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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 ،
foreign, especially Turkish, intervention and the push for dominance over Syria, these clashes were predictable. In the beginning, the HTS with demagoguery and expansion of its influence tried to pretend that they are seeking a united Syria, but gradually we saw them stepping up their violence again ...

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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