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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Unlike Govt., People Think Hezbollah Weapons Source of Security
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Unlike Govt., People Think Hezbollah Weapons Source of Security

Monday 8 September 2025
foreign and home threats and security has always been one of the most important obsessions of the country. Just contrary to other countries that the army is responsible for dealing with foreign threats, in Lebanon Hezbollah undertakes this job and this popular resistance movement has managed to secu ...
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?

Saturday 13 September 2025 ،
foreign ministers in Cairo, while highlighting the need to form an independent Palestinian state, has made a stance in a way as if the Arab normalization agreements with Israel are subjected to revocation. Already, six Arab countries normalized ties with Israel; Egypt in 1979, Jordan in 1994, the U ...
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US-backed Hezbollah Disarming Plan: Outlook and Challenges
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US-backed Hezbollah Disarming Plan: Outlook and Challenges

Wednesday 10 September 2025 ،
foreign interference. First, the Lebanese army must be strong enough to defend the nation independently. Second, Israeli army, as an aggressor, must no longer be stationed threateningly along Lebanon's borders. Plan already in failure Barrack's plan for disarming of Hezbollah is certainly ...
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
foreign ministerial meeting stressed that the Israeli regime’s attack on Qatar threatens international mediation efforts to stop the war in Gaza. It also stressed the necessity of standing against the regime’s plans to cement new realities on the ground and warned of the consequences of ...
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Larijani’s Riyadh Visit: Laying the Groundwork for New Regional Security Order
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Larijani’s Riyadh Visit: Laying the Groundwork for New Regional Security Order

Friday 19 September 2025 ،
foreign policy that leans on neighboring countries. The Chinese-brokered rapprochement deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia in March 2023 was the first step on this path. Larijani's recent visit to Riyadh can be seen as the second phase converting political understandings into practical, instituti ...
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
foreign relations or economic interests. Abdul Qadir Al-Karbalaei, the military deputy of the Al-Nujaba Movement, in an X post said: Label us however you want and say whatever you wish about us. We swear by God that we will never stray from the path of truth, justice, pride, and dignity, and Al-Qud ...
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Talks Held Between Iran’s Foreign Minister and US Officials
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Talks Held Between Iran’s Foreign Minister and US Officials

Tuesday 23 September 2025 ،
foreign ministers of Britain, France, and Germany, along with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. On the sidelines of the UNGA, Araghchi met with several counterparts, including the foreign ministers of Sudan, Oman, Poland, Austria, and Egypt. Discussions focused on bilateral relations, regional c ...
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Turkey’s Iran Sanctions: Why’s Erdogan Shifting to the US?
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Turkey’s Iran Sanctions: Why’s Erdogan Shifting to the US?

Tuesday 7 October 2025 ،
foreign policy of Ankara that is clearly linked to the Western pressures especially after the illegal reinstatement of sanctions under the snapback mechanism last week.  This U-turn follows Erdogan's meeting with the US President Donald Trump and is likely part of agreement of the two coun ...
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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 ،
foreign policy, and attacking the civilians in countries like Cambodia and Chile.  Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin won the 1978 prize for the Camp David Accords, which formalized peace between Cairo and Tel Aviv. However, ...
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Sharm El-Sheikh Summit an Oslo Accords 2.0
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Sharm El-Sheikh Summit an Oslo Accords 2.0

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
foreign policy, and in Sharm El-Sheikh, he cemented that principle into a formal agreement. In essence, with Tel Aviv's leaders absent, Trump single-handedly shouldered the burden for the Israelis. As The Guardian put it, he sought to single-handedly salvage Israel's damaged prestige. From ...

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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.