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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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Hamas Frees Three Israeli Captives in Exchange for 369 Palestinian Prisoners
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Hamas Frees Three Israeli Captives in Exchange for 369 Palestinian Prisoners

Saturday 15 February 2025
hopes for further exchanges under the ongoing ceasefire agreement. Approximately 200 fighters from Hamas and Islamic Jihad participated in the handover ceremony. This release marks the sixth since the truce began on January 19, following tensions over Israel's refusal to allow sufficient humani ...
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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 ،
hopes on Washington's assistance against terrorism while Republican US Congressman Scott Perry recently in a report justifying cutting off budget of the USAID accused the agency of providing millions of dollars to terrorist and militia groups including ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, Buku ...
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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 ،
hopes for this corridor for a number of economic, geopolitical and strategic reasons. The North-South Corridor will provide Russia with direct and cheaper access to Asian markets, especially India and the Persian Gulf countries, and will connect it to global markets. The corridor will also make Ru ...
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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 ،
hopes on realization of democracy is meaningless. The tensions, experts warn, will up the distrust of the minorities in the new rulers of Damascus and odds are other Syrians of other parts of the country will rebel against the interim government.  The recent clashes may deepen sectarian divisi ...
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Iran Rejects Negotiations with US Amid Maximum Pressure Policy
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Iran Rejects Negotiations with US Amid Maximum Pressure Policy

Saturday 8 March 2025 ،
hopes for future developments that lead to peace and the withdrawal of foreign forces from Syrian territory.
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Second Round of Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Peace or New Stalemate?
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Second Round of Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Peace or New Stalemate?

Tuesday 11 March 2025 ،
hopes for a deal. The US government, which in recent weeks has become part of the military campaign threatening Gaza to force Hamas release all prisoners and severity of Trump's stance against Gaza has even outstripped Netanyahu's, is now claiming to be trying to push for an agreement that ...
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Iran-China-Russia: The Emerging Pole of Naval Power
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Iran-China-Russia: The Emerging Pole of Naval Power

Sunday 16 March 2025 ،
hopes to use geopolitical fault lines and change the global power dynamics in Washington’s favor. Given this issue, holding the naval exercises by the three key members of BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a display of the strength of relations of the three nations.  ...
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All Appearance, No Achievement – Netanyahu’s DC Trip Criticized in Israel
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All Appearance, No Achievement – Netanyahu’s DC Trip Criticized in Israel

Tuesday 8 April 2025 ،
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from Washington without any concrete gains, having been largely sidelined on key issues such as Iran ALWAGHT- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from Washington without any concrete gains, having been largely sidelined on key issues ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?

Tuesday 15 April 2025 ،
hopes for help from Arab countries. Alwaght- Syrian Interim President Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, officially named Ahmad al-Sharaa, in his fourth foreign trip visited the UAE along with his Foreign Minister Assad al-Sheybani. Al-Jolani, who has recently named himself the president of the transition per ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound

Wednesday 16 April 2025 ،
hopes for a resolution to the oil dispute increased. In one of his first moves, al-Sudani made visits to Erbil and stressed the need for cooperation between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region. In February 2023, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement under which: - Kurdistan Region oil exports ...

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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