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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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What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?
Analysis

What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?

Thursday 13 March 2025
interventions, and economic sanctions. Geographically, the Syrian coast stretches for 180 km from Tartus Governorate in the south to Ras al-Basit in the north, forming the western coastline of Syria in the governorates of Latakia and Tartus. The coast has a strategic location in the Mediterranean ...
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Homeland Security Detains Another Pro-Palestinian Protester from Columbia University
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Homeland Security Detains Another Pro-Palestinian Protester from Columbia University

Saturday 15 March 2025 ،
intervention, leading to over 100 arrests. Khalil and seven other students have since sued to block the university from handing over disciplinary records to Congress, citing First Amendment and privacy concerns.
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability

Tuesday 18 March 2025 ،
intervention of regional and international players in the clashes and complicate the situation. Therefore, the recent HTS actions on the Lebanese-Syrian border could have serious consequences for the security and stability of the region. It is essential that the international community and regional ...
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China’s Proposals on Iran’s Nuclear Issue Are Now an Official UN Document
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China’s Proposals on Iran’s Nuclear Issue Are Now an Official UN Document

Monday 24 March 2025 ،
intervention. The proposals also highlight the importance of a step-by-step, reciprocal approach to negotiations, with mutual respect being central to resolving the issue. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a party to the JCPOA, China remains committed to facilitating dialogue and ...
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
interventionist policies in Iraq and to name it the proxy of Iran. At its inception, the PMF managed to set a brilliant record in confronting the terrorist group and defeating the US project of creating instability in Iraq by increasing national synergy against the grand conspiracy of the emergence ...
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Trump’s Envoy Leaves Beirut between Israeli Aggression and Surrender
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Trump’s Envoy Leaves Beirut between Israeli Aggression and Surrender

Monday 7 April 2025 ،
interventionist projects in Lebanon cannot advance. The push to disarm Hezbollah comes at a time when this movement, despite the pressures of the Israeli-Arab-Western front, engaged in the Lebanese political structure in addition to the security structure and has played an important role in creatin ...
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What’s behind Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Failure in the US
Analysis

What’s behind Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Failure in the US

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
interventionist role of the Israelis during the negotiations will add to this skepticism. Secondly, Tehran has repeatedly announced that it will negotiate purely on the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions. Just as it has been transparent so far on the issue of the International Atomic Energy ...
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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 ،
Federal government and Kurdistan region’s road to stable relations remains hostage to unresolved oil dispute. Alwaght- The relations between Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over oil and the mutual charges over smuggling of this vital substance have gone frayed ag ...
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Journalist Tamer Mekdad and His Family Lost Their Lives in An Israeli Airstrike on Their Home in Gaza
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Journalist Tamer Mekdad and His Family Lost Their Lives in An Israeli Airstrike on Their Home in Gaza

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
intervention and accountability for Israeli actions.
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Challenges for Possible US Ground Offensive in Yemen
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Challenges for Possible US Ground Offensive in Yemen

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
intervention by the US may lead to further instability in Yemen, which could provide a suitable environment for the growth and activity of terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda, which has been targeted by Washington many times over the past decade, is looking for an opportunity to strike back ...

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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