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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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Why’s Tel Aviv Afraid of Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire?
Analysis

Why’s Tel Aviv Afraid of Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire?

Saturday 8 March 2025
listed the most important cases of Israeli violation of the ceasefire in the first stage of the ceasefire in Gaza:  1. Failure to issue the necessary permits for the daily entry of 50 fuel trucks based on the agreements made, so that in 42 days only 978 fuel trucks entered the Gaza Strip, with ...
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz

Tuesday 25 March 2025 ،
list concepts. Moving towards nationalism in times of internal crisis is not uniquely characteristic of Erdogan, however. In general, when their legitimacy is challenged at home, authoritarian rulers resort to nationalist concepts, and Erdogan's recent claims about Nowruz are also seen as part o ...
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Trump’s Envoy Leaves Beirut between Israeli Aggression and Surrender
Report

Trump’s Envoy Leaves Beirut between Israeli Aggression and Surrender

Monday 7 April 2025 ،
list of Arab sides normalizing relations with the Israeli regime. But Beirut and Hezbollah officials are opposed to the idea. Ali Fayyad, a member of the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc stressed in a speech on Saturday that Lebanon will neither surrender to the occupying enemy nor will ...
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Netanyahu Losing Last Stronghold as Military Personnel Protest Prolonged War
Analysis

Netanyahu Losing Last Stronghold as Military Personnel Protest Prolonged War

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
listened to in the government, which has now led to deepened differences between the military and the government. In one of the most recent letters, about a thousand air force soldiers and reserve pilots who participated in the Gaza bombing operations wrote an open letter to senior Israeli military ...
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Al-Ahli Blast: Final North Gaza Hospital Hit
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Al-Ahli Blast: Final North Gaza Hospital Hit

Sunday 13 April 2025 ،
listing 35 hospitals hit by Israeli forces since the war began on October 7, 2023. Israel has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that resistance fighters use hospitals as command centers. The destruction of medical facilities has deepened the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where over 50,900 Palesti ...
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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 ،
list of them:  2014 agreement: In this year, the government of PM Nouri al-Maliki and the Kurdistan government according to which Erbil was obliged to deliver 250,000 oil barrels to the central government and in return for 17 percent of federal government allocated to the region. Still, the po ...
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
list of MoUs signed between the two sides:  1. Extension of gas exports and its expansion contract: Amid the urgent Iraqi need for gas to produce power, the two sides stressed the need to ensure continuation of this contract.  2. Technical partnership and joint investment in the developm ...
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What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?
Analysis

What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
list of activities of the foreign ministry, the sudden visit to Moscow of the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi grabbed the world media attention, with each outlet trying to assess the behind the scenes of the Russian role in these negotiations with regard to the stances of the two sides and t ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
list, facilitating closer ties with Kabul as Russia feels a need for partnership with the group. Alwaght- Just until last week, any member of the Taliban who entered Russia should have been arrested according to the Russian laws and could face up to 20 years in jail on charges of terrorism. However, ...
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Sudan Civil War after Two Years:New Military Equations and Scenarios
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Sudan Civil War after Two Years:New Military Equations and Scenarios

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
listen to the RSF leader.  Popular and social challenges: the RSF militias have faced widespread popular rejection in central and eastern Sudan. These regions have also witnessed protests against them in the past few months. According to UN reports, looting, killings, and rape have eroded the ...

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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