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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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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
name following several visits by senior Taliban officials to Russia.  Highs and lows of Moscow-Taliban ties The Russian relations with the Taliban have experienced many ups and downs: First period: Taliban's help to Russian separatists: For the first time in 1996, the Taliban managed to ...
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
name for advancing a plot to disarm Hezbollah. Since the time President Joseph Aoun during his swearing talked about the need to draw a defense strategy with highlight of limitation of the arms in the hands of the government and the army, particular political factions and media outlets close to the ...
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
name when he was a commander in the HTS fighting in Iraq and Syria.  Also, amid invitation sent to al-Sharaa for Baghdad summit, Sabrin News of Iraq published documents of charges against the interim Syrian government. One of the documents released is a paper identifying al-Sharaa, signed as A ...
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus

Tuesday 29 April 2025 ،
name “Baath” from its official identity and re-branded to “Al-Sa’a Organization.” But the second and third levels of the militant regime’s anti-Palestinian measures have been related to the worsening of the living conditions of Palestinian refugees in the camps. ...
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Why Shouldn’t the World Be Fooled by Protests in Israel?
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Why Shouldn’t the World Be Fooled by Protests in Israel?

Thursday 1 May 2025 ،
name of the party suggests, its members consider power a sacred goal and do not hesitate to exercise it in the most violent way possible. On election night, Ben-Gvir proudly declared that his success would restore the Jews to their rightful place as the “owners” of the Palestinian land. ...
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Sheikh Naim Qassem: The Chief of Hezbollah in Decisive Days
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Sheikh Naim Qassem: The Chief of Hezbollah in Decisive Days

Tuesday 6 May 2025 ،
named Sheikh Naim Qassem as the new secretary-general, replacing martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Before this appointment, the assassination of Nasrallah represented the biggest blow to the resistance movement. Naming of Sheikh Qassem, on the other hand, marked the most serious strategic move by Hez ...
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Trading Fire: Are India and Pakistan Going to Full-scale War?
Analysis

Trading Fire: Are India and Pakistan Going to Full-scale War?

Thursday 8 May 2025 ،
name is loaded with symbolism for India. Sindoor is the Indian name for the powder that married Hindu women apply to their faces and, according to tradition, is no longer used when they become widows. The name of India’s latest operation against Pakistan appears to be a code name for revenge, ...
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Messages of Iran FM’s Saudi Visit ahead of Trump’s Regional Tour
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Messages of Iran FM’s Saudi Visit ahead of Trump’s Regional Tour

Sunday 11 May 2025 ،
namely the US and Israel.  It should be taken into consideration that Gaza crisis and the need to counter the US-enabled Israeli crimes against the Palestinians is a top priority to the regional countries, especially Iran and Saudi Arabia, and that unity of Muslim countries can effectively con ...
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?

Tuesday 13 May 2025 ،
name of the Persian Gulf to the fake Arabian Gulf name.  Possible arms deals among Trump's marketing aims, weapons are of great importance. Trump's policy in the Persian Gulf Arab states revolves around the threadbare Iranophobia and paying for security.  In 2018, Trump declared: ...
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
namely Iran, in Iraq, although Iran has no military presence in Iraq. End of Turkish excuse for military presence in Iraq  With the PKK declaration of its disarmament, now the Iraqis have their eyes on the Turks to withdraw from the Iraqi territory. However, some experts close to Turkey look ...

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