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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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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott

Monday 1 September 2025
newspaper Al-Akhbar reports that Turkish ships bound for the occupied territories often transited through third-party ports before continuing their journeys. However, following escalating protests in Turkey against trade with Israel, Turkish authorities issued a decision several days ago to ban vess ...
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Lebanon’s Army between US Pressure and Hezbollah’s Insistence on Keeping Arms
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Lebanon’s Army between US Pressure and Hezbollah’s Insistence on Keeping Arms

Wednesday 3 September 2025 ،
newspaper, citing informed sources, recently reported that the Americans, having realized that the Lebanese army lacks the capability to execute the disarming plan, have suggested that the US provide the army with intelligence on Hezbollah's headquarters in every region. Some members of the Amer ...
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
newspaper of the Syrian People’s Will Party, the minimum cost of living for a five-member family in Damascus reached nearly 9 million Syrian pounds (about $818) by the end of June 2025. In practice, subsidy cuts and rising prices have offset any benefits from the wage hike, leaving households ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
newspaper: Turkey has concluded that Israel is not only destabilizing the region but is also targeting Turkey itself. This is not a passing threat, but an existential one. Bolstering Military Deterrence: Relying on its advanced defense industry and the second-largest military in NATO, Turkey is rap ...
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Is Iraq Next Israeli Target?
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Is Iraq Next Israeli Target?

Tuesday 30 September 2025 ،
newspaper that Israeli threats against Iraq contradict the existing security agreement between Baghdad and Washington. This raises questions: Can the Iraqi-American security pact actually prevent an Israeli attack? If we look back just two months, the answer is likely no. Less than two months ago, ...
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Israelis Truely Worried about an Attack Bigger Than That of Oct. 7
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Israelis Truely Worried about an Attack Bigger Than That of Oct. 7

Wednesday 1 October 2025 ،
newspaper also warned in a report this August that the Israeli army, taking the Yemeni threat seriously, has prepared itself for the scenario of Yemeni fighters infiltrating the occupied territories, a scenario that, with the extensive training of Yemeni forces and regional instability, has peaked T ...
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts

Saturday 4 October 2025 ،
newspaper Calcalist reveals that of the 31 billion shekels, a direct 29 billion shekels ($8.75 billion) is earmarked for the security sector. Meanwhile, funding for public welfare programs continues to be set under an austerity policy. The newspaper further reports that this surge in military spend ...
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FM Araghchi Rejects Any Contact with US Envoy Witkoff
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FM Araghchi Rejects Any Contact with US Envoy Witkoff

Wednesday 8 October 2025 ،
newspaper Al-Jarida. Al-Jarida had reported that Araghchi and Witkoff had recently communicated and agreed on the need to return to the negotiation table. Araghchi called these allegations baseless, noting that any correspondence between Iran and the US occurs directly or, when needed, through inte ...
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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 ،
newspaper mistakenly published his obituary after his brother Ludvig's death. The headline reportedly branded him The merchant of death is dead, stating that Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday. After seeing his obituary, ...
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Chilling Accounts from Israeli Prisons: From Torture to Human Organ Theft
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Chilling Accounts from Israeli Prisons: From Torture to Human Organ Theft

Saturday 18 October 2025 ،
newspaper Haaretz has claimed that Israel is holding the bodies of approximately 1,500 Hamas fighters. Third chapter: Legal prosecution and international demands The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, a Geneva-based organization with offices across West Asia, has expressed shock at the catastrophic co ...

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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.