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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 Challenges Is New Iraqi Government Facing?
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What Challenges Is New Iraqi Government Facing?

Monday 31 October 2022
nomination, becoming the seventh premier in post-Saddam Iraq.  Al-Sudani, who presented his government composition with an emphasis on forming a comprehensive cabinet, fighting corruption, prioritizing the economy and employment, reducing the inflation and ensuring economic growth, industrial ...
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Erdogan, Kilicdaroglu Bracing for Decisive Presidential Race
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Erdogan, Kilicdaroglu Bracing for Decisive Presidential Race

Tuesday 28 March 2023 ،
nomination applications submitted by political parties until March 23 within the framework of the timetable set for the presidential and parliamentary elections, and based on its statement, documents submitted by Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu were complete. The final list of approved candidates is to be ...
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Netanyahu Launched Gaza Aggression to Divert Attention away from Israeli Crisis: Hezbollah Chief
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Netanyahu Launched Gaza Aggression to Divert Attention away from Israeli Crisis: Hezbollah Chief

Saturday 13 May 2023 ،
nomination is not outside the Lebanese structure, and we do not impose our candidate on anyone, and let each party nominate any name.” “The caretaker government must continue to carry out its work within the limits of the constitution despite all the difficulties, and we are thankful fo ...
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
nomination for president: Asa Hutchinson, former governor of Arkansas, and Doug Burgum of North Dakota. South Carolina, where the Civil War began, illustrates the familial ties between the American political elite and the nation’s history of slavery. Every member of the state’s nine-per ...
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White Man Kills 3 Black People in Florida Hate Crime: Police
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White Man Kills 3 Black People in Florida Hate Crime: Police

Sunday 27 August 2023 ،
nomination for the 2024 presidential race. There has been a series of shootings in the US in recent days, with easy access to firearms in most states and more guns in the country than citizens. Earlier on Saturday, at least seven people were taken to hospital after a mass shooting at a Caribbean f ...
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Iranian elections: Additional candidates enter the fray on the last day of registration
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Iranian elections: Additional candidates enter the fray on the last day of registration

Monday 3 June 2024 ،
nominations on Monday. Among the most prominent candidates who registered on Monday were Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and former First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri. Qalibaf, speaking to reporters after registration, stated that he has been urged by elites to enter the race. He ...
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What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?
Analysis

What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?

Sunday 16 June 2024 ،
nomination as the ambassador to Iraq.  Why does the White House send extraordinary ambassador to Iraq?  An important point about the new US ambassador is that she is an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Iraq, a job given to a person who is entrusted with special missions of ...
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Trump Assassination Attempt and Shift in US Election Formation
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Trump Assassination Attempt and Shift in US Election Formation

Tuesday 16 July 2024 ،
nomination for the third consecutive time in the Republicans National Convention and has survived an assassination. This assassination is the first in four decades since the failed attempt targeting Ronald Ragan in 1981. Four former US presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William ...
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Party Tensions Rise as North Carolina Democrats Label Israel an ‘Apartheid’ State
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Party Tensions Rise as North Carolina Democrats Label Israel an ‘Apartheid’ State

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
nomination of progressive candidates like Zohran Mamdani in New York. While Republicans have also debated US policy in the Middle East, they have largely remained supportive of Israel, using Democratic divisions to paint the party as anti-Israel. As Senate races heat up in swing states like North C ...
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Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media
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Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media

Saturday 19 July 2025 ،
nomination for Congress, when he threatened to jail journalists who did not reveal their confidential sources in reports with national security implications. He joked that the prospect of prison rape would loosen reporters’ lips about their sources. “When this person realizes that he is ...

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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.