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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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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry

Thursday 3 July 2025
occupied Golan Heights would be transformed into a “peace park.” The Syrian source said that under the expected agreement, Israel will gradually withdraw from all Syrian territories it occupied over the past year after the fall of the al-Assad government on December 8, 2024, including Mo ...
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
occupied Golan Heights. The Israelis have worked for years to build influence in Syria’s south and prevent establishment of adversaries like Hezbollah or Iran-aligned forces through backing local groups, including the Druze minority. In other words, Tel Aviv intervenes in the south to technica ...
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Israel Strikes Military Headquarters in Damascus
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Israel Strikes Military Headquarters in Damascus

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
occupied Golan Heights. In the wake of Assad’s government collapse in December 2024, Israel has moved to assert greater control over parts of southern Syria. Netanyahu has ordered military incursions past the 1974 ceasefire’s Alpha Line, a move that violates prior agreements but is bein ...
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The Grand Project: Iran’s Long Step to Settle Water Crisis
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The Grand Project: Iran’s Long Step to Settle Water Crisis

Tuesday 29 July 2025 ،
occupied territories (the West Bank, the Sea of Galilee, and the Golan Heights), and some political analysts believe that water alone will ultimately determine the fate of the occupied territories and whether there will be war or peace in the region. Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia dispute over Grand Et ...
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
occupied territories' borders in response to global developments. Former Prime Minister Menachem Begin stated in 1977 that the Land of Israel, as predicted in the Torah, should include Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, and Kuwait. Although the Greater Israel idea ...
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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 ،
occupied points in southern Lebanon on the 45th day and halt airstrikes. Barrack pursued these demands with threats of external pressure on the Lebanese government. He publicly warned that any delay in implementing these demands would lead to the suspension of international support and cut off reco ...
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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 ،
occupied territories to launch a direct ground attack. The Israel Hayom 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 e ...
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Israeli Troops Carry Out Ground Raids in Southern Syria, Detain Three
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Israeli Troops Carry Out Ground Raids in Southern Syria, Detain Three

Sunday 5 October 2025 ،
occupied Golan Heights ALWAGHT- Reports indicate that Israeli forces carried out multiple incursions into southern Syria near the occupied Golan Heights, establishing checkpoints and detaining three locals. Israeli forces carried out multiple incursions into southern Syria on Saturday, including pa ...
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Sharm El-Sheikh Summit an Oslo Accords 2.0
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Sharm El-Sheikh Summit an Oslo Accords 2.0

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
occupied territories, he said: I have come to the Middle East to deliver security and peace for Israel, a statement that alone revealed the conference's true aim. He has repeatedly asserted that the security of the Israeli regime is the cornerstone of Washington's foreign policy, and in Shar ...
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?

Thursday 16 October 2025 ،
occupied Golan Heights, ruled out any return to pre-December 2024 borders, and declared their intention to maintain control over all territories captured in the preceding ten months. So, even if Russia reasserts its presence in Syria, Israel is unlikely to retreat from its current positions. The re ...

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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.