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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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Trump’s Dream for Gaza Will Not Come True: Expert
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Trump’s Dream for Gaza Will Not Come True: Expert

Saturday 8 February 2025
presidency. The first is the Ukraine case. The second is the Taiwan case, the third is the NATO and Europe case, and finally the Middle East case, or the issue of the occupied territories and the Palestinian people. Trump announced that he was not willing to pay any more for Netanyahu's warmonge ...
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US Authorizes $7.4 Billion Sale of Bombs and Hellfire Missiles to Israel
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US Authorizes $7.4 Billion Sale of Bombs and Hellfire Missiles to Israel

Saturday 8 February 2025 ،
presidency. The arms deal comes shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the US to meet with Trump. Under former President Joe Biden, the US provided Israel with $17.9 billion in military aid between October 2023 and October 2024, a figure nearly six times higher than ...
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Israeli Plan for West Bank Annexation Quietly Underway
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Israeli Plan for West Bank Annexation Quietly Underway

Wednesday 12 February 2025 ،
presidency and advancing plans to annex West Bank, but Palestinian resistance is closely watching. Alwaght- Having suffered a humiliating defeat in the war against the resistance groups in Gaza, Israel these days is stepping up pressures on the Palestinians of the West Bank. After destroying Gaza a ...
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Israel Kills a Lebanese Citizen and Wounds Two Others in Border Villages
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Israel Kills a Lebanese Citizen and Wounds Two Others in Border Villages

Wednesday 19 February 2025 ،
presidency reaffirmed its demand for a full Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon and reiterated its commitment to UN Resolution 1701. Despite the agreement, Israeli forces have remained in five locations in South Lebanon beyond the ceasefire deadline, violating the terms of withdrawal. A security ...
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations

Saturday 22 February 2025 ،
presidency of the late Iranian President Sayyed Ibrahim Raisi and the leadership of foreign policy by late Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian, to prioritize trade and economic partnerships with its neighbors. This policy, with the efforts of President Pezzekian and the welcome of the Qatari s ...
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What’s behind Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Failure in the US
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What’s behind Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Failure in the US

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
presidency and the decline to lift sanctions. As a result, the interventionist role of the Israelis during the negotiations will add to this skepticism. Secondly, Tehran has repeatedly announced that it will negotiate purely on the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions. Just as it has been tra ...
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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 ،
presidency and Hezbollah. The issue of a defense strategy has been on the agenda of the authorities since the presidency of Michel Suleiman and is not a new topic. Hezbollah has also said that it is not opposed to formulating a defense strategy in any way and is even willing to cooperate with the g ...
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Iran-Africa Forum: Golden Opportunity for Higher-Level Trade
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Iran-Africa Forum: Golden Opportunity for Higher-Level Trade

Wednesday 30 April 2025 ،
presidency, and with the special attention that President Raisi paid to boosting Iran-Africa cooperation in all aspects, the necessary steps were taken to advance relations between Iran and Africa. For example, in July 2022, President Raisi went on a historic trip to the three countries of Kenya, Ug ...
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
presidency of Ali Abdullah Saleh, who ruled from 1990 until his resignation in 2012, Yemen had a set of air and missile defense systems that were mainly supplied from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries. These weapons included short-range air defense missiles such as the Sam-7, Sam-14 ...
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Arab Summit, Baghdad’s Opportunity to Establish Regional Role
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Arab Summit, Baghdad’s Opportunity to Establish Regional Role

Saturday 17 May 2025 ،
presidency of the 34th Arab Summit from Bahrain to Iraq after the speech of the Bahraini representative. After that, the speech of the Iraqi representative as the president of the 34th session, the speech of Ahmed Abu al-Gheit, secretary-general of the Arab League, then the speeches of the guests a ...

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