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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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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors

Wednesday 25 December 2024
reasons for the current crisis in Afghanistan is this border line. The second issue is continuity of Pashtun ethnicity. Pashtunstan are divided in two parts, one in Afghanistan and one in Pakistan. In fact, the third issue is the Free Pashtunistan debate, in which the Pashtuns of Pakistan seek to e ...
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Netanyahu’s Push for Longer War Can Kill More Prisoners
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Netanyahu’s Push for Longer War Can Kill More Prisoners

Sunday 29 December 2024 ،
reasons that has made Netanyahu think about getting rid of the prisoners is the wave of criticism and internal and external pressure that has been mounting over his government in the past 15 months, but he stubbornly tries to continue the war at all costs despite all the pressure. Netanyahu is unwi ...
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?

Wednesday 15 January 2025 ،
reasons and motivations for increasing Washington's military presence in northern Syria can be cited:  First, the construction of a base in this northern Syrian city on the border with Turkey comes as fighting between SDF and Turkish-backed militias has intensified. Joshua Landis, directo ...
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Why’s Netanyahu Agreed to Gaza Ceasefire?
Analysis

Why’s Netanyahu Agreed to Gaza Ceasefire?

Friday 17 January 2025 ،
reasons for Netanyahu's fatigue and failure to achieve his goals in the war against Gaza. The Israeli army repeatedly displaced the residents of the northern Gaza Strip, relocating them many times in the cold of winter, but the people of Gaza never refused to leave this coastal enclave. There wa ...
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UNRWA Ban: Why’s Israel Afraid of the Aid Agency?
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UNRWA Ban: Why’s Israel Afraid of the Aid Agency?

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
reasons for their denial: Israeli allegation 1: 1,200 Hamas members are UNRWA members: UNRWA refutes, with evidence, Israeli intelligence claims that 1,200 UNRWA employees in Gaza (10 percent of the Gaza workforce) are affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The Wall Street Journal and ...
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Is a Second Winograd Commission On the Way for Israel Gaza War Defeat ?
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Is a Second Winograd Commission On the Way for Israel Gaza War Defeat ?

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
reasons that came together to create the need to form a committee of inquiry into the 33-day war are also visible in the recent war in Gaza, with even higher degree. 1. Public discontentment and political pressure Public and political reactions to the management of war is one of the most important ...
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Iran FM’s Afghanistan Visit Seeks Common Views on Region and Trade
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Iran FM’s Afghanistan Visit Seeks Common Views on Region and Trade

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
reasons not to take steps to help settle internal Afghanistan challenges. 
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders

Sunday 2 February 2025 ،
reasons has had a key position in various administrations of the US and so it seems that Iraqi leaders now have serious concerns about interventionist policies of the Trump's White House and challenges to the Iraqi internal stability and foreign relations. Meanwhile, the confrontation of Iraqi ...
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Another Attempt at Maximum Pressure, Another Failure for Washington
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Another Attempt at Maximum Pressure, Another Failure for Washington

Wednesday 5 February 2025 ،
reasons. Araghchi’s comments aimed to reassure that Iran’s nuclear intentions remain peaceful. In a similar vein, Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, also responded to Trump’s remarks, reaffirming that Iran has never had, nor will it ever pursue, a nu ...
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HTS Aggressions on Lebanon Borders: A New Conflict with Regional Fallouts
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HTS Aggressions on Lebanon Borders: A New Conflict with Regional Fallouts

Monday 10 February 2025 ،
reasons to undermine Hezbollah and cut its regional influence.  In fact, since the Lebanese army is based in the south and is trying to implement the ceasefire agreement with Israel, there are almost no military forces on the common borders with Syria and only Hezbollah is defending the Shiite ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution