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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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Arab League Summit: From Real Differences to Contrived Agenda
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Arab League Summit: From Real Differences to Contrived Agenda

Wednesday 2 November 2022
regional rival, Morocco. Algeria supports Polisario Front's push for independence of the disputed region of the Western Sahara region. The militant group in 2020 announced the resumption of its armed struggle against Morocco. Since then, relations between Algeria and Morocco have been severely s ...
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Why Didn’t Russia Invite Taliban to Afghanistan Conference?
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Why Didn’t Russia Invite Taliban to Afghanistan Conference?

Tuesday 8 November 2022 ،
regional countries have held severe conferences to help settle Afghanistan crisis, and this time they are going to gather in Moscow to seek an exit from the deteriorating crises in the Central Asian country. According to the Russian envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, the Moscow Format consultative ...
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What’s behind Attack on Iran’s Lebanon-bound Fuel Convoy in Iraqi-Syrian Border Crossing ?
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What’s behind Attack on Iran’s Lebanon-bound Fuel Convoy in Iraqi-Syrian Border Crossing ?

Thursday 10 November 2022 ،
regional alliance comprised of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Palestine— find the common Iraq-Syrian border as the core linking ring and facilitator of strategic influence.  Bukamal border crossing is located in Deir ez-Zor province of Syria south of the Euphrates River and in th ...
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What Role Do Gulf Arab Monarchies Play in Turkish-Greek Tensions?
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What Role Do Gulf Arab Monarchies Play in Turkish-Greek Tensions?

Saturday 12 November 2022 ،
regional actors have stepped in and took side of one of these two countries. Saudi Arabia announced that its air forces takes part in the Eagle Eye 3 air drills that started from November 7 and will continue to November 20 at the Souda air base in Greece.  A senior Saudi air force official sai ...
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Israeli Dream to‌ Deal Blows to Iran through Turkic World Project
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Israeli Dream to‌ Deal Blows to Iran through Turkic World Project

Saturday 12 November 2022 ،
regional energy transit highway.  The establishment of such a bloc and a regional alliance consisting of Turkic-speaking countries will pose threats to Iran's territorial integrity, because Turkey and Azerbaijan consider the Azeri regions of Iran to be a part of this world and have always ...
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Participation in Bahrain’s Sham Parliamentary Election Is ‘Betrayal’: Top Cleric
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Participation in Bahrain’s Sham Parliamentary Election Is ‘Betrayal’: Top Cleric

Saturday 12 November 2022 ،
regional TV channels. He noted that the Bahraini parliament acts in favor of the ruler and to the detriment of the Bahraini nation. This parliament is a tool to exercise oppression, he said, amid growing calls to boycott the elections.   On Thursday, the cleric wrote on a Twitter post that t ...
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Khaf-Herat Railway: Grand Development Linking Iran to Afghanistan, Central Asia
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Khaf-Herat Railway: Grand Development Linking Iran to Afghanistan, Central Asia

Sunday 13 November 2022 ،
regional transit by playing a role in linking corridors, especially the foreign railways.  The Taliban railway authority has announced that the third stage of Khaf-Herat railway will be completed in the next two weeks and the transit will start from this route. Abdul Sami Durrani, the spo ...
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Bahrain’s Sham Election in Absence of People
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Bahrain’s Sham Election in Absence of People

Sunday 13 November 2022 ،
regional economic hub. Similarly, the flow of foreign capital to Bahrain could help it improve its economic situation, but a decade of protests and repression of the opposition has led to foreign capital fleeing, and this trend will continue in the future. In such a weak economic situation, in order ...
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What Obstacles, Challenges Would Block Netanyahu’s Ditching of Deal with Lebanon?
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What Obstacles, Challenges Would Block Netanyahu’s Ditching of Deal with Lebanon?

Monday 14 November 2022 ،
regional policies and have covered up and justified the Israeli reneging on its commitments regarding settlements and any other agreement, the White House is fully aware of Israel being in a weak position and rejects axing the agreement as this would prove troublesome while the West is involved in a ...
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US Urges Ukraine to Consider Peace Talks with Russia, Fearing Winter
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US Urges Ukraine to Consider Peace Talks with Russia, Fearing Winter

Monday 14 November 2022 ،
regional capital, which fell shortly after it started its “special military operation” in the country. The withdrawal marked the third significant Russian pullout of troops in the conflict and followed a major Ukrainian counteroffensive that had retaken parts of the east and south. The ...

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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.