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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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How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?
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How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?

Sunday 2 March 2025
secret meeting of the American and Russian delegations 1,000 kilometers away in Saudi Arabia and the agreement to de-escalate made them fully aware of the risk of facing a new moment of Yalta, where a few months before the end of the WWII, the leaders of the US, the Soviet Union, and Britain in the ...
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Ukraine and the US Hold Crucial Meeting in Saudi Arabia
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Ukraine and the US Hold Crucial Meeting in Saudi Arabia

Tuesday 11 March 2025 ،
ties between Kyiv and Washington following a tense exchange between Zelensky and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Feb. 28. Zelensky visited Saudi Arabia on March 10 to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman but will not take part in the talks with US officials.
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Homeland Security Detains Another Pro-Palestinian Protester from Columbia University
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Homeland Security Detains Another Pro-Palestinian Protester from Columbia University

Saturday 15 March 2025 ،
ties to Hamas. The Trump administration has taken a hardline stance against pro-Palestinian activism, with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem labeling Columbia students involved in protests as terrorist sympathizers. President Trump praised Khalil’s arrest and announced the cancellation of $400 millio ...
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
secretly travel to visit the country's military base in Iraq, he considered it a sign of humiliation for the US, saying that spending over $7 billion since invasion of Iraq in 2003 has failed to secure the American interests. The US initially took advantage of ISIS rise in Syria and Iraq to jus ...
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Turkic World Project Falling, Dealing Blow to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism
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Turkic World Project Falling, Dealing Blow to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism

Monday 14 April 2025 ،
ties were keen to use the opportunity of the visit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) officials to Northern Cyprus to seek official recognition, by doing so, these countries have ruined all of Ankara’s efforts to strengthen the international legitimacy of its protectorate of Northern C ...
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Riyadh Wants Stronger Ties with Tehran after Defense Minister Visit: Expert
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Riyadh Wants Stronger Ties with Tehran after Defense Minister Visit: Expert

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
ties with Tehran are beneficial to Riyadh. Alwaght- In recent days, visit to Tehran of Saudi Defense Minister Khaled bin Salman has grabbed broad media attention. The visit, seen as a significant development in the Iranian-Saudi relations, bears signs of major changes in the political equations of t ...
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Nuclear Riddle in $1 Trillion US-Saudi Deal
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Nuclear Riddle in $1 Trillion US-Saudi Deal

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
ties with the US through major investment including injection of about $1 trillion in the American economy. But the talks do not only revolve around the American demands and Riyadh has its own conditions.  Saudi Arabia wants to enrich uranium domestically. Earlier, Saudi Energy Minister Prince ...
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
ties and regional and international crises, preferring Western interests over international peace and stability. This situation has led to the conference remaining practically ineffective in resolving international issues. In this regard, the priorities of the MSC have always been to highlight the t ...
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?

Friday 11 July 2025 ،
secretly backing Israel and the US? Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy in the face of the Iran-US crisis clearly reflects an attempt to maintain a delicate balance. In recent years, Riyadh has tried to present an image of a neutral country capable of playing a mediating role. The visit of Iranian ...
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Al-Sharaa’s Azerbaijan Visit Suggests Anti-Iranian Bloc in the Making
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Al-Sharaa’s Azerbaijan Visit Suggests Anti-Iranian Bloc in the Making

Monday 14 July 2025 ،
secret talks between Syrian officials and the Israelis are not new, and in recent months, several meetings have been held between officials from both sides in different countries. Earlier, the UAE played a key role in the process of the Syrian interim government’s thaw with Tel Aviv. Now, it s ...

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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.