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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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Return of Gazans to North: Ironclad Will Beats Devastation
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Return of Gazans to North: Ironclad Will Beats Devastation

Saturday 1 February 2025
stronghold and under the generals' plan, it claimed it wants to drive Hamas out of the region and block the way of arms smuggling from Egyptian borders, but return of the refugees without any security guarantees from the resistance groups showed that the military operations have not managed to c ...
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Hezbollah Chief’s Funeral: What Are Internal, Regional, and International Effects?
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Hezbollah Chief’s Funeral: What Are Internal, Regional, and International Effects?

Saturday 22 February 2025 ،
strongholds of resistance in the region, proving that this movement not only has not weakened in Lebanon, but also it has turned into a key player in security and political equations in the region. 
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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 ،
strongholds of the Axis of Resistance against the Israeli occupation and support for Palestine has fallen to the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group. Certainly, given its relatively long land borders with this country, Iraq is exposed to a potential similar fate and to becoming a safe haven f ...
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Israel Carries Out Airstrikes on Southern Lebanon
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Israel Carries Out Airstrikes on Southern Lebanon

Monday 7 April 2025 ،
stronghold in south Beirut. The ceasefire, brokered by the UN, calls for Lebanese and UN peacekeepers to maintain control over southern Lebanon, with the disarmament of all non-state groups. However, the ongoing strikes by Israel have violated the fragile truce, with attacks also hitting prefabrica ...
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Netanyahu Losing Last Stronghold as Military Personnel Protest Prolonged War
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Netanyahu Losing Last Stronghold as Military Personnel Protest Prolonged War

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
The Israeli PM now has a harder job continuing the war as voices inside the military begin to question his war policy. Alwaght- With the resumption of the war on Gaza with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's order, waves of protests at warmongering both at home and abroad have begun to s ...
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Sudan Civil War after Two Years:New Military Equations and Scenarios
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Sudan Civil War after Two Years:New Military Equations and Scenarios

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
stronghold and impose on the opposite side a new geographical reality in the form of unofficial autonomy. Any halt of the army push may grant the rebels the opportunity to establish their position and allow Sudan partition to scenario to materialize.  Third scenario: Political settlement broke ...
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
strongholds of the PKK. The Turkish army until 2013 penetrated Iraq's depth, setting up over 30 military bases and posts on the Iraqi soil. These bases are illegal and have drawn the opposition of the Iraqi government.  After seizure of large tracts of Iraqi territories by ISIS terrorists ...
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Lebanon’s Municipal Election: What Are Its Effects for Hezbollah and Country’s Politics?
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Lebanon’s Municipal Election: What Are Its Effects for Hezbollah and Country’s Politics?

Sunday 25 May 2025 ،
stronghold of Hezbollah and allied parties. The southern suburbs of Beirut (including Burj al-Barajneh, Ghabiri, Haret Harik) and southern Lebanon (including Tyre, Bint Jbeil, Marjayoun), which are predominantly Shiite areas where Hezbollah and the Amal Movement hold power, also remained under the c ...
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?
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From Kidnapping Women to Massacring Alawites: Who Are New Syrian Military Forces?

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
stronghold of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), which later last year seized the power from al-Assad government.  On the other hand, the widespread kidnappings and enslavement of Alawite women now being carried out by factions affiliated with the HTS is reminiscent of the enslavement of thousand ...
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Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon
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Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon

Tuesday 22 July 2025 ،
stronghold of Resistance camp in Syria, it is now the turn of Lebanon and Iraq—two countries that are known as the main obstacles to the expansionism of the Israeli regime due to their effective resistance groups such as Hezbollah and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). The diplomatic, med ...

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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.