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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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Disarming Iraq’s Resistance: A US Pipe Dream
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Disarming Iraq’s Resistance: A US Pipe Dream

Monday 22 December 2025
terrorism threats and cannot simply forsake its effective popular defense. Alwaght- While the resistance groups and other victorious factions in the Iraqi parliamentary elections are busy debating new prime minister and president posts, some political parties are once again trying, with US direction ...
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Iran: Defense Capabilities Non-negotiable; Armed Forces on Full Readiness
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Iran: Defense Capabilities Non-negotiable; Armed Forces on Full Readiness

Monday 22 December 2025 ،
terrorism, arguing their actions in the region—particularly against Syria and Palestine—have fueled instability. Baghaei concluded that the US is complicit in Israel’s actions, bearing heavy political, financial, and reputational costs that Western public opinion is increasingly re ...
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Iran’s Fleeting Golden Opportunity in Sahel Region
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Iran’s Fleeting Golden Opportunity in Sahel Region

Monday 22 December 2025 ،
terrorist groups. They soon spread from Libya into neighboring regions, including these three Sahel nations. After forming the AES, a wave of structural measures against Western influence followed: gold mining companies were nationalized; processing plants for agricultural products and refineries fo ...
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Iran’s Missile Drills: An Exercise or Strategic Warning?
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Iran’s Missile Drills: An Exercise or Strategic Warning?

Tuesday 23 December 2025 ،
terror in a way that forces any adversary’s decision-making to be weighed against uncertainty and fear of uncontrollable consequences. The coincidence of timing of these exercises, alongside news of Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to the US and the placing of Iran’s missile cap ...
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US or Venezuela? Who’s the True Oil Thief?
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US or Venezuela? Who’s the True Oil Thief?

Friday 26 December 2025 ،
terrorism, mercenaries & narcotics.” Venezuela oil nationalization process Venezuela first moved to nationalization in 1970s. This took momentum under late President Chavez later in 1990s. He nationalized hundreds of private businesses and assets of foreigners, especially the Americans, ...
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy

Saturday 27 December 2025 ،
terrorist group to justify security operations, while on another front, open channels of cooperation with regional partners to keep the costs of threats as low as possible. Third, there is the ideological-identity layer, expressed in his discourse through a language of humanitarianism and liberatio ...
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
terrorism. Despite Washington’s attempt to signal a reduced focus on West Asia, these very objectives confirm that the region remains a key geopolitical and geostrategic arena for the Americans. The document dismisses nation-building projects in the region as futile and instead emphasizes exp ...
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
terrorism and extremism, Western powers see it as part of Russia's effort to exert controlled destabilization in the Sahel Region and weaken Western influence in countries like Mali, Niger, and the Central African Republic. In response, Western actors have ramped up their own activities to confr ...
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Iran Declares Royal Canadian Navy a ‘Terrorist Entity’ Following Canada’s IRGC Move
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Iran Declares Royal Canadian Navy a ‘Terrorist Entity’ Following Canada’s IRGC Move

Tuesday 30 December 2025 ،
terrorist group, citing Canada’s “illegal” designation of Iranian forces ALWAGHT- Tehran labels Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist group, citing Canada’s “illegal” designation of Iranian forces. Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced it had designated the Royal Canadian Navy as a te ...
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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?
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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?

Wednesday 31 December 2025 ،
terrorists. In turn, Turkey mobilized all its efforts toward toppling the Assad government. These hostile relations escalated in 1998 to the brink of war and a Turkish military incursion into Syria, ultimately halted only by the expulsion of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan from Syria. A decade ...

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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.