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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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Iravani: Iran’s Policy on Afghan Refugees Remains Unchanged
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Iravani: Iran’s Policy on Afghan Refugees Remains Unchanged

Tuesday 11 March 2025
terrorist groups like ISIL-K. He called for the release of Afghanistan's frozen assets to support economic recovery and urged the de facto Afghan authorities to address the dire situation for women and girls, particularly the ban on their education and participation in healthcare. Iran remains ...
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust
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Syria Neighbors Meeting: A Display of Sense of Danger Combined with Distrust

Wednesday 12 March 2025 ،
terrorist groups gaining power in Damascus, Jordan is concerned about the infiltration of these groups into border areas and the spread of instability in its territory. In addition, Jordan and Iraq are also concerned about the Israeli occupation of Syrian territory and are trying to preserve Syria& ...
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What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?
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What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?

Thursday 13 March 2025 ،
terrorists from reaching the outskirts of Latakia. Later, the Russians expanded their presence in Syria unprecedentedly, especially in the coastal areas. In 2015, Russia began operating Humaimim airbase, formerly Bassel al-Assad Airport, in southeast Latakia, making it the command center of its mil ...
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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 ،
terrorist sympathizers. President Trump praised Khalil’s arrest and announced the cancellation of $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University. Legal experts and civil rights activists have raised concerns about the administration’s rhetoric, warning that it conflates advocacy f ...
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability
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HTS Aggression on Lebanon Fuels Worries about Regional Instability

Tuesday 18 March 2025 ،
terrorist groups last decade, the HTS, which still sees its position inside Syria as shaky and unstable, has the necessary historical, political, and military motivations to weaken Hezbollah’s positions and cut its influence in the region. Therefore, by escalating the situation on the border, ...
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
terrorist organizations has highly agitated the political scene in the country. The arrest has stirred waves of nationwide protests in Turkey. In major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, hundreds of thousands took to the streets, defying the government-imposed ban on demonstration. Police us ...
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz

Tuesday 25 March 2025 ،
terrorist group and corruption, various cities in Turkey have been the scene of protests against this move by the government and the judicial system, and it continues to do so. Tensions and clashes in the Turkish parliament, a 16.5 percent drop in the Istanbul Stock Exchange in one day, recording a ...
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Iran Unveils ‘Missile Megacity,’ Boasts of Stronger ‘Iron Fist’
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Iran Unveils ‘Missile Megacity,’ Boasts of Stronger ‘Iron Fist’

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
terrorists. During the visit, Bagheri declared that Iran's military strength was now ten times stronger than in previous operations, referring to the country's retaliatory strikes against Israel last year in True Promise I and II. He emphasized that Iran had only used a fraction of its fire ...
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Syria’s HTS Fate Dim amid Turkey Unrest
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Syria’s HTS Fate Dim amid Turkey Unrest

Friday 28 March 2025 ،
terrorist groups, which may end Ankara's honeymoon with the HTS.  Therefore, in this situation where the HTS is currently in political and economic uncertainty and no country has officially recognized the political legitimacy of this group, if the opposition takes power in Turkey, the al-J ...
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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 ،
terrorist group in 2014 following a fatwa by grand Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani of Iraq. This analysis sheds light on the motivation behind this US demand, the PMF role in neutralizing the US plots in Iraq and the region, and the possible ramifications of dissolution of this effecti ...

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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