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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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What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?
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What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?

Thursday 30 July 2026
terrorist organization in a lightning operation seized large tracts of Iraqi territory as Iraqi military units easily fall apart against its progress. Kata'ib Hezbollah, Al-Nujaba Brigades, Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, and Ansarullah Al-Awfiya Brigades are the most important resistance groups within the f ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
terrorist organizations like ISIS. That, too, fizzled. These failures suggest that Saudi Arabia's centralized decision-making structure and unilateralist approach have consistently undermined its ability to forge lasting, effective coalitions. He further attributed Riyadh's coalition woes t ...
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Do Iran’s Ties with the Taliban Mean Approving of Sectarian Monopoly in Afghanistan?
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Do Iran’s Ties with the Taliban Mean Approving of Sectarian Monopoly in Afghanistan?

Monday 3 August 2026 ،
terrorist attacks, managing flow of migrants, and controlling drugs trafficking have become top priorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 2. Trade ties Annual trade between Iran and Afghanistan is estimated at roughly $4 billion, with a significant portion flowing through land crossings such as ...
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements

Tuesday 4 August 2026 ،
terrorist threats and achieving a region entirely free of terrorism. The Turkish leader stressed that the signing of a number of agreements with Iraq marks a historic step in the bilateral partnership, particularly in the energy sector. He noted that trade volume with Iraq has reached $17 billion, ...
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
terrorist networks and insurgent activity to regroup. That is why this disarmament project must, in reality, be three projects rolled into one: disarmament, state-building, and security reconstruction. If only the first piece is executed, the outcome could be instability. If all three move forward ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
terrorist organization all helped weapons proliferation in the Iraqi society.  After fall of Ba'athist rule, a considerable part of weapons of the army in stockpiles were sold out to the groups and ordinary citizens. The security vacuum catalized by army dissolution intensified this crisis ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
terrorist group, including Raqqa. After defeating the terrorists, the Kurdish fighters held much of the liberated region. While the SDF command had previously put its troop strength at around 100,000, the Financial Times, following the dissolution announcement, placed the number closer to 60,000. ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
terrorist organization and unify the Peshmerga forces. It was extended for a four-year term in 2022. American forces previously stationed at Ain al-Assad base and in Anbar province of Iraq had already been relocated to Harir base in Erbil under agreements with Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Gov ...
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
terrorist groups for geopolitical purposes. The declaration stressed that the SCO is neither a military nor political alliance and is not directed against any third party. Member states also backed efforts to prevent an arms race in outer space and pledged to preserve the historical record of World ...
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache

Thursday 3 September 2026 ،
terrorist behavior; it is the international fallout from that terrorist behavior. Images of settlers storming Palestinian villages, torching homes and farmland, and attacking Palestinians are now ricocheting across global media like never before. Human Rights Watch says that since January 2023, set ...

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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.