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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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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse

Sunday 2 March 2025
terrorists to Syria and turning into a corridor providing passage for terrorists to Syria from around the world. In the middle of internal conflict, Turkey purchased oil from ISIS terrorist group through Cihan Port, providing millions of dollar to terrorists to destabilize the region.  In the ...
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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 ،
terrorists that must be dismantled, but it does not have such a view towards the 37 rebel groups based in Damascus and supports them in forming a government. This is something that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan once again reminded of at the Amman meeting and, although he emphasized the need f ...
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What’s the Strategic Significance of Syrian Coast?
Analysis

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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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 ،
terrorists.  Furthermore, in the absence of Erdogan and his financial and military support, the movements of groups opposing the Syrian interim government will increase, and the turnback of Turkish influence could lead to internal competition between the Syrian National Army and HTS, which wil ...
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
Analysis

Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
terrorists, and in the next years after declaration of ISIS obliteration, it played as the backbone of Iraq's security thwarting separatist plots in Iraq and defending national sovereignty.  The defense and security empowerment of the PMF has called into question the legitimacy of the US a ...
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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 ،
terrorists and the Iranian monarchist in exile, in line with the Israelis, have also started creating a negative atmosphere against the negotiations and are trying to create a kind of psychological turmoil in Iran so that the negotiations do not come to fruition. All these actions show that the nego ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
terrorists. However, at the time, these two Russian diplomats stressed that they had no plans to recognize the Taliban. Kabulov, who attended all the Moscow Format meetings before and after the fall of the Kabul government, raised Russia's expectations for recognizing the group at the first Mosc ...
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
terrorists in order to prevent further conflict.” These positions, which reveal Washington’s most important goal at this stage, namely the disarmament of the resistance, are said solely to mislead the public opinion, given the fact that there is no mention of Hezbollah’s disarmame ...
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
terrorists into Iraq during the rise of ISIS from 2014 to 2017 and the great tragedies that this event caused. On the other hand, the record of the new regime in the past few months has shown a sharp gap between the words and actions of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) in dealing with religious minorities ...

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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