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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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Central Asia & Caucasus

Azerbaijan President Says Baku Has No Plan for New War with Armenia
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Azerbaijan President Says Baku Has No Plan for New War with Armenia

Wednesday 11 January 2023
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Tuesday his country has no plans to engage in another military conflict with neighboring Armenia as tensions between the two nations have been running high for months over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Casualties Reported in Suicide Blast near Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry
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Casualties Reported in Suicide Blast near Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry

Wednesday 11 January 2023
Casualties were reported on Wednesday after a suicide bomber detonated a device near the gate of the Afghanistan’s foreign ministry in the capital city of Kabul.
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Railway Network Development Plan for Boosting ECO Trade
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Railway Network Development Plan for Boosting ECO Trade

Thursday 26 January 2023
Geopolitical changes in the world after the Ukraine war, which overshadowed the global economy, have significantly increased the importance and status of regional organizations. The countries of the Central Asian region, which in recent months held meetings in the form of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the CICA Summit and the legal regime of the Caspian Sea, in order to strengthen their level of cooperation in the turbulent world and to be safe from the harmful effects of global crises, this time in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) have come together to discuss developing trade cooperation.
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Iran President Orders Full Probe into Azerbaijan Embassy Attack
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Iran President Orders Full Probe into Azerbaijan Embassy Attack

Saturday 28 January 2023
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi ordered a comprehensive probe into an attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran, where the head of the security service of the embassy was killed and two guards were injured.
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EU’s Anti-Russian Security Mission in Karabakh
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EU’s Anti-Russian Security Mission in Karabakh

Monday 30 January 2023
Exploiting Russian involvement in Ukraine, the Europeans seek to build influence in Karabakh through a security mission in Armenia.
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Foreign Sides Seeking to Incite Baku against Tehran, Aliyev Making Strategic Mistake: Expert
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Foreign Sides Seeking to Incite Baku against Tehran, Aliyev Making Strategic Mistake: Expert

Monday 30 January 2023
The suspicious attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran seems to have given Aliyev an excuse to strain ties with Iran.
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Taliban and Challenge of Ongoing Insecurity
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Taliban and Challenge of Ongoing Insecurity

Friday 10 February 2023
The Taliban looks incapable of securing the country and this is scaring embassies away.
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There Is Difference Not Division Inside Taliban: Expert
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There Is Difference Not Division Inside Taliban: Expert

Tuesday 14 February 2023
Differences have been recently influencing the Taliban but experts say they are not serious divisions.
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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions
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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Saturday 25 February 2023
Pakistan delegation addressed a set of issues in Kabul, including border tensions.
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Why’s Iran Handed Over Afghanistan Embassy to Taliban?
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Why’s Iran Handed Over Afghanistan Embassy to Taliban?

Wednesday 1 March 2023
A set of reasons from migrant issues to terrorism were behind Iran’s handover of embassy to the Taliban.
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Israel Regime Exports Weapons to Azerbaijan in Return for Access to Iran, Oil: Paper
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Israel Regime Exports Weapons to Azerbaijan in Return for Access to Iran, Oil: Paper

Monday 6 March 2023
Israeli daily Haaretz reported that that the occupying regime exports weapons worth billions of dollars to Azerbaijan in return for Baku supplying Tel Aviv with oil and providing access to Iran.
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Iran FM Warns against Israeli Regime’s Presence in Caucasus Region
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Iran FM Warns against Israeli Regime’s Presence in Caucasus Region

Wednesday 8 March 2023
Iranian Foreign Minister expressed concerns on Wednesday about the presence of the Israeli regime in the Caucasus region while visiting neighboring Turkey
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UAE Arbitrarily Detains 2,700 Afghan Evacuees: Rights Group
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UAE Arbitrarily Detains 2,700 Afghan Evacuees: Rights Group

Wednesday 15 March 2023
Emirati authorities arbitrarily detained 2,700 Afghan evacuees for over 15 months, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
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What’s behind Alleged Jihad Order by Taliban Leader?
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What’s behind Alleged Jihad Order by Taliban Leader?

Saturday 18 March 2023
Media claimed Taliban leader ordered cross-border jihad, but the group has not confirmed it yet.

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First International Nowruz  Games for Women Held in Iran

First International Nowruz Games for Women Held in Iran