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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 Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?
Analysis

What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?

Friday 7 February 2025
Asia. The silence of Trump in the first days of his assumption of power on Afghanistan made some observers speculate that in his second term he will not very much pay attention to Afghanistan issues. On the other hand, the Taliban group as the current rulers of Afghanistan negotiated and agreed wit ...
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Trump’s Dream for Gaza Will Not Come True: Expert
Interview

Trump’s Dream for Gaza Will Not Come True: Expert

Saturday 8 February 2025 ،
Asia affairs. The crisis of prisoner swap for Netanyahu  Commenting on the motivations of Netanyahu for the US visit, Mr Zaree first mentioned the challenges surrounding the implementation of the second stage of the agreement with Israel and Hamas, adding that the agreement signed between the ...
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HTS Aggressions on Lebanon Borders: A New Conflict with Regional Fallouts
Analysis

HTS Aggressions on Lebanon Borders: A New Conflict with Regional Fallouts

Monday 10 February 2025 ،
Asia affairs expert, in an interview with Alwaght commented on the aims and motivations of HTS aggression on the Lebanese border, saying: The aggressions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham elements on the Lebanese borders are within the framework of the American-Zionist plan to expand the sphere of influence o ...
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China
Report

Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China

Saturday 15 February 2025 ،
Asian country but Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia for almost three years. Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on European allies to immediately increase their defense spending to bolster their security, while the Trump administration has called on NATO members to spend 5 per ...
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Jordan King Chooses Throne over Palestinian Cause, Palestinians Don’t Want New Nakba: Expert
Interview

Jordan King Chooses Throne over Palestinian Cause, Palestinians Don’t Want New Nakba: Expert

Friday 14 February 2025 ،
Asian affairs.  Mr Afghahi first shed light on the history of foundation of Jordan, saying that after the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, the Western powers drew borders in the region under to the Sykes-Picot treaty and Jordan came to existence as Land of Levant. Initially ...
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Tehran-Beirut Flight Cancelation: New Scenario Aimed at Weakening Hezbollah
Report

Tehran-Beirut Flight Cancelation: New Scenario Aimed at Weakening Hezbollah

Saturday 15 February 2025 ،
Asian affairs, said in an interview with Alwaght: “The effort is to cut off the relationship between Hezbollah and Iran in order to weaken Hezbollah. Because the Zionist leaders claim that the continuation of the relationship between Iran and Hezbollah means that this movement will become stro ...
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Iran Takes Center Stage in Regional Gas Swap as New Energy Age Emerges
Analysis

Iran Takes Center Stage in Regional Gas Swap as New Energy Age Emerges

Sunday 16 February 2025 ،
Asian republics new opportunities to reduce their dependence on traditional markets and move out of the economic restrictions.  In this connection, in recent days an important agreement was reached on a regional level, bearing the potential to substantially influence the Central Asia and Cauca ...
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Indian Ocean Conference: Iranian FM Visit’s Significance, Aims
Report

Indian Ocean Conference: Iranian FM Visit’s Significance, Aims

Monday 17 February 2025 ،
Asia. It also has cooperation in the field of energy exports to India and other countries in the region. On the sidelines of this summit, Araqchi will hold bilateral meetings with foreign ministers and other participating officials. These meetings could lead to improving Iran’s political, eco ...
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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It
Analysis

Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It

Monday 17 February 2025 ،
Asia, and in 2021, it signed with Washington a defense cooperation agreement, allowing the American military personnel and military aircraft to freely enter its territory and act there. Experts warn that foisting Gazans on Jordan poses an existential threat to the government led by King Abdullah' ...
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations
Analysis

Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations

Saturday 22 February 2025 ،
Asia.  After Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Qatar in September to join Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), now the emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamas Al Thani visited Tehran to further shore up ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Over the past years, relations between Te ...

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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