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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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Re-settlement Conference: Gaza at Risk of Ramallah Fate
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Re-settlement Conference: Gaza at Risk of Ramallah Fate

Wednesday 23 October 2024
Council, which is in charge of settlement projects in the north of the West Bank, rendered to the Israeli settlements after end of Gaza occupation in 2005, saying that we want to take our land back from them, we will correct the mistakes of the Oslo Accords and we will never repeat these mistakes. ...
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US-drafted Ceasefire Deal: Expensive Peace for Lebanon, Easy Victory for Netanyahu
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US-drafted Ceasefire Deal: Expensive Peace for Lebanon, Easy Victory for Netanyahu

Saturday 16 November 2024 ،
Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war in Lebanon.  According to Axios, the agreement will be implemented within 60 days, according to which Israel commits to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon in a phased manner within seven days after the announcement of the agreement, and force ...
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Israeli Policy of Converging to Africa a Failure Story
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Israeli Policy of Converging to Africa a Failure Story

Monday 18 November 2024 ،
Council’s resolution condemning the Israeli occupation. However, the government of Senegal now adopts its positions completely according to the anti-Israeli camp, as the Prime Minister of this country, Ousmane Sonko, participated in an anti-Israeli rally in Dakar in September this year, calli ...
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Bitter Ceasefire for Netanyahu Starts, Displaying the PM’s Loss to Hezbollah
Report

Bitter Ceasefire for Netanyahu Starts, Displaying the PM’s Loss to Hezbollah

Wednesday 27 November 2024 ،
Political Council, also responded to Netanyahu's remarks about agreeing to the ceasefire agreement, saying: We doubt Netanyahu's commitment and hope that this agreement will be implemented in accordance with what was agreed upon and that our concerns will be taken into account. He added: We ...
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria
Analysis

Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Council, run by its leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s advisors, to monopolize the fatwa-issuing process and, by limiting the role of salafi scholars in the process, it wanted to prevent the possibility of informal and extremist interpretations of Islamic law. Also, there are reports that the HT ...
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Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?
Analysis

Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?

Monday 16 December 2024 ،
Leadership Council and the UAE-aligned Republican Guard on the West Coast, also directly referred to the necessity of attacking the port of Hudaydah, adding: The fate of Abdul Malik Al-Houthi in Sanaa will be no different from the fate of Assad in Damascus, referring to Ansarullah's leader.  ...
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
Council, to learn and trade views on recent developments in Syria and their position towards Damascus. Following this visit, Mazloum Abdi visited Erbil on Thursday to continue the negotiations on the Iraqi soil. According to a statement of Barzani's office, Barzani and Abdi discussed Syria sit ...
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What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?
Analysis

What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?

Monday 3 February 2025 ،
New Syrian leader has visited Riyadh as the first destination since he took the power, signaling will for closer ties to kingdom. Alwaght- Ahmad al-Sharaa, or better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, who has recently been appointed by an allied military council as president of Syri ...
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What’s the Message of Hamas Leaders’ Meeting with Iran’s Leader?
Analysis

What’s the Message of Hamas Leaders’ Meeting with Iran’s Leader?

Monday 10 February 2025 ،
Political Bureau: Khalil al-Hayyah is a Palestinian political activist who was appointed as the deputy head of Hamas Political Bureau last year, replacing Saleh al-Arouri. Palestinian media refers to him as Hamas' military genius, along with Khaled Meshaal, Yahya Sinwar, and Zahir Jabarin. He ha ...
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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 ،
Council member states and Iran, and the two countries have had good and diverse relations in the political, economic, and security spheres. These relations have reached a new level of cooperation, especially after regional crises, such as the 2017 Gulf crisis and regional wars, especially since Qata ...

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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