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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Aspects of Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan-Turkmenistan Agreement
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Aspects of Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan-Turkmenistan Agreement

Sunday 6 April 2025
RBI) of China project is highly significant. However, with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine and the Western economic sanctions against Russia, the importance of the Central Asian transit route has increased, and these issues have in turn caused the countries of the region to realize the need to re ...
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What’s Meaning of Iranian FM’s China Visit amid Talks with the US?
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What’s Meaning of Iranian FM’s China Visit amid Talks with the US?

Saturday 26 April 2025 ،
RBI), China signed a 25-year cooperation agreement with Iran. Beijing and Tehran are both rivals of Washington and long-standing allies of each other, and what was signed was the result of years of government efforts. At that time, Iran's exports to China were $8.9 billion and its imports were $ ...
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Bagram Base: US’s Strategic Watch Post Helping Contain Taliban, Asian Rivals
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Bagram Base: US’s Strategic Watch Post Helping Contain Taliban, Asian Rivals

Saturday 17 May 2025 ،
RBI) megaproject. These actions are considered by Washington as a serious threat to the West’s strategic interests. In this regard, the US, using its intelligence and military capabilities in Bagram, is closely monitoring China’s movements and preventing it from completely dominating Afg ...
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Zangezur Corridor Challenges in the Shadow of Geopolitical Competitions
Analysis

Zangezur Corridor Challenges in the Shadow of Geopolitical Competitions

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
RBI). The route would act as a serious competitor to China’s projects in the Caspian Sea basin and could affect East-West transit flows and jeopardize Beijing’s investments in the region. The US is trying to support any project that would reduce the dependence of Central Asian and Cauca ...
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation

Monday 25 August 2025 ،
RBI) transport and trade network. Moreover, unlike many Western countries, China has taken a pragmatic approach. Beijing has not yet recognized the Taliban but has expanded its diplomatic and economic relations with them, and this policy of practical acceptance without formal recognition allows Chi ...
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SCO Summit Marks Rise of Eastern-led Balance of Power
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SCO Summit Marks Rise of Eastern-led Balance of Power

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
RBI)—are set to open up new trade routes where Europe and the US will find themselves playing a much smaller role. For decades, the West wielded decisive influence in crisis management through military and security pacts. But with Asia now building up its own security cooperation under the SC ...
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10 Strategic Reasons Why Trump Eyeing Bagram Base Regain
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10 Strategic Reasons Why Trump Eyeing Bagram Base Regain

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
RBI).  5. A means for power balance with Russia and Iran  The US could have used Bagram to monitor Russia's influence in Central Asia and Iran's activities to its west. Both Moscow and Tehran viewed the base as a symbol of Washington's enduring presence in their respective ba ...
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card

Monday 10 November 2025 ،
RBI), in recent years they have adopted a more balanced foreign policy to distance themselves from absolute dependence on Moscow and Beijing. The C5+1 summits should be regarded as a reflection of the main lines of the US policy in Eurasia. In the US National Security Strategy (2017 and 2022 versio ...
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?

Thursday 29 January 2026 ،
RBI). It also signed infrastructure and energy agreements with Beijing and the Chinese state oil company holds shares in the Cuban oil exploration, but compared to bigger Latin American markets, Cuba is a small point for the Chinese foreign economic policy. China’s bilateral trade with Cuba t ...
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From Mercusor or "Mother of Agreements" : EU’s Economic Divorce from the US
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From Mercusor or "Mother of Agreements" : EU’s Economic Divorce from the US

Thursday 29 January 2026 ،
RBI and China’s active role in such emerging institutions as BRICS and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are parts of Chinese strategy to fill the vacuum to emerge from American retreat or unpredictable behavior. Meanwhile, Washington’s economic supremacy, for decades anchored ...

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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.