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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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Reuters: Biden does not intend to intensify Iran’s oil sanctions

Reuters: Biden does not intend to intensify Iran’s oil sanctions

Wednesday 17 April 2024
Senate, controlled by Democrats supportive of Biden, remains unclear. The Biden administration is against any increase in oil prices. Many regional analysts think that the Biden administration is not taking decisive steps to tighten existing sanctions on Iranian oil exports. The political pressure ...
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Pres. Raisi’s Islamabad Visit: Iran-Pakistan Ties Poised for Historic Transformation

Pres. Raisi’s Islamabad Visit: Iran-Pakistan Ties Poised for Historic Transformation

Monday 22 April 2024 ،
Senate and the speaker of the National Assembly, on the first day of the trip. Raisi will also meet with Pakistan President Asif Zardari on Monday evening, and then on Tuesday he will go to Lahore, where he will meet with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Governor Baligh Ur Rehma ...
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Netzah Yehuda Battalion and Sham US Sanctions

Netzah Yehuda Battalion and Sham US Sanctions

Tuesday 23 April 2024 ،
Senate gives the go-ahead, which is certain, more weapons will be shipped for the Israeli regime to shed more Palestinian blood. In the past seven months, the Israeli occupation army has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza using American weapons, and by sending new weapons, the hands o ...
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Netanyahu Under ICC Blade for Gaza War Crimes

Netanyahu Under ICC Blade for Gaza War Crimes

Thursday 2 May 2024 ،
Senate by Republican Tom Cotton that plans to sanction ICC officials running the probe.  Certainly, these bullying stances by the US officials against the international laws not only cannot save the Israeli regime and Netanyahu from the swamp they are sinking in, but also will stir further bac ...
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Two Big Reasons for Pessimism: Is US-Saudi Defense Pact Really Too Close?

Two Big Reasons for Pessimism: Is US-Saudi Defense Pact Really Too Close?

Sunday 12 May 2024 ،
Senate and Congressional Approval), who view the Saudi government as an untrustworthy partner and are critical of its human rights record and involvement in the Yemen conflict.” And if the Republican-controlled Congress does not approve this official treaty, although the White House can go th ...
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What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?

What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?

Sunday 16 June 2024 ،
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. But the new US envoy has made her threats to the Iraqi resistance groups even before arriving in Baghdad and with her interventionist remarks she heralded a new period of destabilizing and escalatory US policy in Iraq.  In the hearing of the committee, J ...
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Iran Denies Allegations of Involvement in AMIA Bombing

Iran Denies Allegations of Involvement in AMIA Bombing

Sunday 14 July 2024 ،
Senate approved an agreement with Iran to establish a fact-finding committee to investigate the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in 1994, which resulted in the deaths of 85 people. AMIA refers to the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina, or the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association.
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Italy Laying the Rails for the EU to Rebuild its Syria Policy

Italy Laying the Rails for the EU to Rebuild its Syria Policy

Monday 29 July 2024 ،
Senate, visited Damascus to meet with Syrian officials.  In 2019, Italy in a surprise move announced the reopening of its embassy in Damascus, but Rome did not name an ambassador to Damascus, but sent a chargé d'affaires, and the full restoration of diplomatic relations between the ...
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Can Public Investment Fund Realize Bin Salman’s Dreams?

Can Public Investment Fund Realize Bin Salman’s Dreams?

Tuesday 3 September 2024 ،
Senate Finance Committee. In a letter released in June, Senator Wyden raised concerns that Saudi Arabia's Public Fund and other Middle East funds are using payments to Affinity executives as a tool to influence Kushner and other powerful political figures. This comes as two years ago, some Ara ...

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