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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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Chinese Warns US of Possible ’Military Conflict’ over Taipei

Chinese Warns US of Possible ’Military Conflict’ over Taipei

Saturday 29 January 2022
Washington Qin Gang said Thursday during an interview with state-funded National Public Radio (NPR). “If the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by the United States, keep going down the road for independence, it most likely will involve China and the United States, the two big countries, ...
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Teenage Kuwaiti Tennis Player Who Shunned Israeli Opponent Draws Praise

Teenage Kuwaiti Tennis Player Who Shunned Israeli Opponent Draws Praise

Saturday 29 January 2022 ،
Washington Institute for Near East Policy, an American think tank, showed that 85 percent of Kuwaitis oppose normalizing ties with Israel. The teenage Kuwaiti tennis player’s decision is the latest in a spree of withdrawals from international competitions by Muslim athletes in order to n ...
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Will Syria Become Another Russia-US Confrontation Scene?

Will Syria Become Another Russia-US Confrontation Scene?

Sunday 19 June 2022 ،
Washington avoided escalation. Alwaght- Tensions between the US and Russia have been in their climatic point for years and Ukraine war even pushed the relations between the two to the lowest level since the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago, to a degree that risk of the two powers slidi ...
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Why Arab Governments Normalization with Israeli Regime Will Fail?

Why Arab Governments Normalization with Israeli Regime Will Fail?

Monday 15 August 2022 ،
Washington DC (ACW) public opinion poll examined the views of 28,288 Arabs in 13 different countries. The majority of the 350 million Arabs continue to hold the same view as previous generations of Arabs did: Palestine is an Arab cause, and Israel is the main threat. The Arab Opinion Index (AOI) of ...
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Political Forces in New Iraqi Cabinet’s Composition

Political Forces in New Iraqi Cabinet’s Composition

Sunday 20 November 2022 ،
Washington would not work with ministers and top “officials linked to militias” supported by Iran.  In parallel with this American stance, the US-affiliated media outlets are also establishing the view that the recent government appointments from the SCF will cause challenges to al ...
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Where Would Persian Gulf Geopolitics Head in 2023?

Where Would Persian Gulf Geopolitics Head in 2023?

Sunday 15 January 2023 ،
Washington.  However, Bahrain made no considerable moves last year and contrary to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the Bahraini rulers did not move to reconcile with Qatar. This marginal role in the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to continue for Manama. There are no signs Bahrain wil ...
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Iran-Saudi Détente Agreement: Walking a Long Way

Iran-Saudi Détente Agreement: Walking a Long Way

Monday 20 March 2023 ،
Washington support in the time of need and the tendency of the Arab world to replace the US with other international powers to compensate for the security gaps to consolidate its foothold in the Persian Gulf. After announcement of success of China to broker an agreement as one of the most important ...
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Pakistani President Hails Iran-Saudi Reconciliation Deal as Historic

Pakistani President Hails Iran-Saudi Reconciliation Deal as Historic

Tuesday 16 May 2023 ،
Washington’s foreign policy strategy in the Middle East, as was the case in the past. “Saudi Arabia was sometimes viewed as the American ATM with a ‘have cash, will dispense’ approach at the behest of Washington power brokers. That is no more the case, much to the shock and ...
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US Football Teams Urged Not to Sports Wash Apartheid Israel

US Football Teams Urged Not to Sports Wash Apartheid Israel

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) called on US football teams not to sports wash Israel’s apartheid and to cancel all friendly games planned with Israeli teams. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctio ...
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Iran FM’s Special Mission in Saudi Arabia Visit

Iran FM’s Special Mission in Saudi Arabia Visit

Saturday 19 August 2023 ،
Washington. In his meeting and talks with bin Farhan, regional security was one of the top discussion topics.  The Saudi and other Arab countries’ officials have come to the belief that the security of the Persian Gulf should be provided by the regional countries themselves, and the plan ...

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