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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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Why’s US Seeking UN Lebanon Resolution 1701 Amendment?
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Why’s US Seeking UN Lebanon Resolution 1701 Amendment?

Saturday 26 October 2024
UNSC resolution 1701 about Lebanon has now become a focus of a political debate arising from the war between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel. On the one hand, the Lebanese government insists on the immutability and unconditional continuation of the implementation of this resolution, and on the other ...
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Legal Reasons Supporting Israel Expulsion from the UN
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Legal Reasons Supporting Israel Expulsion from the UN

Monday 11 November 2024 ،
UN has every reason to expel Israel for war crimes, even more than those it had to expel apartheid regime of South Africa in 1974. Alwaght- As the largely unequal Israeli war on Gaza and Lebanon continues to unfold, over 500 legal investigators and international laws, international relations, politi ...
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Syria, the Resistance Camp’s Effective Piece in Game of War Equations
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Syria, the Resistance Camp’s Effective Piece in Game of War Equations

Wednesday 20 November 2024 ،
UNDOF forces, which indicates the possibility of opening a new front by Tel Aviv. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force is the UN peacekeeping mission responsible for maintaining a ceasefire on the Syrian-Israeli border after the Yom Kippur War in 1973.  Therefore, it is very important t ...
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Dim Outlook for Lebanon Talks under Heavy War Fire
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Dim Outlook for Lebanon Talks under Heavy War Fire

Thursday 21 November 2024 ،
UN Resolution 1701. But there were also serious obstacles ahead of the plan that made it difficult to reach an agreement, as the draft stipulated that the Lebanese army and UN peacekeeping forces should be the only armed forces in the southern region of the Litani River and that Hezbollah should wi ...
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Two Scenarios on Israel-Lebanon Underway Ceasefire Talks
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Two Scenarios on Israel-Lebanon Underway Ceasefire Talks

Monday 25 November 2024 ،
UN peacekeeping forces (UNIFIL). According to Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch from 1993 to 2022, Tel Aviv seeks to diplomatically tell Hezbollah not to shoot, but we will shoot periodically. He added: This is a unilateral agreement, this is not a ceasefire. Meanwhile, alt ...
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Bitter Ceasefire for Netanyahu Starts, Displaying the PM’s Loss to Hezbollah
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Bitter Ceasefire for Netanyahu Starts, Displaying the PM’s Loss to Hezbollah

Wednesday 27 November 2024 ،
UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Mahmoud Qamati, Deputy Chairman of Hezbollah's 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 accor ...
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Lebanon Ceasefire on the Brink as Israeli Violations Continue
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Lebanon Ceasefire on the Brink as Israeli Violations Continue

Saturday 30 November 2024 ،
UNIFIL guarantees for truce  One issue that emboldens the Israeli leaders for future adventures is the US support that continues in various ways during the ceasefire.  Amid the Israeli violations, the commander of the Special Operations at the US Central Command (CENTCOM) General Josper ...
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UN Calls on Israel to Immediately Withdraw from Lebanese Territory
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UN Calls on Israel to Immediately Withdraw from Lebanese Territory

Sunday 19 January 2025 ،
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, described the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah as fragile ALWAGHT- UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, described the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah as fragile and urged ...
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Israeli Drone Strike Kills Six in Eastern Lebanon as Ceasefire Violations Continue
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Israeli Drone Strike Kills Six in Eastern Lebanon as Ceasefire Violations Continue

Sunday 9 February 2025 ،
UN Security Council over Israeli aggression, and Hezbollah has urged the Lebanese government to ensure Israel’s full withdrawal from southern Lebanon. On January 27, Lebanon agreed to extend the ceasefire with Israel until February 18, even though Israel failed to withdraw its troops and cont ...
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Arab League’s Gaza Initiative Final Nail in Coffin of Trump’s Forced Migration Plan
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Arab League’s Gaza Initiative Final Nail in Coffin of Trump’s Forced Migration Plan

Friday 7 March 2025 ،
UN and human rights organizations will help only to a small extent. Therefore, as Aboul Gheit announced, the Egyptian plan is now recognized as an official Arab plan and has the full advocacy of all Arab countries, so the Arabs themselves must also take charge of implementing this process.  Ex ...

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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