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- PIJ leader: Resistance Willing to Negotiate, But Will Not Surrender
- FM Araghchi Rejects Any Contact with US Envoy Witkoff
- Italian PM Meloni, Two Ministers Reported to ICC Over Gaza Genocide Allegations
- Pezeshkian: US, EU Claims on Iran’s Nuclear Program Unfounded
- Greta Thunberg Accuses Israel of Torturing Her and Other Gaza Flotilla Activists
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Gazans Return North to Ruins After Israeli Withdrawal Under Truce
Displaced Palestinians are returning to northern Gaza after a ceasefire was implemented between Hamas and IsraelPIJ leader: Resistance Willing to Negotiate, But Will Not Surrender PIJ leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah states that the Resistance is open to negotiations on limited terms
FM Araghchi Rejects Any Contact with US Envoy Witkoff Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that he has had no contact with Steve Witkoff, the US Special Envoy for the Middle East
Italian PM Meloni, Two Ministers Reported to ICC Over Gaza Genocide Allegations Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that she and two of her ministers have been reported to the International Criminal Court
Pezeshkian: US, EU Claims on Iran’s Nuclear Program Unfounded Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reaffirmed the country’s steadfast commitment to peace and security in West Asia
Greta Thunberg Accuses Israel of Torturing Her and Other Gaza Flotilla Activists Greta Thunberg alleges that she and fellow members of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla were mistreated and tortured in Israeli prisons
Iran Dismisses Claims Over Persian Gulf Islands, Warns Against EU Interference Iran has strongly dismissed a joint GCC-EU statement, reaffirming its “undisputed sovereignty” over the Persian Gulf islands
Iran’s Oil Exports Reach Highest Levels Since 2018 Iran’s oil exports hit a seven-year high of nearly 2 million barrels per day (bpd) in September
Two IRGC Personnel Killed and Three Wounded in Attack in Western Iran A terrorist attack in Iran’s western Kordestan province targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel has left two dead and three injured
Palestinian Fighters Clash with Israeli Forces in Gaza, Leaving Six Soldiers Wounded Israeli media report that at least six soldiers were injured after Palestinian fighters carried out an ambush against Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip
Hezbollah Acts Independently of Tehran, Says Iranian Representative Hezbollah’s representative in Iran affirmed that Tehran provides support to the Resistance but refrains from influencing its military or political affairs
Hamas Rejects Disarmament Claims, Blasts Media For pro-Israel Bias Palestinian resistance group Hamas rejected media reports claiming it had agreed to relinquish its weapons under a US-backed Gaza plan supported by Israel
Two Civilians Killed in Southern Lebanon by Israeli Drone Strike Two people were killed in southern Lebanon when an Israeli drone struck a civilian car
Iran’s IRGC Commander Warns of Firm Reaction to Any Threat in The Persian Gulf Iran’s IRGC commander declared that naval forces are on full alert and will deliver a decisive blow to any enemy provocation in the Persian Gulf or its islands
Seven Palestinians Killed in Gaza by Israeli Forces Despite Trump’s Order to Stop Attacks Although US President Donald Trump instructed Israel to stop its assaults, the Israeli military has maintained its air and artillery operations
Iran Urges Countries Not to Comply with Reinstated E3 Sanctions Iran has criticized Britain, France, and Germany for seeking to reinstate UN sanctions through the so-called snapback mechanism
Iranian and Saudi Officials Hold Talks to Strengthen Bilateral Relations The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the Iranian ambassador to Riyadh met with a senior Saudi official to discuss strengthening bilateral relations
Gaza Death Toll Hits 67,139 After 12 Killed Since Dawn Despite Netanyahu’s assurances of reducing airstrikes, Israel is still killing Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip
Israeli Troops Carry Out Ground Raids in Southern Syria, Detain Three Reports indicate that Israeli forces carried out multiple incursions into southern Syria near the occupied Golan Heights
Yemeni Forces Strike Key Israeli Sites in Occupied al-Quds With Ballistic Missile The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced they carried out a new hypersonic ballistic missile strike on sensitive sites within Israeli-occupied territories
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Tuesday 26 August 2025
$1 billion bombing campaign against Yemen was so ineffective that the Trump administration immediately accepted a ceasefire brokered by Oman.
According to the latest assessments,since the US halted attacks, Yemeni forces have rebuilt their radar systems, communications networks, and reconnais ...
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Iran’s Missile Drills in the Indian Ocean: Strategic Goals and Messages
Saturday 30 August 2025
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$162 billion in 2023-24, accounting for a significant 15.8 percent of India's total trade.
An analysis from The Economic Times indicates that since the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in 2022 between India and the UAE, bilateral trade is on track to surpass $1 ...
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott
Monday 1 September 2025
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$1.522 billion in the period before sanctions kicked in (January-April 2024), a figure which takes in shipments sent to the Palestinian territories as well.
Now, however, a new situation has cropped up. Following the escalation of Israeli attacks in Syria—particularly those zeroing in on posi ...
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises
Sunday 7 September 2025
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$17.5 billion in 2023 from the $60 billion before the civil war that started in 2011. About 16.7 million of Syrians are in need of humanitarian aid and over 90 percent of the population are living below the poverty line, a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says.
Al ...
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Economic Tsunami of Israeli Attack on Qatar: Three Possible Scenarios
Monday 15 September 2025
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$1.9 billion headed to Japan. In 2024 alone, the country shipped out 28.2 billion Qatar rial ($7.7 billion) in refined oil.
The recent airstrikes have ratcheted up tensions in West Asia, a region that holds a third of the world's oil reserves. This immediately played out in the markets: West Te ...
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
Sunday 28 September 2025
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$15.5 million per interceptor, this path is unsustainable for the armed forces. Even if the Pentagon increases its current orders beyond the meager 12 interceptors in the 2025 budget, it would still take three years from the contract date for the interceptors to be delivered.
Geopolitical consequen ...
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts
Saturday 4 October 2025
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$11 billion war bill, which will include increasing VAT to 18 percent, passing additional customs fees, and cutting ministries budgets, these actions have only hit the buying power of the consumers and pushed up the inflation pressures and pushed down the domestic demand, something expected to put a ...
Analysis
Baghdad-Erbil Oil Exports Deal: From Home to Regional and International Geopolitical Impacts
Sunday 5 October 2025
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$1.5 billion in compensation for facilitating unauthorized Kurdish oil exports between 2014 and 2018.
Iraq had originally brought the case to the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris in 2014, arguing that Turkey had enabled the KRG to illegally export oil without the federal government's ...
Analysis
As Pro-Israeli Board Acquires TikTok, Palestinian Voice Censorship Concerns Rise
Monday 6 October 2025
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$14 billion deal sealed with the mediation of Trump, the TikTok's parent company, ByteDance was forced to agree to handover of a major part of the app's stake to a consortium of wealthy Americans.
On the paper, the American justification for seizing control of TikTok is national security an ...
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Gaza War and Post-war Costs for American Taxpayers
Friday 10 October 2025
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$12.7 billion in military aid to Israel as its arch-ally in West Asia region.
Simultaneously, the US has spent an additional $9.65 to $12.07 billion on operations in Yemen, Iran, and other parts of the region in support of Israel during the Gaza war.
In total, the overall sum that the US has direc ...
