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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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Israeli War on Gaza Towers: Display of Destruction, Cover for Losses
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Israeli War on Gaza Towers: Display of Destruction, Cover for Losses

Sunday 7 September 2025
2023 to July 2025), approximately 193,000 buildings in Gaza have either been completely wiped out or have sustained some level of damage. This figure adds up to roughly 78 percent of all urban structures in the territory. The UN’s Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) has estim ...
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From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?
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From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?

Monday 8 September 2025 ،
2024 for their role in pursuing investigations into alleged war crimes by Israeli and American personnel in Gaza. This explicit emphasis on lethality signals that the Pentagon has not only failed to learn from its past but is deliberately embracing it as a core tenet of its military identity. Depa ...
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications

Wednesday 10 September 2025 ،
2003. In many instances, even open investigations or unproven allegations have been deemed sufficient for exclusion. The current number of disqualifications has surpassed the record set in the 2010 election, where nearly 499 candidates were barred over alleged Ba'athist links, and the vast majo ...
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Indian-Israeli Alliance: From Military Partnership to Ideological Convergence
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Indian-Israeli Alliance: From Military Partnership to Ideological Convergence

Sunday 14 September 2025 ،
2014 have gone to India. Between 2001 and 2021, New Delhi purchased over $4.2 billion in weapons from Tel Aviv. The Barak 8 missile defense system—a joint product of Israel Aerospace Industries and India’s DRDO—now plays a major role in protecting India's airspace. Israel's ...
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?

Monday 15 September 2025 ،
2011 protests, which occurred at Manama's request to support the Al Khalifa government. Although the force's presence drew international criticism, from the perspective of Arab rulers, the force demonstrated its effectiveness in maintaining internal stability. However, this force has never b ...
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Economic Tsunami of Israeli Attack on Qatar: Three Possible Scenarios
Analysis

Economic Tsunami of Israeli Attack on Qatar: Three Possible Scenarios

Monday 15 September 2025 ،
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 Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude edge ...
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions
Report

Doha Meeting between Words and Actions

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
2020 as a US initiative were in fact a project to articulate a Arab-Israeli coalition aimed at countering Iran and undermining the Axis of Resistance. As part of its Iranophobia policy, Washington sought to establish a new security order in West Asia centered on safeguarding the security interests ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
2023, and May 2, 2024, fell by 32 percent compared to the same period the previous year. Turkish exports dropped by 30 percent, while imports from the occupied territories decreased by 43.4 percent. These tensions have extended into Turkish airspace. In November 2024, the Israeli Prime Minister was ...
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Zionism in Horror of Post-Gaza War World
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Zionism in Horror of Post-Gaza War World

Wednesday 17 September 2025 ،
2007. Such humanitarian aid flotilla as Madeline, Handala, and Sumud that have set sail to symbolically break the siege to deliver aid, imposing heavy pressure on Tel Aviv.  Each time these aid vessels are intercepted or attacked by Israeli forces, it triggers a wave of international condemnat ...

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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.