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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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Shiites, the Main Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan
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Shiites, the Main Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan

Monday 9 February 2026
2015, Jundallah militants opened fire on a bus carrying Ismaili Shiite passengers in Karachi, killing 45 people and wounding dozens more. Shiite religious rituals also came under attack. On October 23, 2015, a bombing during an Ashura procession in the city of Jacobabad, in Sindh province, killed 2 ...
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What’s behind Iran’s Larijani Visit to Oman?
Analysis

What’s behind Iran’s Larijani Visit to Oman?

Tuesday 10 February 2026 ،
2015 nuclear talks to trading messages between Washington and Tehran during high-tension periods, Muscat has always provided a secure space for messaging. Now that talks are resumed after months of a hiatus and as military tensions in the region are at their height, this visit can bear a significant ...
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Netanyahu Returns Home from Washington Empty Handed
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Netanyahu Returns Home from Washington Empty Handed

Thursday 12 February 2026 ،
2015. You can’t outflank a president who is the absolute master of the Republican Party.” Netanyahu’s push to break isolation  After weeks of hesitation, Netanyahu shifted course and joined Trump-backed Gaza “Peace Council”, a body including Turkey and Qatar that ...
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Shocking Sexual Abuse Rates Reveal Bitter Truth about Israeli Female Soldiers
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Shocking Sexual Abuse Rates Reveal Bitter Truth about Israeli Female Soldiers

Thursday 19 February 2026 ،
2015 motivated establishment of a legal unit for supporting the soldiers having falling victim to sexual crimes. According to military judicial law, the punishment for rape committed by an individual is 20 years in prison, and if committed jointly by three soldiers, the punishment is life imprisonm ...
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Araghchi Expected to Meet Witkoff Thursday in Geneva
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Araghchi Expected to Meet Witkoff Thursday in Geneva

Sunday 22 February 2026 ،
2015 JCPOA while maintaining its nuclear rights, even amid previous US restrictions on enrichment.
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Ocalan’s New Message: New Opportunity or Final Test for Peace?
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Ocalan’s New Message: New Opportunity or Final Test for Peace?

Friday 27 February 2026 ،
2015, the talks collapsed. As fighting resumed, the peace process effectively came to an unofficial end, and Turkey launched more stringent operations against PKK members and supporters, particularly in the country's southeast as well as in northern Iraq and Syria. Over the past year, some PKK- ...
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Strait of Hormuz: The Gordian Knot of Iran-US Talks
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Strait of Hormuz: The Gordian Knot of Iran-US Talks

Sunday 12 April 2026 ،
2015 in May 2018 and waging two wars against Iran during the talks, Tehran remains wary of Washington. This skepticism was further reinforced during the recent conflicts in the midst of nuclear negotiations, prompting Iranian officials to view US intentions with deep suspicion. Mohammad Bagher Ghal ...
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What’s Driving Pakistani Meditation in US-Iran Crisis?
Analysis

What’s Driving Pakistani Meditation in US-Iran Crisis?

Tuesday 21 April 2026 ،
2015–2023) and the bitter standoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia as two heavyweights of the region and the wider Muslim world, laid bare the razor-thin line Islamabad must walk. That crisis underscored just how fraught it is to maintain a delicate balancing act that preserves Pakistan’s ...
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Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa
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Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa

Tuesday 21 April 2026 ،
2015, Israelis tapped emails of an opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, for Nigeria elections. The hacked email data were used against Buhari in Facebook and WhatsApp campaigns. 
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head

Thursday 28 May 2026 ،
2015 nuclear deal under the Obama administration. Although the agreement denied Iran certain key nuclear rights, something which pleased the US and Western countries, Trump tore it up with a single stroke upon taking office in his first term in 2018. The other signatories also failed to fulfill thei ...

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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.