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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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Failure Upon Start: Fate of June 26 Movement in Gaza
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Failure Upon Start: Fate of June 26 Movement in Gaza

Monday 29 June 2026
2023 attacks on the Israeli occupation by Hamas.  For some observers, the timing of this mass funeral, coinciding with the protest call, sent a clear signal, telling the enemies of Hamas that significant swath of Gaza's population still prefers to channel their grievances through the resis ...
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Araghchi’s Iraq Visit: From Post-war Order to Tehran-Baghdad Security Cooperation
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Araghchi’s Iraq Visit: From Post-war Order to Tehran-Baghdad Security Cooperation

Tuesday 30 June 2026 ،
2023, and its rollout, aimed at dismantling Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, formed a key pillar of the Iranian FM’s latest visit to Baghdad. Under that deal, Iraq committed to barring armed opposition groups from operating near the joint front ...
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Iran’s Journey Under Ayatollah Khamenei: From Isolation to Strategic Influence
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Iran’s Journey Under Ayatollah Khamenei: From Isolation to Strategic Influence

Friday 10 July 2026 ،
2023 marked a new stage in deterrence. Operational use—against ISIS, Kurdish opposition, US forces at Ain al-Asad, and directly against Israel in 2024—demonstrated that Iran's missile force had moved from symbolic deterrence to credible combat capability, backed by underground missil ...
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Israeli Attacks Leave 16 Dead Across Gaza in the Past 24 Hours
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Israeli Attacks Leave 16 Dead Across Gaza in the Past 24 Hours

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
2023 has risen to 73,233, with 173,707 others reported injured.
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Day 285 of Gaza Ceasefire: Israeli Attack Leaves Family of Six Burned to Death
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Day 285 of Gaza Ceasefire: Israeli Attack Leaves Family of Six Burned to Death

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
2023, has risen to 73,293, with 173,906 people reported injured.
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
2023, attack. But none of them knew what Sinwar was truly holding in mind. For years, he has been a prime target on Israeli intelligence and military hit lists. In 2007, he survived an assassination attempt that killed seven family members, including brothers and several of his children, though he ...
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India, from an Importer of Israeli Arms to Israel’s Strategic Partner
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India, from an Importer of Israeli Arms to Israel’s Strategic Partner

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
2023, expectations ran high that global outcry and legal pressure would force a rethink of military ties with Tel Aviv. The opposite happened, however.  Amnesty International documented at least 2,596 military shipments from India to Israel between October 7, 2023 and November 2025. The consig ...
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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?
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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
2023 détente agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, to press Tehran into reining in the Houthis. That did not happen. And perhaps more telling: it was never meant to. The reality is that Beijing did not take a single concrete step in that direction. On April 7, just one day before a ceasef ...
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements

Tuesday 4 August 2026 ،
2023, Baghdad's arbitration case against the Kurdistan Regional Government's independent oil sales through Turkey landed a decisive blow: the International Chamber of Commerce ruled in Iraq's favor, and held Ankara liable for cooperating with Erbil without federal consent. The pipeline w ...
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
2023, Iran and Russia signed a deal to construct this railway between the cities of Rasht and Astara near Azerbaijani borders, but the project is yet to finish as it is hit by delays.  The delays are mainly driven by funding and technical factors. According to Stimson Center's report, dela ...

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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.