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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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CIA Chief Makes Unannounced Visit to Moscow
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CIA Chief Makes Unannounced Visit to Moscow

Tuesday 25 August 2026
2024. Ratcliffe’s reported Moscow visit comes as US-led efforts to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict have stalled, with Moscow and Kyiv remaining divided over major issues.
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
2024 cycle, 21 won. The group has expanded its 2026 operations into Michigan, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The 2024 election also saw the Million Muslim Votes campaign mobilize more than 1.08 million registered Muslim voters. So, the most consequential shift th ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
2024, which tipped the scales of power, the Americans pushed for a deal between the Kurds and Damascus thar will both ensure the Kurdish rights and prevent further Syria partition. After Bashar al-Assad's fall, Washington shifted its focus away from preserving an autonomous Kurdish enclave and ...
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
2024, bringing the organization to ten members today. For Tehran, this transformation carries special weight. Iran is no longer an observer or dialogue partner but a full-fledged member, with a seat at the table in the SCO's decision-making machinery. From security organization to economic blo ...
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
2024, citing a Polish security official, found that, on average, roughly 12 Ukrainian soldiers went missing or fled each month during military drills in Poland. That data, covering 2024, underscores a grim reality: even training far from the front lines has not been spared from the manpower desertio ...
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
2024 between Washington and Baghdad, the mission of the US-led Western coalition will end by September 30, but the American forces have withdrawn only from some of their bases. The key strategic change of this agreement was that the security relation between Iraq and the US within the Western coalit ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
2024 as his personal peace envoy. Jared Kushner is best known as Trump's son-in-law and adviser, though he did play a role in the so-called Abraham Accords during Trump's first term. But the issue here is not just about individual credentials. The Ukraine war is a file that simultaneously e ...
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
2024, the ships circumnavigated Africa and crossed the Cape of Good Hope managed to cushion part of pressure, though the route was longer and more costly. But if Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb become risky at the same time, that compensatory mechanism largely collapses. Oil tankers would face the problem ...
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
2024 term. But that return did not last either. In February 2025, Donald Trump announced in an executive order that Washington would not participate in the Human Rights Council, would not seek membership in it and would not allocate funding to the body. In explaining the decision, the US government ...
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Britain Halts Dozens of Additional Weapons Export Permits For ‘Israel’ While Keeping F-35 Deal in Place
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Britain Halts Dozens of Additional Weapons Export Permits For ‘Israel’ While Keeping F-35 Deal in Place

Wednesday 30 September 2026 ،
2024 and more than 50 subsequent applications rejected. The British government, however, says the additional refusals were decisions made under existing Gaza-related restrictions rather than an expansion of the arms ban. New rules also require export applications to be assessed on whether goods cou ...

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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.