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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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Fleeing the Hell: Migration from Israel Now a Surging Trend
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Fleeing the Hell: Migration from Israel Now a Surging Trend

Saturday 6 December 2025
2024 and 2025.” Danny Zaken from a Tel Aviv insurance institute provided even more striking figures, revealing a surge in Israelis formally renouncing their residency. From 2015 to 2021, we averaged about 2,500 requests per year to cancel Israeli residency. But in 2022, that number jumped to ...
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Is Lebanese Forces Party Pushing for a Coup Through FM Raji?
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Is Lebanese Forces Party Pushing for a Coup Through FM Raji?

Saturday 6 December 2025 ،
2024 ceasefire, assassinations, and ongoing threats raise the necessity for a united and coherent foreign policy apparatus. In such situation, strong-toned and biased stances of Raji not only do not help Lebanese national interests, but also deepen internal gaps, boost Israeli and American narrativ ...
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As Netanyahu and Trump Meet, Lebanon Awaits the Outcomes
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As Netanyahu and Trump Meet, Lebanon Awaits the Outcomes

Tuesday 30 December 2025 ،
2024 truce deal. The deal only highlights halt of the clashes between the two sides and the Israeli occupation forces' withdrawal from southern Lebanon. On the other side, Hezbollah forces were to withdraw from South Litani region to be replaced by the Lebanese army. The Lebanese government has ...
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Inter-Kurdish Stalemate Complicates Filling Iraq President Post
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Inter-Kurdish Stalemate Complicates Filling Iraq President Post

Tuesday 6 January 2026 ،
2024, with the KDP winning 39 of the 100 seats and the PUK securing 23. As no party achieved a majority, negotiations to form a government began but stalled after several months due to disagreements over governance mechanisms and the distribution of key positions. SCF's determining role  ...
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Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President
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Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President

Saturday 7 February 2026 ،
2024. The traditional post-Saddam agreements, which granted the Iraqi presidency to the PUK in exchange for the presidency of the Kurdistan Region going to the KDP, have long lost their political validity. The Kurdistan Democratic Party, citing its greater number of seats in the Iraqi parliament, c ...
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Will Hariri Come Back to Lebanon’s Politics?
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Will Hariri Come Back to Lebanon’s Politics?

Wednesday 18 February 2026 ،
2024. Riyadh’s veto on Hariri  Many Lebanese believe that Hariri is still incapable of returning to the political arena as he faces Saudi restrictions. Al-Jadeed television of Lebanon, lashing out at Saudi interference in the Lebanese home affairs, reported that Hariri is off the politi ...
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Shedding Light on 14 Claims Trump Made during His State of the Union Speech
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Shedding Light on 14 Claims Trump Made during His State of the Union Speech

Wednesday 25 February 2026 ،
2024. That is not a new trend sparked by Trump, it is the exact same increase the US saw before he took office. Here's what Trump is not telling us: projections for 2026 show US oil production actually dropping by around 100,000 barrels per day. So his claim of a 600,000-barrel surge? The data ...
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Why Is London Getting Drawn into a Perilous New Security Gamble?
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Why Is London Getting Drawn into a Perilous New Security Gamble?

Monday 27 April 2026 ،
2024 election. Critics argue such a move contradicts international law and serves as a distraction from domestic decline. Starmer came to power promising economic recovery, but his record has been marked by failure—deepened by the US-Zionist war campaign that London supports. Fuel shortages, ...
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Beyond Assassination Plot: Why’s Trump not Unhappy with the Incident?
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Beyond Assassination Plot: Why’s Trump not Unhappy with the Incident?

Monday 27 April 2026 ،
2024 assassination attempt served as a high-speed elevator back to the White House at the height of the election campaign, this time it is clearly his rope ladder out of a quagmire of troubles. Only three months after the day Trump met the journalists at the White House with hands full of economic ...
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
2024, this model became the cornerstone of the threat balance between the two sides. Under that framework, if the Israeli army strikes Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiya or Lebanon’s critical infrastructure, Hezbollah will retaliate by setting Haifa and key northern occupied territories ...

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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.