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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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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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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
2024, comes as Syria’s new government, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has not only refrained from opposing Russia’s presence despite a history of direct military confrontation with Russian forces but appears actively eager to preserve a ...
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Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria
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Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria

Thursday 6 August 2026 ،
2024 ceasefire, has shown that Tel Aviv not only fails to honor its commitments but has violated that agreement thousands of times, and has even refused to withdraw from five points it was obligated to vacate under the deal. For the resistance, then, military deterrence remains irreplaceable when it ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
2024, the interior ministry put the number at roughly 15 million weapons in the hands of citizens. To get a grip on the situation, the ministry has started registering illegal arms while simultaneously clamping down on gun sales. On December 24, 2024, Miqdad Miri, the interior ministry spokesman, a ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
2024 attempt on his life, Trump turned it into a rallying cry, and many analysts credit that moment with helping turbocharge his ground game and lock in popular support on the road to victory. This time, though, the Ankara getaway backfired spectacularly. The images and accounts that leaked were no ...
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?

Saturday 22 August 2026 ،
2024 spread to Syria. When the armed militias seized the rule in Damascus, the disputes of Ankara and Tel Aviv over Syria future, regional influence, and the Turkish military role have elevated to new heights. So, the Israeli attack on Abu al-Duhur military base of Syria on Tuesday should be read as ...
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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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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.