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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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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
2026 to support anti-ISIS operations in northeastern Syria, but only conditionally, pending field developments and ongoing consultations between Baghdad and Washington. Though Washington tried in the agreement to preserve a residual troop presence through various loopholes, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali ...
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
2026. Algeria had already been steadily downgrading its ties with the UAE, scaling back its diplomatic presence in January and launching moves in February to cancel an air services agreement signed in Abu Dhabi in May 2013. In Abu Dhabi's first official response to the rupture, Anwar Gargash, ...
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
2026 into five divisions and a core command structure, forces under direct Saudi supervision, including the National Resistance Forces, the Tihama Brigades, the Zaranik, al-Amalika, a naval unit, and specialized security forces. Yet Yasmin al-Aryani, executive director of knowledge production at th ...
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Lebanon Calls on UN Security Council to Renew UNIFIL Mandate
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Lebanon Calls on UN Security Council to Renew UNIFIL Mandate

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
2026, followed by a phased withdrawal.
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Minab Children’s Paintings Displayed at UN in Geneva
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Minab Children’s Paintings Displayed at UN in Geneva

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
2026 strike that killed or injured children and teachers. Held to mark the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, the exhibition highlights the devastating impact of war on children and calls for greater protection of schools and the right to education.
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
2026. The Ansarullah's rise as a dominant power on the Yemeni side of Bab-el-Mandeb could upend the very balance those investments were designed to cement. Growing Sana'a influence could turn Ansarullah into a more consequential player in the political affairs of countries around the Red Se ...
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Shalamcheh and Chazabeh Crossings: How’s Border Closure Impacting Iran-Iraq Trade?
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Shalamcheh and Chazabeh Crossings: How’s Border Closure Impacting Iran-Iraq Trade?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
2026, more than 4 million tons of goods moved through Shalamcheh and Chazabeh. Shalamcheh accounted for about 2,522,000 tons and Chazabeh roughly 1,521,000 tons. Over the same period, nearly 80,000 trucks passed through Shalamcheh and more than 69,000 through Chazabeh. Put simply, the two crossings ...
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
2026 UN General Assembly. Araghchi pointed to February 28 attacks on a school in Minab and a sports hall in Lamerd, both in southern Iran, which killed nearly 200 people, many of them children. Araghchi said the world has not done enough to condemn these crimes and stressed that impunity carries wi ...
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Minab School Reopens: Alwaght Reports from Bombed Iranian School
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Minab School Reopens: Alwaght Reports from Bombed Iranian School

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
2026-2027, 120 male students and 107 female students are to study there, in two separate complexes. The children who were entering through the gate of the new school this morning, most of them are the survivors of that same famous Shajareh Tayyebeh school. Some were wounded or stuck under rubles, ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
2026, Peshmerga forces received roughly $61 million through the Pentagon's counter-ISIS program, funds earmarked for equipment purchases, troop training and salary payments. Now, however, the Pentagon has proposed eliminating that assistance in its fiscal year 2027 budget request, arguing that w ...

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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.