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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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How Iran’s Triumph Over Israel Reshaped the Principles of Deterrence
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How Iran’s Triumph Over Israel Reshaped the Principles of Deterrence

Saturday 28 June 2025
defenses and targeted critical military and infrastructure sites. Within days, Israel recognized its strategic error and, under US pressure, sought a ceasefire to halt the escalating crisis. The war revealed the failure of Israel’s famed Iron Dome and David’s Sling defense systems agains ...
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Changing Air Power Balance: Will Iran Buy Chinese Fighter Jets?
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Changing Air Power Balance: Will Iran Buy Chinese Fighter Jets?

Saturday 28 June 2025 ،
defense delegation visited Chinese fighter jets amid war with Israel. Alwaght- The meeting of the defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held on Friday on the Chinese city of Qingdao. From Iran, Defense Minister Aziz Nasir Zadeh attended the meeting and was received war ...
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Iran Deployed Less Than 5% Of Its Defensive Capabilities Against Israel
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Iran Deployed Less Than 5% Of Its Defensive Capabilities Against Israel

Sunday 29 June 2025 ،
defense units engaged with the enemy, leaving the majority of its military strength untouched and unrevealed. The conflict began with Israel’s aggression on June 13, which prompted Iran to launch numerous ballistic missile strikes, including hypersonic missiles, targeting Israeli nuclear, mil ...
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Israel and Multi-layer Losses in War with Iran
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Israel and Multi-layer Losses in War with Iran

Sunday 29 June 2025 ،
defense and strategic capabilities of the Israeli regime. It was a war that was claimed by Netanyahu to be a successful deterrence, but in practice it gave rise to a different reality, showing that the Israeli infrastructures are vulnerable. The war actually shattered the legend of invincibility of ...
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Is Trump lying about Fordow Nuclear Site Attack?
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Is Trump lying about Fordow Nuclear Site Attack?

Monday 30 June 2025 ،
Trump desperately needs to feign success in his aggression on Iran as intelligence reports says his attack on nuclear sites was not as successful as he claims. Alwaght- While the US President Donald Trump claims that Iranian nuclear sites have been obliterated in the American air attacks a week ago, ...
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With Fresh Israeli War on Iran Looking Highly Likely, Can Tel Aviv Withstand a New Heavy Blow?
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With Fresh Israeli War on Iran Looking Highly Likely, Can Tel Aviv Withstand a New Heavy Blow?

Wednesday 2 July 2025 ،
defense and nuclear infrastructure withstood the attacks, and the Islamic Republic’s missile capabilities remained strong even after the end of the conflict. At the same time, Iranian society, although struggling with economic problems and external pressures, reacted differently to foreign ag ...
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Iraq, the Strategic Middle Ground During Israeli-Iranian War
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Iraq, the Strategic Middle Ground During Israeli-Iranian War

Thursday 3 July 2025 ،
defense capabilities commensurate with the scale of regional threats. In the face of these flagrant and repeated violations of Iraqi territorial sovereignty, 55 members of parliament, mostly from factions close to the resistance factions, called for an emergency session of parliament. But instead o ...
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Robust Yemeni Air Defense Stuns Israeli Forces
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Robust Yemeni Air Defense Stuns Israeli Forces

Wednesday 9 July 2025 ،
defense systems ALWAGHT- In their latest assault on Yemen, Israeli forces encountered unexpectedly robust air defense systems. Yemen’s Ansarullah movement recently showcased its domestically developed air defense systems by launching a strong counterattack against an Israeli airstrike, report ...
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US to Spend $1.5B on Air Bases, Ammo Depots in Israel
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US to Spend $1.5B on Air Bases, Ammo Depots in Israel

Wednesday 9 July 2025 ،
defense, the scale of investment suggests deep, long-term US military involvement. The surge in spending comes amid growing domestic pressure in the US to end arms transfers to Israel over its war on Gaza, which has killed over 57,000 Palestinians. Many of the 20-plus projects, totaling over $250 mi ...
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Israel Deadlock in Yemen: Why’s Sana’a Unbeatable?
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Israel Deadlock in Yemen: Why’s Sana’a Unbeatable?

Wednesday 9 July 2025 ،
Airport, creating a crater and injuring several people. The Israeli Air Force claimed at the time that the probable cause was a technical problem with the batteries used to strike the missile. That attack was not the first or last attack by Yemeni forces on the Israelis. The Yemeni army has attacke ...

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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.