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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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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?

Monday 1 June 2026
Trump now faces a different reality, one in which some regional players are uninterested to fully comply with the American demands. Within this context, any country moving out of the US orbit faces strong reaction of the White House. Against this backdrop, Oman has come under sharper scrutiny from ...
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
Analysis

Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
Trump Corridor, part of a Washington’s strategy to connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan and other regional routes across the Caucasus. While Armenian leaders see this approach as simply diversifying their economic partners, Moscow views such projects as a direct tool to shrink Russia’s geopo ...
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
Trump’s administration is grappling with internal challenges, political rifts, and economic pressures. Any entanglement in a large-scale regional war could carry heavy costs for Washington. Recently, several Republican congressmen joined Democrats in an anti-war motion, passing a resolution to ...
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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?
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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?

Tuesday 23 June 2026 ،
Trump in remarks about what could happen to the Israeli regime if the US was not offering it help said that Israel would have been blown up a long time ago, had I not gotten involved. I can stop Israeli attacks on Lebanon. They respect me and do whatever I say. These words signal beyond a political ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
Trump administration's staunch support to the Israeli expansionism and instability caused by the Israeli military operations across west Asia over the past three years. So, the new occupations are not a response to the security threats but a part of an ideological project to change the region&# ...
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Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic
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Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic

Monday 6 July 2026 ،
Trump. That was a truly remarkable and unique quality. He never said one word too many or one word too few. It was not the case that, simply because someone was an enemy, he would say whatever came to mind against them. Not at all. He said only what he genuinely believed to be true. He treated frien ...
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Martyred Leader’s Funeral Historic, Iraq Farewell Displaced Influence of Resistance in the Region: Expert
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Martyred Leader’s Funeral Historic, Iraq Farewell Displaced Influence of Resistance in the Region: Expert

Friday 10 July 2026 ،
Trump as the Yazid of our time. This stance, this discourse, this unshakable belief, channels the very spirit of the Ashura movement, and that is yet another dimension of his martyrdom and the profound outpouring of grief that has swept the Iranian people. All of these elements converge to make thi ...
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Lindsey Graham’s Enduring Support for ‘Israel’ and His War-Focused Legacy
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Lindsey Graham’s Enduring Support for ‘Israel’ and His War-Focused Legacy

Sunday 12 July 2026 ،
Trump and Israeli officials, who praised him as a steadfast ally and one of the strongest supporters of US-Israeli relations. Israeli leaders described him as a loyal friend whose backing remained unwavering throughout his political career. His passing also reignited debate over a deeply divisive l ...
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
Trump on Monday, a move aimed at highlighting the importance of the relationship between the US and Iraq and also securing Trump's support for the new cabinet. During this short time of taking the office, Al-Zaydi was praised several times by Trump's administration. Phone conversations were ...
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On a Shaky Ground: Where Will Newly-inked US-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Head?
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On a Shaky Ground: Where Will Newly-inked US-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Head?

Sunday 26 July 2026 ،
Trump was fast to frustrate the Arab kingdom. He tied implementing the agreement to Riyadh joining the Arab-Israeli normalization, officially called Abraham Accords. He also denied that Washington gave the Arab kingdom the right to develop its own local uranium enrichment program, a standing that no ...

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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.