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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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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?

Monday 15 September 2025
Arab monarchies’ security is at stake and this puts the effectiveness of Peninsula Shield Force to test. Alwaght- Recent Israeli attack on Qatar targeting the Hamas leaders has marked a turning point in West Asia security equations. Until now, many Arab countries were thinking that the range of Isra ...
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
Arabic, from entering parliament. The reality is that the presence of resistance groups within Iraq's political structure means less room for US maneuverability and influence projection in the country. In recent years, these groups have used political tools and pressure on the government to tur ...
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‘Israel’ Helped Shape Trump’s Gaza Plan
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‘Israel’ Helped Shape Trump’s Gaza Plan

Tuesday 30 September 2025 ،
Arab actors have been mixed. Hamas is cautiously reviewing the plan, emphasizing that Palestinian rights and sovereignty must remain central, while Palestinian Islamic Jihad outright rejected it as an extension of Israeli-American interests. Displaced Gazans expressed skepticism, Saudi Arabia stress ...
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Fatah Between Demise and Strategic Review of Approaches
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Fatah Between Demise and Strategic Review of Approaches

Saturday 11 October 2025 ،
Arab summits and hoped international pressures, mainly by Arab countries and Europe, would force a two-state solution. Instead, the proposed Trump plan not only sidelines Hamas but also explicitly wants the PA out of future administration of Gaza—a shock that has left the movement reeling. Se ...
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Cairo Meeting: Hamas’s Push for Second Stage of Ceasefire
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Cairo Meeting: Hamas’s Push for Second Stage of Ceasefire

Saturday 25 October 2025 ،
Arab countries to pave the way for implementation of the second stage of the truce. Though some sources have admitted that Trump administration is pressing the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep the ceasefire, the presence of American representatives in the region shows that the US in ...
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Al-Jolani and Syria Breakup Mystery
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Al-Jolani and Syria Breakup Mystery

Tuesday 28 October 2025 ،
Arab country into a partition serving Israel and the US. Alwaght- In December 2024, with the fall of Damascus to rebel militias led by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and formation of interim government headed by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (officially Ahmad al-Sharaa), many observers of Syria affairs suggest ...
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The Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque: The Epicenter of Zionism’s Civilizational Clash
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The Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque: The Epicenter of Zionism’s Civilizational Clash

Saturday 1 November 2025 ،
Arab and Western countries rests on a plan to divide Al-Quds and formation of an independent Palestinian state. But the recent Israeli actions, especially those focusing on Al-Aqsa Mosque, bear witness to a push to practically destroy this solution since Judizing and turning Al-Aqsa Mosque into a Je ...
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Gaza Technocratic Committee, a Big Challenge of Ceasefire’s Second Stage
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Gaza Technocratic Committee, a Big Challenge of Ceasefire’s Second Stage

Saturday 1 November 2025 ،
Arab countries and international institutions. Since the US and the Israeli regime oppose any Hamas presence in this technocratic committee, the movement's leaders have confirmed they will play no role in the Gaza administration committee. According to Israeli media reports, Hamas and the Pale ...
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Blackmailing Baghdad: What Happened in Turkish FM’s Iraq Visit?
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Blackmailing Baghdad: What Happened in Turkish FM’s Iraq Visit?

Monday 3 November 2025 ،
Arab, al-Mufti outlined the complex challenges, stating, “Iraq faces complex water challenges from both internal and external factors.” He explained that Iraq ranks among the top 15 countries most vulnerable to climate change, which has slashed rainfall in the Tigris and Euphrates basins ...
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Iraq’s Elections Important, Carry Surprises: Expert
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Iraq’s Elections Important, Carry Surprises: Expert

Tuesday 4 November 2025 ،
Arab countries? Alizadeh: We can see that Turkey, Qatar, the UAE, and the United States through big money injection in Iraqi political circles are seeking to tip the scales in Iraq in their own favor. Concerning the United States, we can say that Iraq is structurally under the American occupation s ...

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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.