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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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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?
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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?

Sunday 10 May 2026
base and this is putting the government in a state of weakness against Hezbollah, making it fail to impose its agenda at home.  Mr Hanizadeh added: The Lebanese prime minister’s trip to Syria and his meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa is also being seen as an effort to tighten coordination bet ...
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
Army’s regional headquarters. Washington's restrictions on satellite imagery of its damaged bases continue According the Washington Post, the restrictions on release of satellite imagery from the sites of Iran's attacks continue to choke information from the American bases, making ga ...
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
baseless. The Times of Israel has reported that Trump, by signing possible agreement with Tehran, risks sinking in even worse situation, while Iran, though having taken military and economic damages, can counter Washington with a stronger leverage as it has shown that it can control one-fifth of th ...
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Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity
Report

Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
based violence amid the conflict. In 2025 and 2026, several major UN reports accused Israeli forces of acts falling under “conflict-related sexual violence”, including rape, gang rape, forced nudity, sexual torture, genital violence, humiliating body searches, and threats of rape agains ...
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With His Move against Arms of Resistance Groups, Iraq’s Al-Sadr is Playing in Trump’s Game
Report

With His Move against Arms of Resistance Groups, Iraq’s Al-Sadr is Playing in Trump’s Game

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
bases in the US that have inflicted major damages on the American forces and military installations, showing that Iraqi resistance still holds its high battlefield capabilities. The resistance power gain is driving the Americans worried and Washington, using its pressure levers and also some of Ira ...
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Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks
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Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
base, has now become a pretext for destroying Lebanon's infrastructure. Some Israeli hardliners openly say that the security of northern Israel can only be achieved through a fundamental change in the reality across the border, in other words, the annihilation of everything in southern Lebanon. ...
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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 ،
base in Syria recently. According to the report, the ship sailed from St. Petersburg in March and docked in Tartus port in May. The deployed fleet included the vessel Sparta, owned by its parent companies, SC South and Oboronlogistics, alongside the Russian frigate Admiral Kasatonov and another war ...
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"
Analysis

Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
based on a single standard. Recalling that Iraq's Shiites have always been targets of hostile schemes, he warned: Today they are targeting the resistance groups. Tomorrow it will be the Popular Mobilization Forces. Then they will go after the army itself, until nothing is left to defend Iraq. P ...
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?
Analysis

Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?

Tuesday 9 June 2026 ،
bases, as well as petrochemical plants in Haifa, causing significant damage. The heavy strikes not only prevented the equation Netanyahu sought to cement in southern Lebanon from taking shape, but also made the situation for Tel Aviv more complicated than ever. Iran focused its attacks on the north ...
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences

Monday 15 June 2026 ،
Army Radio reported that the Israeli military has established permanent posts and bases in the buffer zone between the border wall and Jordan River. Suggesting that establishing military bases on the borders of the occupied Palestine and Jordan is unusual, the media outlet said that units of militar ...

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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.