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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 Diesel Prices Reach Record $6.23/Gallon Amid Supply Shortage
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US Diesel Prices Reach Record $6.23/Gallon Amid Supply Shortage

Monday 14 September 2026
of the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on Russian refineries. The disruption has intensified as Saudi Arabia shut down its East-West oil pipeline following a drone strike, while Yemen's Ansarullah took control of Perim island near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The twin disruptions have pushed Brent cr ...
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Saudi Arabia Vs. Yemen: End of No-peace, No-war Game
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Saudi Arabia Vs. Yemen: End of No-peace, No-war Game

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
of conflict have delivered a totally different outcome. After years of bombing the neighboring country and suffering heavy costs, Riyadh finally had to agree to a ceasefire, creating a state of no war, no peace. The most important achievement of the kingdom in recent years was not victory but mainta ...
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
70 meters. Post-attack imagery shows numerous fragment strikes on buildings, vehicles, and streets in the surrounding area. Washington has confirmed the use of PrSM missiles in Iran but denied that one struck Lamerd. Yet six weapons experts who spoke with The Associated Press, based on the availabl ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
7,000 people from Afghanistan to Bahrain. Figures about the US fleet in Bahrain American naval footprint in Bahrain traces back to 1971, when, after Bahrain gained independence, the US Navy leased part of the former British facilities. In 1995, Washington reactivated the Fifth Fleet, and by 1997 t ...
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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 ،
of Minab Still Draw the Sun.” The week-long exhibition at the UN headquarters in Geneva showcases paintings by children from Minab, depicting the suffering caused by US and Israeli attacks on Iran and the destruction of their once peaceful lives. Many of the artworks were created by students ...
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Iran Confronted US, Israel in a Way No Other Country Dared
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Iran Confronted US, Israel in a Way No Other Country Dared

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
officials stressed the importance of unity among the Army, IRGC, government, and public, saying such cohesion had thwarted efforts to create divisions inside Iran. Akraminia also said unified command had undermined US psychological warfare efforts.
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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 ،
of Yemeni Ansarullah movement's control over Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and strategic islands in the Red Sea is a geopolitical development whose reverberations will go far beyond Yemen's borders. For the Israeli regime, such a development can stor changes to security and economic equations on one ...
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Pentagon Acknowledges F-35 Was Struck by Iranian Forces During War
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Pentagon Acknowledges F-35 Was Struck by Iranian Forces During War

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
of several aircraft, helicopters, and more than 30 drones, while an F-35A sustained combat damage for the first time in its operational history. The report also highlighted significant depletion of US precision-guided munitions, putting pressure on military stockpiles and supply chains. Defense off ...
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
of Hormuz, Israelis and Americans are seeking to open new fronts, observers agree. Alwaght- On Monday morning, Molawi Yousef Gargij, the imam of a Sunni mosque in the Iranian city of Zahdan was assassinated by unknown gunmen in front of his house. This assassination is the latest in a chain of atta ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
701 serving as the primary basis for the truce.  Turning to post-ceasefire developments, he stressed that Tel Aviv adhered to neither the spirit nor the content of the ceasefire. The truce was violated more than 10,000 times, and over 500 Lebanese citizens, including a number of Hezbollah offi ...

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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.