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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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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026
Asia at the foreign ministry. Representatives from India, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan also attended. Turkmenistan typically keeps a low profile at these meetings, a posture attributed to its neutrality. Among other countries, Belarus attended as an observer. Preventing ...
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
Asia and North Africa, its geographical position, economic dependence on the sea routes, and serious limits in territorial depth have given sea a significance beyond a subordinate operation scene in the Israeli security strategy. For a regime that has a major part of its population and economic hubs ...
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Iraq, the Graveyard of American Military Strategy in West Asia
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Iraq, the Graveyard of American Military Strategy in West Asia

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
Asia's most important countries. The failure in Iraq was not a tactical incident but a collapse of a full-scale military model. In 2003, the US invaded Iraq under the ruse of weapons of mass destruction, but at strategic level, it neither managed to establish a stable political structure nor di ...
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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?
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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
Asia, a route that could serve as another branch, or a complementary path, alongside the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, known as CPEC. The third point is regional competition. Chabahar’s development benefits not only Iran but also some regional countries, and could set off economic rivalri ...
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Iran Says Oil Smuggling and Maritime Operations Will Not Avert US Defeat
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Iran Says Oil Smuggling and Maritime Operations Will Not Avert US Defeat

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
Asia. Shekarchi accused the United States of relying on unauthorized oil-smuggling routes through the strategic waterway to overcome its regional difficulties. He argued that such activities would not prevent what he described as an inevitable US defeat. Meanwhile, senior Islamic Revolution Guards ...
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Iraqi PM’s Saudi Visit and Difficult Calculus of Neurality
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Iraqi PM’s Saudi Visit and Difficult Calculus of Neurality

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
Asia analyst, told Alwaght about the motives behind al-Zaidi's trip to Riyadh at this sensitive regional juncture, saying that al-Zaidi's visit to Saudi Arabia came as the war between Yemen and Saudi Arabia has reached its peak, with the conflict potentially spilling beyond the two countries ...
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What’s Lavrov’s Mission in Tehran?
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What’s Lavrov’s Mission in Tehran?

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
Asia but also opens the door to expanded cooperation with an influential player in the Persian Gulf and along strategic energy transit routes. Jointly pushing against Washington's pressure: From diplomacy to economy One of the key objectives of the trip can be seen as exploring ways to operati ...
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Iran’s Sovereignty over Hormuz: The Road to Transform Iranian Ports into a Regional Hub
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Iran’s Sovereignty over Hormuz: The Road to Transform Iranian Ports into a Regional Hub

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
Asia Iran's biggest advantage is a combination of sea accessibility, geographical depth, and land connection with regional states. Many Central Asian countries are landlocked and rely on corridors crossing their neighbors for their imports and exports from sea. Connection of southern ports of I ...
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Iran Slams Europe for Double Standards Over US-Israeli Aggression
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Iran Slams Europe for Double Standards Over US-Israeli Aggression

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
Asia. He cited a passage from Friedrich Schiller’s play The Maid of Orleans to underscore his criticism of what he portrayed as Europe’s inconsistent stance. His remarks come amid reports that Washington and Tel Aviv are preparing for new large-scale military operations against Iran. Te ...
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
Asia and to forge a regional consensus against it. Washington and Israel have sought to manufacture false threats, citing Iran's peaceful nuclear program and regional influence, to pave the way for coalition-building against Tehran and to lend legitimacy to their own aggressive, warmongering ac ...

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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.