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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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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026
Assad base, coinciding with the rising tensions in eastern Syria and the escape of ISIS elements, is far from a simple event. By relocating its troops to the Kurdistan Region and decreasing its footprint in areas controlled by the central government, Washington is not only cutting its security cost ...
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.

Friday 23 January 2026 ،
Assad’s fall, the Kurds of Syria have found themselves in predicament. After al-Assad was toppled by al-Jolani’s fighters later in 2024, Syrian home dynamics and outlook underwent important changes, causing gradual challenges to the Kurds who in previous years had managed to, with the US ...
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back

Monday 26 January 2026 ،
Assad earlier innDecember 2024. For nearly a decade, the Kurds administered parts of Aleppo and Hasakah, seeking to use these territories as the foundation for an autonomous state. However, developments in recent weeks seem to have shattered that long-standing ambition. From this perspective, the ...
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Dismissal of Special Envoy Sawaya Showcase of Trump’s Failure Story in Iraq
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Dismissal of Special Envoy Sawaya Showcase of Trump’s Failure Story in Iraq

Monday 2 February 2026 ،
Assad military base in Iraq's Anbar province, Washington has made a diplomatic retreat, too. Informed sources in Iraq on Sunday reported that Mark Sawaya who was appointed by Trump in October as the US special envoy to Baghdad, was dismissed from his post. A source on the know referred to his m ...
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Why Are Arabs and Turkey against US War on Iran?
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Why Are Arabs and Turkey against US War on Iran?

Saturday 21 February 2026 ،
Assad airbase in Iraq in response to assassination of Iran's anti-terror general Qassem Suleimani. The attack, as admitted by Trump, caused traumatic brain injuries to the American troops stationed in the base. So, the fact that Iran maintains military response to the American bases in the regio ...
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Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Growing Role in Regional Conflict: Why and How?
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Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Growing Role in Regional Conflict: Why and How?

Tuesday 7 April 2026 ،
Assad military base in Anbar to Harir base in Erbil and also evacuated its diplomatic missions across the country, the resistance forces carried out attacks on the American interests in neighboring countries and Israeli regime.  Ashab Al-Kahf, a nascent group, claimed responsibility for attack ...
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Are Lebanon-Israel Talks a Lebanese Civil War Trigger?
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Are Lebanon-Israel Talks a Lebanese Civil War Trigger?

Thursday 16 April 2026 ،
Assad, when Israelis occupied new territories under the excuse of rise to power of terrorists in Damascus. Since the government of Netanyahu is aspring to form Greater Israel, occupation of southern Lebanon is part of its agenda. Israel is seeking to agitate a civil war to put popular strain on He ...
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IRGC General Threatens Swift Retaliation for Future Attacks
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IRGC General Threatens Swift Retaliation for Future Attacks

Sunday 26 April 2026 ،
Assadi, deputy commander of the Khatam al-Anbia General Headquarters, emphasized that regional issues are not the US's business and that Iran will not allow any foreign interference in the Persian Gulf or Strait of Hormuz. He also warned the US and Israel that Iran's armed forces and resist ...
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
Assad’s fall in 2024 was largely due to his trust in financial aid and reconstruction promises from Arab states like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, a trust that led him to effectively ask Iran to pull its forces out of Syria.  Then came Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on October ...
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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 ،
Assad in late 2024, comes as Syria’s new government, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has not only refrained from opposing Russia’s presence despite a history of direct military confrontation with Russian forces but appears actively eager ...

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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.