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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 Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?

Monday 8 December 2025
Barrack announced that the Turkish government is due to decommission Russian-supplied S-400, a move paving the way to receive the F-35s in the next six months. The American diplomat added that Ankara plays an important role in the F-35 program, and four of this model of fighter jet are now ready fo ...
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Dark Israeli-Syrian Security Negotiations Outlook
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Dark Israeli-Syrian Security Negotiations Outlook

Tuesday 6 January 2026 ،
Barrack and Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaybani.  AFP reported that this meeting comes as a result of Trump administration's pressures on Israel and Syria for a deal that will stabilize the situation on the shared borders and will possibly mark the first step in broader normalization ...
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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara
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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara

Wednesday 7 January 2026 ،
Barrack, the US special envoy for Syria, has earlier underscored that Washington supports “a unified Syria with one nation, one army, and one government,” effectively dismissing the Syrian Kurds’ demands in their entirety. Against this backdrop, Turkey is seeking American go ahead ...
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Breaking the Ice: Iran’s Araghchi Visit to Beirut Signals New Chapter
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Breaking the Ice: Iran’s Araghchi Visit to Beirut Signals New Chapter

Sunday 11 January 2026 ،
Barrack, the army, beside gradual demilitarization of the regions on the border with the occupied territories south of Litani River, was tasked with full disarming of Hezbollah by end of 2025 according to an ultimatum. Despite repeated threats from the Israelis and Americans of waging another war o ...
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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 ،
Barrack, the US envoy for Syria, who warned that if the Kurds failed to reach an agreement with Damascus by the end of December 2025, “alternative options” would be considered. Developments over the past two weeks show that regional and local actors have stepped up pressure on the Kurds ...
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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 ،
Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria who had recently visited Erbil to talk to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) leaders, is expected to fill the position.  Two Iraqi officials said that Sawaya was expected to visit Iraq Friday and meet senior officials in Baghdad, ...
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated

Friday 27 February 2026 ،
Barrack to discuss with Iraqi officials the political and security matters.  Barrack met Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Monday and discussed with him bilateral ties and regional developments. In the meeting, the two sides held extensive talks on the process of forming the Iraqi governm ...
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Resistance Camp’s Showdown War against Israel: Hezbollah at the Forefront
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Resistance Camp’s Showdown War against Israel: Hezbollah at the Forefront

Monday 9 March 2026 ،
After Iran’s retaliation, Hezbollah as a leading branch of Axis of Resistance engaged in fighting against Hezbollah for a decisive result. Alwaght- Iran’s warning that the region could sink into a wide-ranging war came true sooner than the US and Israel regime expected and now a vast part of t ...
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Iran Struck Far More US Military Assets Than Reported, Says New Assessment
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Iran Struck Far More US Military Assets Than Reported, Says New Assessment

Thursday 7 May 2026 ،
Iran’s retaliatory airstrikes inflicted considerably greater damage on US military assets throughout the region than was officially recognized ALWAGHT- According to satellite imagery, Iran's retaliatory airstrikes inflicted considerably greater damage on US military assets throughout the region ...
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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 ،
The US media outlets begin to focus on the damage to the American assets in Persian Gulf amid Trump administration’s censorship. Alwaght- As the living costs, especially the fuel, rise in the US, one of the constant criticisms of the opponents of the warmongering of the Trump administration is the d ...

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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.