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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 Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026
US is shifting from direct military presence to security partnership with Baghdad. Alwaght- After 23 years of occupation of Iraq, the US forces are scheduled to withdraw from the country by September's end. In recent days, reports and comments by Iraqi officials suggested an accelerated process ...
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Algeria finds UAE’s interventionist policies in North Africa detrimental to the Algerian and regional interests. Alwaght- Interventionist policies of the UAE in West Asia and North Africa have brought the relations of Abu Dhabi with a number of regional countries to a critical point, with some choos ...
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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 ،
Beaten in the war and Strait 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 ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
In a move largely seen by Iraqis as incalculated and naive, Iraqi government submitted to US order to ban Iranian flights. Alwaght- After Washington launched a fresh propaganda campaign against Iran’s aviation industry spearheaded by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who called on Wednesday for ...
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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 ،
While Russia seeks to make Afghanistan an atmosphere of peace to eliminate terrorism backgrounds, Pakistan-Afghanistan rifts have proven a frustration. Alwaght- Since 2017 that the Qatari-mediated US-Taliban talks grew more serious, Moscow Format talks started and so far eight rounds of them were he ...
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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 ،
Iran is working to involve other parties in its economic projects to benefit from a network of regional corridors. Alwaght- In recent days, reports of Iran leasing lands in southern Iran to Afghanistan has ignited reactions online. But the reality is different from from what has been circulated by s ...
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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 ،
Iraqi PM knows that if things boil over in Yemen, Iraqi resistance groups will escalate in solidarity with Sana’a against Saudi Arabia. Alwaght- Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi, who has made various regional visits in recent months aimed at shoring up bilateral ties and expanding political a ...
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
Iran sees the trip by Pakistani army chief not a sign of true American intention for peace but a demonstrative diplomacy under the shadow of war. Alwaght- On Tuesday, in an important and attention-grabbing visit to Iran, the Pakistani army chief Asim Munir arrived in Tehran and held meetings with se ...
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Iran: US Political Targets Could Be Legitimate if Assassinations Resume
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Iran: US Political Targets Could Be Legitimate if Assassinations Resume

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
Tensions also intensified over the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran maintaining that reopening the strategic waterway depends on a comprehensive ceasefire, relief from US sanctions on oil sales and the release of $12 billion in frozen assets. Tehran has called on the United Nations Security Council to co ...
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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 ،
Iran’s proper management of transit in the Strait of Hormuz can make its transit the destination for imported and exported routes goods. Alwaght- This year's geopolitical developments in the Persian Gulf have pushed the region's maritime trade and transit equations to new heights. Escalation ...

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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.