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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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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026
tensions and dispute with the UAE has finally decided that it is impossible to continue diplomatic ties in the current conditions. In this relation, the Algerian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that it has decided to sever ties with the Emirates as it has been following all ways to save thes ...
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot
Analysis

Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
tensions in Iran's eastern regions, particularly Sistan and Baluchestan. The third objective concerns a proxy war waged by hostile intelligence services. However you look at the assassinations and insecurity in Sistan and Baluchestan, the fingerprints and designs of US and allied intelligence s ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
Analysis

Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
tensions in Iraq and fuel discontent with the al-Zaydi’s government’s performance. Therefore, Baghdad's move can create a question about the the independence in decision-making of the country, a question that, if the embargo against Iran continues by the government, will likely have ...
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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 ،
tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Russia, Iran and China are fully aware that a significant share of those tensions may be driven by American policies and actions. For now, Washington is barely reacting on Afghanistan, apparently keeping largely quiet. Only at the United Nations did an Ame ...
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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 ،
tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. During that period, crossing points and customs posts, including Torkham, Chaman, Ghulam Khan and the Khyber Pass, were shut and reopened time and again. That pushed Afghanistan to diversify its trade routes, turning to three corridors through Iran. The fi ...
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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 ،
tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Ansarullah, some experts believe that consultations on these tensions and their potential consequences for regional stability were among the primary objectives of al-Zaidi's Riyadh visit. Hassan Hanizadeh, a West Asia analyst, told Alwaght about the ...
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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 ،
tensions in the Strait of Hormuz; Washington's overreach has left little hope for reviving negotiations. Second, regional developments, particularly in Yemen, have pushed Pakistan out of its behind-the-scenes mediator role and toward a more active posture in the conflicts. Third, the border issu ...
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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 ،
An Iranian security official stated that American political figures could become legitimate targets if targeted killings of officials resume ALWAGHT- An Iranian security official stated that American political figures could become legitimate targets if targeted killings of officials resume, followin ...
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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 ،
tensions ease. Iran, the strategic bond between Indian Ocean and Central 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 ...
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
tensions and domestic political divisions in Tel Aviv. Some media reports have raised the possibility that such flights were intended to provoke Iran into responding and to create the political groundwork for a potential strike. Iraq, by virtue of its geographic position between the occupied terri ...

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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.