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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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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?
Analysis

Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?

Saturday 19 April 2025
CNN cited Steve Witkoff as saying that Iran could be allowed low-level enrichment, namely the level needed to generate electricity. However, the tone of the Americans changed shortly after, with Witkoff in a message posted online, saying that Iran must stop and destroy its nuclear enrichment and wea ...
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
CNN. Fighter jets on ships are typically towed to where they are needed for any sort of flight or maintenance.  World astonished by Yemen's domestically-developed technology  While Yemen has been under most strict economic, military, and political blockade by the Saudi-led Arab coali ...
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Is Trump lying about Fordow Nuclear Site Attack?
Analysis

Is Trump lying about Fordow Nuclear Site Attack?

Monday 30 June 2025 ،
CNN first published the DIA report, citing unnamed officials who said that the impact of the US strikes on all three sites was largely limited to the above-ground structures, which were severely damaged, but the underground facilities were not significantly damaged. On the other hand, two people fa ...
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Israeli Soldiers Returning from Gaza War Increasingly Commit Suicide
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Israeli Soldiers Returning from Gaza War Increasingly Commit Suicide

Monday 14 July 2025 ،
CNN in a report sheds light on the fate of the 40-years-old Eliran Mizrahi, the father of four children who was deployed to Gaza after October 7. Family of this reservist told CNN that he was another man after return from the battleground. The report suggests that six months after deployment to Gaza ...
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Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media
Analysis

Trump and the Desire for Attacking the Media

Saturday 19 July 2025 ،
CNN in a report citing the freedom of press advocates said that Trump is intentionally inflaming an atmosphere hostile to independent reporting on media. According to the report, 1 out of 3 journalists in the US say they face violence or threat of violence. “President Trump is a champion of f ...
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Israel Sinks in Protests: Why Are Israelis against Netanyahu War?
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Israel Sinks in Protests: Why Are Israelis against Netanyahu War?

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
CNN: We are united in a simple demand from the Israeli cabinet: to end the war in exchange for the return of the last prisoners. It is time to end the terrible nightmare that the entire country has been living in for 22 months.  Also, according to the results of a new poll conducted by Israel& ...
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?
Analysis

Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?

Monday 15 September 2025 ،
CNN: This response is currently being consulted and discussed with other partners, and a decision on the matter is expected to be made at the Arab and Islamic Summit to be held in Doha. In such circumstances, the only formal collective defense tool among these nations, the Peninsula Shield Force (P ...
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Blackmailing Baghdad: What Happened in Turkish FM’s Iraq Visit?
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Blackmailing Baghdad: What Happened in Turkish FM’s Iraq Visit?

Monday 3 November 2025 ،
CNN that four consecutive years of drastically reduced river flows, rainfall, and snowpack had “paralyzed the country's reserves.” He warned at the time, “Iraq is in a critical situation regarding its water reserves.” Shamal highlighted Iraq’s extreme vulnerability ...
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Trump Struggles to Escape Epstein Scandal
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Trump Struggles to Escape Epstein Scandal

Wednesday 19 November 2025 ،
CNN-published photos appear to show Epstein attending Trump's wedding to his former wife, Marla Maples. In a 2002 interview, Trump praised Epstein as a terrific guy. Epstein himself later claimed, I was Donald's closest friend for 10 years. According to Trump, their friendship soured in th ...
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Death of Abu Shabab a Blow to Tel Aviv’s Gaza Plans
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Death of Abu Shabab a Blow to Tel Aviv’s Gaza Plans

Saturday 6 December 2025 ،
CNN, a majority of the members of Popular Forces group were deployed to the occupied parts of Gaza by Israel. According to Mohammed Shahadeh, an expert of Palestinian affairs at European Foreign Relations Council, Abu Shabab’s militias has hundreds of members and before retreat to Israeli-occu ...

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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.