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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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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?

Wednesday 10 June 2026
failure  Inside the occupied territories, observers do not rate this confrontation affirmatively. Some analysts have been blunt that Israel has failed to realize its objectives and even in some areas has faced new challenges.  Ronen Bergman, Israeli journalist, author, and senior militar ...
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump

Sunday 14 June 2026 ،
failure for his own country.  One thing is crystal clear: the damage has been massive, and American families will have to pay the price,” he said. This is far from the first time Trump has lied about going to war with Iran. CNN’s fact-check count shows the US president has lied at ...
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?

Tuesday 16 June 2026 ،
failure to achieve the maximum US and Israeli objectives against Iran appears to have been a key reason for the halt. Many Western analysts believe that early in the war, some circles in Washington and Tel Aviv hoped military pressure would lead to a serious weakening, or even collapse, of Iran&rsqu ...
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Trump’s Hormuz Gamble Fails: Why Do Markets No Longer Trust Washington’s Promises?
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Trump’s Hormuz Gamble Fails: Why Do Markets No Longer Trust Washington’s Promises?

Sunday 19 July 2026 ،
failure to checking rallying oil prices From the very first days of the US aggression against Iran, one of the White House's top concerns was preventing an oil price spike, because a sharp jump in energy costs would put enormous pressure on the American economy, domestic inflation, and global f ...
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
failure of the diplomacy between Riyadh and Sana'a but rise of a new balance of power among the Persian Gulf Arab states, disclosing more than any other time the gap of interests between the former allies.  Thinking that the geopolitical tumult in the region has opened a new window to tran ...
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?

Wednesday 5 August 2026 ،
failure, and endless concessions. He accused Israel of spending the past 15 months pursuing a strategy of gradually destroying the resistance, using every diabolical tool to target their movement. He also addressed the Lebanese officials, warning that with this approach, Lebanon's political lead ...
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
failure of Saudi war strategies. In the war’s early years, Saudi Arabia tried to leverage air superiority and support for Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which fled Sana'a and dweled in Aden in the south, to tilt both the political and military equation in its favor. ...
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
failure to reach peace, pointing out that the war has put America's Arab allies in an uncomfortable bind. Trump, the network observed, is now contending not just with Tehran, but with the regional blowback of his own policy. Warnings by American think tanks American think tanks, for their part ...
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
failure of Patriot and THAAD batteries in Jordan. The American military assessments now indicate that Iranian missiles possess greater terminal-phase maneuverability, making interception harder even for advanced systems like the Patriot. The American officials told The Wall Street Journal that the ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
failure of the plot they hatched against Hamas in Gaza are emerging day by day. The latest sign of this reality can be seen in the welcome of the Palestinian groups to designing the roadmap to Palestinian future in a meeting with Hamas leader in Cairo. Khalid al-Hayya, the newly-appointed Hamas lea ...

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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.