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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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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground
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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground

Friday 26 December 2025
undermine Aleppo’s security or threaten the safety of its residents will be dealt with decisively in accordance with the law and deterrent regulations.” SANA also reported that a number of residents of the Al-Maydan neighborhood in Aleppo were displaced after residential areas were targ ...
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
under investigation and officials have yet to comment, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. Afghanistan, the new safe haven of ISIS When in 2017 it lost territories it had captured in Syria and Iraq in 2014, ISIS shifted to Afghanistan to make it a new stronghold for its terror cells. ...
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Rafah Border Crossing: A Safe Gate or an Entrance to a Large Open-Air Prison?
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Rafah Border Crossing: A Safe Gate or an Entrance to a Large Open-Air Prison?

Monday 2 February 2026 ،
under strict security measures and complex screening. However, the way of the reopening soon turned the Palestinian hope into disillusionment. Amid Israeli arrangements and new rules set for reopening of the key crossing, what grabbed public and media attention the most was the special tunnel the I ...
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Shiites, the Main Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan
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Shiites, the Main Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan

Monday 9 February 2026 ،
underscores the persistent targeting of Pakistan’s Shiite community by extremist groups and the continued fragility of their security. The pattern reveals a deliberate strategy by militants to focus on Shiites, aiming to fuel sectarian strife and broader instability across the nation. This at ...
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Lebanese President, Hezbollah Condemn Israeli Killings in Bekaa Region
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Lebanese President, Hezbollah Condemn Israeli Killings in Bekaa Region

Saturday 21 February 2026 ،
undermining Lebanon’s diplomatic efforts, particularly with the United States, to stabilize the region. He called on countries supporting regional stability to act immediately to halt the strikes, enforce international resolutions, and protect Lebanon’s sovereignty, security, and territo ...
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Quds Day in Iran: Street Has the Battlefield’s Back
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Quds Day in Iran: Street Has the Battlefield’s Back

Sunday 15 March 2026 ،
under rain and indeed under the bombing of the Israeli-American aggression for rallies marking this event and so they created another epic. This year’s Quds Day rallies became historic as the Israeli-American camp despite heavy bombardment of the capital and other cities failed to break the r ...
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Two Sides of War: Iranians in Streets, Israelis in Shelters
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Two Sides of War: Iranians in Streets, Israelis in Shelters

Wednesday 1 April 2026 ،
undermining the independence secured more than four decades through the sacrifice of thousands. Setting aside all ethnic, religious, and political differences, Iranians are once more speaking with one voice, calling for resilience and the defense of their homeland. Against what is considered the wo ...
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Gaps Deepen as Trump and MAGA Ties Are at Fresh Juncture
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Gaps Deepen as Trump and MAGA Ties Are at Fresh Juncture

Sunday 19 April 2026 ،
undermining the US. Creating a largely polarized view, this movement has halved the American society into the American and non-American and Christian and Muslim, and communist and capitalist poles, managing to magnetize a massive body of right-wing supporters. Indeed, that does not mean there's ...
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Western Media Shared Blame for Gaza Genocide, Iran Declares
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Western Media Shared Blame for Gaza Genocide, Iran Declares

Saturday 2 May 2026 ،
underscore the immense human toll of the ongoing Israeli assault, which Baghaei and others have characterized as a genocide facilitated in large part by mainstream Western media's complicity.
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Gaza Months after Ceasefire Deal: The Reality of Dream Trump Sold to the Palestinians and World
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Gaza Months after Ceasefire Deal: The Reality of Dream Trump Sold to the Palestinians and World

Sunday 3 May 2026 ،
under a US-brokered deal. Alwaght- While the US President Donald Trump with the ceasefire deal and the Board of Peace initiative tried to present a beautiful image of the future of Gaza, the realities on the ground show that nearly seven months after truce, there is no correlation between that image ...

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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.