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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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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers

Sunday 16 August 2026
off from these homes and tens of Palestinians are in critical conditions. A primary target of these attacks is Palestinian agriculture, which is the lifeblood of thousands of families. In the hills south of Hebron and around Nablus, settlers have repeatedly stormed farmlands, uprooting hundreds of ...
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Aoun’s Political Suicide with Silence to Israeli Aggression
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Aoun’s Political Suicide with Silence to Israeli Aggression

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
official protest and real action to stop the aggression. The new strikes come despite a US-backed framework agreement that was supposed to cement a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israeli regime and kickstart a phased withdrawal of Israeli forces from the south. Instead, Tel Aviv has not only pressed ...
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
off on it. The time for negotiation, they insisted, was over. What was needed now was not backtracking, but compelling the Israeli regime to follow through. The delegation also reminded Kushner of Washington's earlier pledge: if Hamas agreed, the US would secure Israel's buy-in. And through ...
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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 ،
off, the paper warned, risks casting Trump as the steward of a war that undercuts one of the core pillars of his political identity. CNN, meanwhile, reported that Trump and his team are now banking entirely on economic pressure to eventually force Tehran to accept US terms. But that pivot, from mil ...
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
official schedule included meetings with senior Iraqi officials, discussing mutual cooperation, security of borders, fight against terrorism, and expansion of trade ties, the developments of the recent days suggest that both Iraq and Iran by managing some issues are trying to avoid some suspicious m ...
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
officials and analysts counter that Washington has already deployed nearly every sanctions tool in its arsenal over the past few decades, and that Iran has spent that same period refining its own playbook for evading penalties and preserving trade and financial lifelines. The AP, in its own reportin ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
off every source of revenue for Iran and seal the routes that allow Tehran to sell oil, move its money around, and bring its earnings back home. He also called on countries and companies doing business with Iran to sever their ties, warning that they would otherwise face secondary sanctions. The l ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
offering little in the way of the advanced industrial goods Iran needs. This mismatch sharply constrains trade potential. The hard truth is this: for trade to flourish, the financial and settlement channels must be fixed first, followed by upgrades to border and transport infrastructure. Without tha ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
officials. Kurdistan's Rudaw news network reported that the BBC, citing some American officials, reported on Saturday that Pentagon has notified the Kurdish leaders that it will not extend its agreement with Peshmerga Ministry that will expire September 30. The report adds thar, the decision w ...
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
official, found that, on average, roughly 12 Ukrainian soldiers went missing or fled each month during military drills in Poland. That data, covering 2024, underscores a grim reality: even training far from the front lines has not been spared from the manpower desertions in the Ukrainian army. A co ...

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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.