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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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Lessons Learned from Israeli-Iranian War
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Lessons Learned from Israeli-Iranian War

Tuesday 5 August 2025
Defense Intelligence Agency that assessed the results as limited, some nuclear experts also downplayed the significance and impact of these results, arguing that their maximum impact was to delay Iran’s nuclear program. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, ...
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UN Envoy Rejects PGCC Accusations Against Iran
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UN Envoy Rejects PGCC Accusations Against Iran

Tuesday 5 August 2025 ،
The Iranian envoy to the UN rejected what he described as “unfounded” assertions about Iran in a recent PGCC statement ALWAGHT- The Iranian envoy to the UN rejected what he described as “unfounded” assertions about Iran in a recent PGCC statement. In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-G ...
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How Likely is a Second Israeli War on Iran Amid Tel Aviv’s Impasse?
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How Likely is a Second Israeli War on Iran Amid Tel Aviv’s Impasse?

Saturday 9 August 2025 ،
Defense and Security Studies in the Britain, concluded in a note that Israel had to end the war with Iran very quickly, otherwise its economy could face a major crisis. Another estimate, by British Royal Institute for Defense and Security Studies, suggests that Israel in the first two days of war s ...
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Tehran: Lebanon Needs Military Power for Self-Defense
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Tehran: Lebanon Needs Military Power for Self-Defense

Monday 11 August 2025 ،
Despite Western calls for Hezbollah to disarm, maintaining military strength is vital to safeguarding Lebanon’s inherent right to self-defense ALWAGHT- Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has stated that, despite Western calls for Hezbollah to disarm, maintaining military strength is vital to sa ...
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Kim Jong Un Presses for Nuclear Acceleration as US–South Korea Conduct War Games
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Kim Jong Un Presses for Nuclear Acceleration as US–South Korea Conduct War Games

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
Kim Jong-un has called for the accelerated expansion of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities ALWAGHT- Kim Jong-un has called for the accelerated expansion of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities in response to what he described as “obvious” war provocations from joint US–South Ko ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
Defense Diplomacy in Syria: The signing of a military cooperation and training agreement with the Syrian government signals Turkey's effort to solidify its position and create a more united front against Israeli operations in the country. Last month, Ankara and Damascus signed a deal under which ...
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif outlined the agreement, saying: If needed, Pakistan's nuclear program will be made available to Saudi Arabia according to the defense pact. The Pakistani Defense Minister emphasized that this agreement is similar to NATO, meaning if one party is attacked, the other ...
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Iran’s Obtaining of Israeli Nuclear and Military Intelligence: 7 Strategic Impacts
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Iran’s Obtaining of Israeli Nuclear and Military Intelligence: 7 Strategic Impacts

Saturday 27 September 2025 ،
Iran has dealt a major intelligence blow to Israel whose impacts are expected to be painful. Alwaght- Earlier in June and a few days before the Israeli war on Iran, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry unveiled a complicated operation that led to transferring to the country a large number of documents ...
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?

Sunday 28 September 2025 ،
Defense of Democracies (FDD), the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Atlantic Council, Carnegie Endowment, and Hudson Institute—along with several European policy centers, each analyzed the battle from different angles. Some focused o ...
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts

Saturday 4 October 2025 ،
The Israeli economy is counting the costs of war and the government is increasingly directing its resources to keep the war machine running. Alwaght- As Tel Aviv approaches the second anniversary of Hamas's Operation Al-Aqsa Storm and the invasion of Gaza, Netanyahu government continues to pour ...

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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.