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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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Iran War Bill for the US:$33.4 Billion Just Until Ceasefire
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Iran War Bill for the US:$33.4 Billion Just Until Ceasefire

Friday 18 September 2026
Secretary Pete Hegseth about the shortage. Now, however, an official body under the War Department is stating plainly that munitions consumption in the Iran war has created a strategic shortfall in stockpiles. The phrase carries real weight in military terms: it does not refer merely to a temporary ...
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
Analysis

Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Secretary Pete Hegseth, with a final recommendation due by November 6. The public rollout of the plan is hardly coincidental as it marks the culmination of a process launched in June with a six-month review of the US military posture in Europe. Albridge Colby, the Pentagon's strategy chief, fr ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Secretary Pete Hegseth and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, the Pentagon chief said the US, Iraq and coalition partners had achieved remarkable successes in defeating ISIS, and that Iraqi security forces, including the Peshmerga and other security forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, would now ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
Secretary Scott Bessent who called on Wednesday for all countries to halt flights and airport services for Iranian passenger planes, Iraq’s initial move to cancel flights to and from Iran triggered a wave of backlash at home, from public opinion to elites and politicians alike. In a surprisin ...
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Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei Pays Tribute to Nasrallah, Reiterates Iran’s Commitment
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Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei Pays Tribute to Nasrallah, Reiterates Iran’s Commitment

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
Defense Week, Ayatollah Khamenei recalled Iran’s 1980–1988 war with Iraq as a period of national unity and resistance against foreign influence. He linked the conflict to earlier episodes of Western involvement in Iran, including the nationalization of the oil industry and the US-backed ...
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Honesty, Bluntness, and Resistance Are Secrets Making Nasrallah Remembered: Iranian Expert
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Honesty, Bluntness, and Resistance Are Secrets Making Nasrallah Remembered: Iranian Expert

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
Under Nasrallah, Hezbollah transformed from an internal actor to one with regional and even international standings. Alwaght- As Lebanon and the region mark the second anniversary of martyrdom of Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, regional affairs expert Saadullah Zaree in an exclusive piece t ...
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
The US will work to deepen its non-military influence in Iraq, mainly in economy and decision-making areas. Alwaght- West Asia affairs expert Sayyed Hadi Afghahi in an interview with Alwaght pointed to the American military withdrawal from Iraq, saying that this is not an end to the American presenc ...
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Iran Says Washington Must Clarify Response to Seven Conditions for Ending War
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Iran Says Washington Must Clarify Response to Seven Conditions for Ending War

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
Tehran considers Washington’s response to its seven conditions for ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz insufficient ALWAGHT- Major General Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Sunday, October 11, that Tehran considers Washington’s re ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
Defense Department is reporting those numbers. The Washington Post previously reported, citing six US officials, that the true death toll may be higher than what is logged in the Pentagon’s public database. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected that report. But the temporary removal of seve ...
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a phone conversation with Lebanese President Michel Aoun urged the government not to give in to Hezbollah’s push to hand over the explosives shipment.  Beirut's policy, thus, dovetails with Washington's demand that Hezbollah disarm, and in practi ...

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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.