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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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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
Democratic Party (KDP) Masoud Barzani, made it clear that the full exit was an incorrect take, adding that such a relocation was planned from months. He added that the US will maintain part of its Patriots in Kurdish to protect its interests. There is no permanent base for the Americans in this regi ...
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache

Thursday 3 September 2026 ،
Democratic US senators sent a letter to Netanyahu demanding action against settler violence and a probe into the killings of American citizens. The mounting pressure comes as Israel’s parliamentary elections are set for October 2026, leaving Netanyahu dependent on the very same far-right bloc ...
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Everyone Opposes the War—Except Those Who Created It
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Everyone Opposes the War—Except Those Who Created It

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
Democratic lawmakers have criticized the administration’s portrayal of the war, warning of mounting casualties, rising food and fuel prices, and the risk of another endless Middle East conflict. Pressure is also building within the US military. Reports of investigations into leaks about deple ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). That very fact has made unification far more complicated than merely transferring a few units from one organization to another. At present, the KDP-affiliated structure, known as Unit 80, has moved faster along the merger track, wit ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
Democratic Union at 11, Israel Beiteinu and Atzmaut Yehudit at 9 each, and United Torah Judaism at 8. The Joint List and Shas each won 7 seats, while the Religious Zionist Party took 4. The same poll predicted that three other parties would fail to clear the electoral threshold, a scenario that, if ...
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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 ،
Democratic Forces (SDF), including anti-armor missiles and advanced munitions, could leak to terrorist networks in Syria and Iraq, or fall into the hands of the PKK, which Washington designates a terrorist organization. Trump, who has consistently spoken of a decisive withdrawal from Syria, has seiz ...
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?

Sunday 27 September 2026 ،
Democrats. The gathering aimed to coordinate party efforts, court more voters and strengthen the opposition bloc's odds of winning a majority and forming the next government. Under a joint document, each party committed to working within its own ranks to boost turnout and draw voters from dive ...
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
The US may made tactical gains in early years of war, but it ended up losing strategically as it failed to maintain its hegemonic power. Alwaght- With the announcement that the last American troops have left Iraqi soil on September 30, the case closes on more than two decades of military occupation. ...
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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 ،
Democratic Obama was forced to leave Iraq. Return to Iraq under ISIS excuse Asked about return to Iraq of the US forces, Mr Afghahi maintained that the Americans returned to Iraq under the excuse of fighting ISIS terrorist organization. After this return, the religious authority in Iraq through a ...
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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 ،
Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said during a trip to the region that the Pentagon had blocked his access to Al Udeid airbase in Qatar and refused to hold a briefing on the war. He described those moves as part of the administration’s effort to keep Congress and the public ...

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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.