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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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Government Shutdown in US As Trump Threatens Mass Dismissals of Federal Workers
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Government Shutdown in US As Trump Threatens Mass Dismissals of Federal Workers

Wednesday 1 October 2025
Democratic lawmakers ALWAGHT- The United States has gone into shutdown once more as Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, were unable to reach a budget agreement with Democratic lawmakers. The US government entered a shutdown Wednesday after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on a spen ...
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Syria Elections: Al-Jolani Introducing Caliphate Rule
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Syria Elections: Al-Jolani Introducing Caliphate Rule

Sunday 5 October 2025 ،
Syrian rulers have arranged a parliamentary election where candidates are elected indirectly and a majority are under control of interim President al-Sharaa. Alwaght- Ten months after fall of President Bashar al-Assad and assumption of power by armed militias, Syria is holding its first parliamentar ...
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Iraq’s Upcoming Elections and New Composition of Political Factions
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Iraq’s Upcoming Elections and New Composition of Political Factions

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
Democratic Party led by Masoud Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan led by Bafel Talabani. Different elections  The upcoming Iraqi elections with the new law and under the shadow of deep regional developments are expected to display a different image, an event that can upend the balan ...
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Political Coup? Netanyahu’s Struggle to Escape Loss
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Political Coup? Netanyahu’s Struggle to Escape Loss

Saturday 25 October 2025 ،
Democrats (11), Yesh Atid (9), Yisrael Beiteinu (9), and the party led by former chief of general staff Gadi Eisenkot (8), is projected to secure 59 seats. This leaves them just one seat away from the 60-seat threshold needed to form a government, setting the stage for a fiercely contested battle fo ...
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US Senator Lindsey Graham: Venezuela Land Strikes “Real Possibility”
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US Senator Lindsey Graham: Venezuela Land Strikes “Real Possibility”

Monday 27 October 2025 ،
Democrats and some Republicans. Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego called the US actions in the Caribbean “murder,” while Graham defended them as protection against narcotics trafficking. Since September 2, US strikes on 10 vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least ...
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Al-Jolani and Syria Breakup Mystery
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Al-Jolani and Syria Breakup Mystery

Tuesday 28 October 2025 ،
Democratic Forces (SDF), to integrate the Kurdish militias into the national army has effectively stalled, despite extensive publicity. According to the deal, the SDF would join as a special corps within the national army, the return of displaced persons would be guaranteed, and balanced representa ...
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Al-Fashir Massacre: Who’s to Blame?
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Al-Fashir Massacre: Who’s to Blame?

Saturday 1 November 2025 ،
Democrat from Connecticut, directly lashed put at his own country's support to the UAE, stating: Evidence shows the UAE-backed RSF is committing a massacre in Al-Fashir, Darfur. So why does the United States allow the UAE—a country we militarily supply—to aid the brutal RSF? The fal ...
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Government Closure Reaches New Record with Congress Locked in Political Standoff
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Government Closure Reaches New Record with Congress Locked in Political Standoff

Wednesday 5 November 2025 ،
Democrats insist are crucial but Republicans removed from their proposal. With the House largely inactive since September, the Senate has been forced to take the lead on negotiations. The prolonged shutdown is already straining the country. Nearly 1.4 million federal employees are either furloughed ...
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Mamdani Overcomes Billionaire-backed Challenge, Deepening Democratic Rift
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Mamdani Overcomes Billionaire-backed Challenge, Deepening Democratic Rift

Wednesday 5 November 2025 ،
Democratic Party ALWAGHT- Zohran Mamdani has secured New York City’s mayoralty on a progressive platform, igniting divisions within the Democratic Party and drawing pushback from billionaire interests. Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic Muslim socialist and state assemblyman, has been e ...
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Mamadani Wins: A Pro-Palestinian Mayor Now Leads Heart of US Capitalism
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Mamadani Wins: A Pro-Palestinian Mayor Now Leads Heart of US Capitalism

Wednesday 5 November 2025 ،
Democratic left endorsed him, Mamdani largely ran as an independent outsider. Born and raised in Kampala, Uganda to Indian parents, Mamdani moved with his family to New York City at age seven. The son of a prominent filmmaker and a Columbia University professor, he attended the public Bronx High Sc ...

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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.