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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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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios

Monday 10 August 2026
The Israeli political scenario awaits more than a simple election. It may be a structural change. Alwaght- These days nothing better than polls that have horrified the Likud party can display the fragility of the Israeli regime's political scene. What is happening in Netanyahu’s camp is no ...
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Sen. Murphy Declares Trump Has ‘Lost’ Iran War
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Sen. Murphy Declares Trump Has ‘Lost’ Iran War

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy says the US president has “lost the war” against Iran ALWAGHT- Democratic Senator Chris Murphy says the US president has “lost the war” against Iran. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said the US has “lost this war” with Iran, arguing that prolo ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).  In recent years, the Kurdistan Regional Government has sought to unify the Peshmerga under a single Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, streamlining their administrative, financial, and organizational structures. But party-affiliat ...
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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 ،
Democratic leader: War a total failure for Trump  Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has not outright said that all Iran sanctions are ineffective, but he has branded Trump’s pressure campaign and economic war against Tehran a failure. Reacting to the ongoing offensive, Schumer charg ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
Hamas support at all levels is growing further, ensuring it leading role in Gaza future. Alwaght- Three years after the bloody Gaza war and the substantial crime the Israeli regime committed with the Western support against people of this Palestinian enclave, signs of failure of the plot they hatche ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
Democrats serve in the House of Representatives: André Carson, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Latifa Simon. But the Senate has never seated a Muslim—a fact that makes Al-Sayed’s potential victory in the November 2026 midterms all the more historic. Should he win, he would become t ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
Democratic Forces (SDF), the two sides finally struck a deal on the country's most controversial issue, namely the fate of Kurdish militia structure and arms, ushering in a new stage in the Syrian developments. Mazloum Abdi, the chief of the Kurdish militia, on Tuesday met al-Sharaa and announc ...
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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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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.