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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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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?
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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?

Tuesday 23 June 2026
attacks on Lebanon. They respect me and do whatever I say. These words signal beyond a political rift between Washington and Tel Aviv. Trump practically admits that Israel not only is dependent on Washington’s will for continuing the war but also for its strategic decisions. When Trump says h ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
attack, combined with Hezbollah's rocket and drone barrages from Lebanon, proved that current borders can not secure Israel. From this view, creating strategic depth beyond Israel's official borders is an unavoidable necessity to prevent such attacks from recurring. But Netanyahu's argu ...
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
attack drones by 2029, drawing directly from the battlefields of Ukraine and Iran. Seoul also aims to stand up a 500,000-strong drone-trained force. Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back laid out the vision, saying that every soldier should carry a drone as their second personal weapon. Speaking to Sputnik ...
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
attack. And when it came to the Israeli strike, reports suggest it was coordinated with the US military, meaning the issue was not inability, but unwillingness to intervene. Many Arab countries have come to feel that Washington, from the war's outset through its duration, was primarily acting t ...
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Battle for Hormuz: Why’s Recent US-Iran Trade of Fire Decisive?
Analysis

Battle for Hormuz: Why’s Recent US-Iran Trade of Fire Decisive?

Monday 29 June 2026 ،
attack on Ever Lovely ship: The initial spark of the incident remains murky. Late last week, media reported that a Singaporean-flagged commercial vessel, the Ever Lovely, came under drone fire while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The strike damaged the ship's bridge, but there were no casualti ...
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The US and Its Dangerous Game amid Negotiations with Iran
Analysis

The US and Its Dangerous Game amid Negotiations with Iran

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
attacking commercial vessels with civilian crews in an international waterway. Following those strikes, military sites in Bandar Abbas, Sirik, and Qeshm came under aerial attack. A projectile that hit a fishing port pier west of Bandar Abbas set several vessels ablaze, while Sirik reported a number ...
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Iran’s Journey Under Ayatollah Khamenei: From Isolation to Strategic Influence
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Iran’s Journey Under Ayatollah Khamenei: From Isolation to Strategic Influence

Friday 10 July 2026 ،
Drones became the second major pillar of Iran's strike complex. The Shahed-129 provided persistent surveillance and strike capacity, while the Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 one-way attack drones gained international recognition for their range, affordability, and suitability for saturation attacks. ...
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
attack of the now-dissolved UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Hadhramaut in January last year, the Saudis directly bombed these forces, a development practically leading to collapse of the Aden coalition government. With this new calculus—military, economic, political, and reg ...
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Israeli Attacks Leave 16 Dead Across Gaza in the Past 24 Hours
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Israeli Attacks Leave 16 Dead Across Gaza in the Past 24 Hours

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
attacks across Gaza killed 16 Palestinians, including children, civilians, and police officers ALWAGHT- Israeli attacks across Gaza killed 16 Palestinians, including children, civilians, and police officers, amid continued violations of the ceasefire agreement by the Israeli occupation. Israeli att ...
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IRGC Launches Fresh Wave of Retaliatory Strikes on US Bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan
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IRGC Launches Fresh Wave of Retaliatory Strikes on US Bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
attacks against key US military, logistics, and command facilities ALWAGHT- The IRGC says it has launched a new series of retaliatory attacks against key US military, logistics, and command facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan in response to renewed American strikes on Iran. The Islamic Revolu ...

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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.