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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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From Tigris and Euphrates to Nile: Water Disputes and Regional Initiatives
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From Tigris and Euphrates to Nile: Water Disputes and Regional Initiatives

Tuesday 24 February 2026
member states. Cairo's reaction to this development was sharply critical. That same year, Mohammed Nasr Allam, then Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, declared that Egypt considers the agreement a violation of international law and non-binding on itself, adding that Cairo w ...
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Shedding Light on 14 Claims Trump Made during His State of the Union Speech
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Shedding Light on 14 Claims Trump Made during His State of the Union Speech

Wednesday 25 February 2026 ،
member of the military has received $1,776 in battlefield dividends.” This claim is false. According to a report by Saige Miller of the Washington Minute, the money in question is part of a budget bill allocated for military housing allowances, totaling $2.9 billion. Relabeling these funds as ...
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Day 11 of War: Increasing Compensation Claims in Israel, Growing Gasoline Prices in the US
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Day 11 of War: Increasing Compensation Claims in Israel, Growing Gasoline Prices in the US

Wednesday 11 March 2026 ،
members of the Congress, have already declared Washington’s impending defeat in the war. “Trump’s illegal war against Iran is doomed to fail. Even now, Iran’s leadership is emerging, which has a strong enmity toward the US, and there’s no way to eliminate Iran’s ...
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Iran War Sounding NATO Death Knell
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Iran War Sounding NATO Death Knell

Thursday 19 March 2026 ،
members like Germany and Britain should raise their share from the NATO spending. Trump even entertained plans for decreasing American forces stationed in Europe for decades. From another aspect, Ukraine war gave Europe a feeling of fear that Trump neither wanted nor could protect Europe in the face ...
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From Economy to Security, Strait of Hormuz Will not Return to Pre-war Status
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From Economy to Security, Strait of Hormuz Will not Return to Pre-war Status

Sunday 5 April 2026 ،
members of Iran’s parliament have overwhelmingly backed a new proposal aimed at revising how the country exercises its sovereign rights over the Strait of Hormuz. They say the measure is necessary to protect national interests and the legitimate rights of the Iranian people in the aftermath of ...
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Environmental Terrorism: The Hidden Aspect of American-Israeli War on Iran
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Environmental Terrorism: The Hidden Aspect of American-Israeli War on Iran

Wednesday 8 April 2026 ،
members of the Security Council. He outlined Iran’s position on the US and Israeli military strikes on nuclear facilities and related sites, warning of severe humanitarian and environmental repercussions from the illegal attacks in Iran.  Separately, Arman Khorsand, head of the Departmen ...
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Why’s not NATO Standing by US in Iran War?
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Why’s not NATO Standing by US in Iran War?

Wednesday 15 April 2026 ،
member responded affirmatively to calls by the Americans to help. Britain, France, Germany, and Spain all kept away from Trump's adventures in Iran. Many right-wing American media outlets described this NATO response a betrayal of the US, with Trump vowing to punish them. But how much is this na ...
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European Union Faces Internal Challenges: Calls for Strength and Unity Amidst Division
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European Union Faces Internal Challenges: Calls for Strength and Unity Amidst Division

Saturday 25 April 2026 ،
member states, internal disagreements over foreign policy, and public protests in response to economic and migration policies. This has resulted in a more passive approach to global developments and a diminished influence in the international system. One of the EU's most significant challenges ...
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Humiliated Superpower: How US Levers Are Going Dull in Push to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
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Humiliated Superpower: How US Levers Are Going Dull in Push to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Thursday 30 April 2026 ،
members, burned by the costly and bloody lessons of the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, refused to walk straight back into another trap set by Washington. So much so that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez bluntly stated that his country had been deceived by the U.S. over the Iraq War&md ...
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Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge
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Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
members. The lack of interest of other six emirates in the federal union which is largely under control of Abu Dhabi has resurfaced these days amid a crisis that the adventure of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed has brought to the UAE through alignment with the Israeli regime and the US in their war of agg ...

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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.