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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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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers

Sunday 16 August 2026
Europe, while some countries, Spain and Belgium among them, have called for tougher pressure on extremist settlers and even sanctions, the lack of consensus among EU member states has blocked any unified or effective policy. As a result, much of the international condemnation and alarm remains confi ...
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
Europe. For Trump, the message is clear: doubling down on pressure to end the war may not resolve it and it could instead widen its geographical scope and balloon its costs. The FT also noted that the conflict is already reshaping the region in ways that will likely have lasting consequences for Was ...
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
Europe, particularly in Cyprus and Bulgaria, should war resume, further suggests that Iran's missile reach now extends beyond West Asia. In the event of an expanded conflict, that capability could impose considerable costs on Washington even outside the region. Quantitative growth of arms Besi ...
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Iran Vows to Target US Bases in Europe if Nations Join Hostilities
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Iran Vows to Target US Bases in Europe if Nations Join Hostilities

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
European countries could be targeted ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warns that US bases in European countries could be targeted if those nations participate in aggression against Iran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warned that US bases in European cou ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
European banks. Over the years, a significant share of Iran’s trade has shifted to intermediary companies, informal networks, regional markets, and non-Western partners. Reuters, questioning Washington’s sanctions strategy, noted that Iran has repeatedly skirted penalties over the decad ...
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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 ،
European Union asylum agency report, the SDF had lost roughly 80 percent of the ground it had held at the start of the month, with its presence largely reduced to the Kurdish-majority areas of Hasakah, Qamishli, Al-Malikiyah, and the outskirts of Kobani. That military collapse gutted the SDF's l ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
Europe for Central America after the Holocaust. But that background does not automatically translate into alignment with Israeli policy. Quite the contrary: the agency she runs, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, has issued multiple reports documenting the economic toll of Israel's occ ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
European powers' presence in Latin America, something that will not go without consequences. Such an approach will gradually draw discontentment and fury of the Venezuelan people. People of this country ask why their enormous oil wealth should be controlled by the US with its main interests goi ...
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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 ،
European officials who usually back criminal actions of this regime without question. Meanwhile, 45 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 parliamen ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
European Union of double standards, saying the EU has remained silent over Turkey's illegal occupation of half of Cyprus, yet it opposes the Jewish people's historic right to live in their ancestral homeland. Sustained Tel Aviv-Ankara hostility in new regional order The confrontation betwe ...

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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.