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Iran Army Chief: Enemy Failed to Achieve Any of Its Goals Iran’s Army chief said Friday that the adversary’s military campaign had fallen short of all its strategic and tactical aims
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In Focus
Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Monday 27 July 2026
European battlefield, one closely calibrated to align with Washington's broader strategy toward Tehran.
In recent months, Washington has apparently concluded that neither economic sanctions, nor maximum pressure, nor even a naval blockade in the Persian Gulf has succeeded in fully crippling Ira ...
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Iran’s New Operational Tactics and Algorithms in the Battle of South
Wednesday 29 July 2026
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European media point to Iran firing new missiles with greater speed, longer range, and heavier warheads, a sign that we can shift the dynamics of the war.
The American think tank Critical Threats Project, in a recent analysis, wrote that Iran's missile and drone operations were not purely ...
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
Friday 7 August 2026
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Europe and deepen economic ties with Asian markets, particularly India, one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Khusnullin's pointed reference to the Bosphorus and Hormuz straits underscores a strategic anxiety. The Bosphorus is Russia's only maritime outlet from the Black Sea to ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
Saturday 15 August 2026
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Europe?
Trump will almost certainly still show up at summits and global events and the presidency does not allow for hiding behind threats. But after what went down in Turkey, the security calculus around him has entered uncharted stage.
From now on, Trump may find himself in a bind eerily similar ...
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Why’s Pentagon Drip-feeding Information on Iran Attacks Damage?
Sunday 16 August 2026
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Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
Seen through this lens, the gradual release of news about interceptor consumption, base damage, and reconstruction costs serves a deeper purpose. It acclimates the American public to a new reality. This is no longer a short, low-cost operation. It is a conflict that dem ...
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
Sunday 16 August 2026
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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?
Friday 21 August 2026
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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
Sunday 23 August 2026
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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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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
Friday 28 August 2026
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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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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
Sunday 30 August 2026
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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 ...
