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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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Beyond Assassination Plot: Why’s Trump not Unhappy with the Incident?
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Beyond Assassination Plot: Why’s Trump not Unhappy with the Incident?

Monday 27 April 2026
claims. Instead, thanks to the White House's miscalculation, Tehran has unveiled a new equation on the battlefield and in diplomacy, by controlling the Strait of Hormuz. Fuel prices at gas stations across the US have skyrocketed. Financial markets have suffered massive losses. And with no clear ...
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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 ،
claims that the Strait of Hormuz has been reopened and that pressure on Iran is working, these assertions have been largely dismissed by the international community. Even in Europe, where the economic fallout of the tensions is felt most directly, a very different approach has emerged. One of Washi ...
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Iran’s Global Position Redefined: How’s War Boosted Tehran’s Soft Power?
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Iran’s Global Position Redefined: How’s War Boosted Tehran’s Soft Power?

Saturday 2 May 2026 ،
claimants to global peace and security, are becoming more despised by the day. What's more telling is that neither commands even basic popularity or approval among their own citizens. That is clear proof that Iran's version of reality has been more truthful than the enemy's deceptive pro ...
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Strait of Hormuz Saw No Commercial or Oil Tanker Traffic in Past Hours, Says IRGC
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Strait of Hormuz Saw No Commercial or Oil Tanker Traffic in Past Hours, Says IRGC

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
claims as entirely unfounded. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warned through its Public Relations Office that any maritime activity violating its established navigation rules will encounter severe consequences, adding that unauthorized vessels will be forcibly stopped. The statement fla ...
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Riyadh Declares It Will Not Permit Use of Its Airspace for Strikes on Iran
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Riyadh Declares It Will Not Permit Use of Its Airspace for Strikes on Iran

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
claiming that Saudi and Kuwaiti airspace would be opened to US aircraft, calling those reports incorrect—a denial also emphasized by other Saudi officials. Al-Arabiya channel further quoted a Saudi official confirming that the Kingdom has granted no authorization for the use of its airspace to ...
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What’s Behind Tel Aviv’s Push to Abolish the Oslo Accord?
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What’s Behind Tel Aviv’s Push to Abolish the Oslo Accord?

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
claim the 1993 agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization brought terrorism instead of peace. Son Har Melech wrote on X: We promised to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, and now the time has come to strengthen settlement in Areas A and B and to repeal the ill-fated Oslo Acc ...
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Moscow: Ukraine Poised to Strike Russia from NATO Soil
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Moscow: Ukraine Poised to Strike Russia from NATO Soil

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
claims that NATO member Latvia has allowed Ukraine to use its territory for possible drone strikes against Russia ALWAGHT- Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claims that NATO member Latvia has allowed Ukraine to use its territory for possible drone strikes against Russia. Russia's ...
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Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat
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Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
claimed, for the sake of misleading the American public, who, though far from the battlefield, are growing increasingly anxious about the war’s consequences, that he has crippled Iran’s defense and military capabilities. In reality, that very vulnerability is where he keeps taking heavy, ...
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump

Sunday 14 June 2026 ،
claims are disputed even at home. Alwaght- The US President Donald Trump has lost his credibility even at home, so much so that recently the Democratic senator Adam Schiff commented on his treachery, saying that the president makes falsehood after falsehood and that the president's account of th ...
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Why Do Bahrain’s Shiites Need Axis of Resistance’s Security Umbrella?
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Why Do Bahrain’s Shiites Need Axis of Resistance’s Security Umbrella?

Wednesday 24 June 2026 ،
claimed Bahrain is on track to become a global model of peaceful coexistence and respect for religious diversity, remarks that seem to describe a completely different society, as the gap between rhetoric and reality could not be more glaring. Al Khalifa's long record of crackdown on Shiites Th ...

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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.