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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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Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is the US Involved?
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Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is the US Involved?

Tuesday 18 August 2026
rights and well-being are protected. Likewise, as Iran's armed forces have requested, Doha must allow an Iranian expert team to visit the site, examine the circumstances firsthand, and clarify all aspects of the case. The claims made by Qatar thus need to be thoroughly verified on the ground to ...
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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 ،
right sanction or shut down the underlying networks themselves, like Bitcoin. To be sure, cryptocurrencies cannot fully replace oil, banking, or foreign trade at scale. Converting very large volumes of crypto into goods and hard currency still requires real-world economic networks. But for moving m ...
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
rights of coastal states. Still, the very formation of this preliminary accord marks a significant signal that a regional framework is taking shape to manage one of the world’s most strategic waterways, one that, unlike the US efforts to pressure Tehran, hinges on the role of littoral states ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
right-wing agenda, both at home and abroad. Against this backdrop, one shift has seized analysts’ attention as a possible sign of gradual political reinvention: the rise of a new generation of candidates from previously marginalized communities, Arab and Muslim Americans, coupled with the app ...
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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 ،
Far from winding down, the conflict has raised fears of a wider conflagration, even a direct NATO-Russia clash. Just last week, Trump dispatched his CIA director to Moscow to impress upon Kremlin officials the perils of escalation with NATO.  Then there is the trade war with China, a centerpie ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
right to self-defense and will respond decisively and proportionately to any military aggression. The statement made clear that the United States bears full responsibility for the consequences of its new aggressive acts, its continued naval blockade, and its economic war against Iran, along with any ...
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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 ،
right-wing vote and at the same time placate international pressure. Alwaght- The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now in one of the most complex political contradictions of his premiership. The extremist settler movement and hardline right-wing parties that have become one of Netanyahu& ...
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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 ،
right to live in their ancestral homeland. Sustained Tel Aviv-Ankara hostility in new regional order The confrontation between Turkey and Israeli regime must be analyzed within the broader context of their bilateral relations and regional rivalries. The developments in Syria, the Gaza war, the con ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
rights groups have raised the specter of war crimes. Amnesty International, reviewing international forces' performance in Afghanistan, documented thousands of civilians killed and wounded, and rated the US government's efforts to investigate and prosecute potential war criminals as weak. In ...
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"Capture" of Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher Heights: War Gain or Netanyahu’s Election Propaganda Tool?
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"Capture" of Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher Heights: War Gain or Netanyahu’s Election Propaganda Tool?

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
right allies losing ground, and pressure on the PM is mounting. In a society where security remains a top concern for settler voters, a battlefield victory against Hezbollah carries serious political currency. Reuters has noted that with elections approaching, capturing Ali al-Taher could serve as ...

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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.