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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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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025
Turkey feels that a direct confrontation with Israel may be nearing not because of support for Palestine but because of an unfolding competition. Alwaght- Israeli airstrike on Qatar targeting Hamas leaders has triggered heightened concerns across Turkey as the Turks think they could be the next targ ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Oil Exports Deal: From Home to Regional and International Geopolitical Impacts
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Baghdad-Erbil Oil Exports Deal: From Home to Regional and International Geopolitical Impacts

Sunday 5 October 2025 ،
Baghdad and Erbil have agreed on resuming Kurdistan oil exports, paving the way for influences ranging from home to the foreign actors. Alwaght- After over two years of halt, Iraqi Kurdistan region has resumed its oil exports via the Turkish Port of Ceyhan. This development is an outcome of a new de ...
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Iraq’s Elections Important, Carry Surprises: Expert
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Iraq’s Elections Important, Carry Surprises: Expert

Tuesday 4 November 2025 ،
Federal Reserve Bank before being transferred to Iraq on a monthly basis. Therefore, if the economic lever were activated against Baghdad, meaning that these dollar transfers were delayed or halted, the value of the dollar would sharply rise against Iraqi dinar, deepening the country’s economi ...
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Russia: Ukrainian-UK Bid to Hijack MiG-31 Stopped
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Russia: Ukrainian-UK Bid to Hijack MiG-31 Stopped

Tuesday 11 November 2025 ،
Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had foiled an attempt by Ukrainian military intelligence, with British coordination, to hijack a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile. The operation allegedly involved recruiting Russian pilots with a $3 million incentive ...
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Sudan’s Conflict to‌ Continue, UAE Prolonging the Crisis: Expert
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Sudan’s Conflict to‌ Continue, UAE Prolonging the Crisis: Expert

Tuesday 11 November 2025 ،
Federal Minister of Defense, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, recently confirmed that mercenaries are being continuously transferred to Sudan through the airport of Bosaso city in Puntland, Somalia. From there, they are flown to Chad and Niger, and eventually reach western Sudan to join the rebels. One of the re ...
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Russia Says It Stopped a Ukrainian Sabotage Attempt Near Moscow Gas Line
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Russia Says It Stopped a Ukrainian Sabotage Attempt Near Moscow Gas Line

Sunday 30 November 2025 ،
Federal Security Service of Russia announced it had prevented a Ukrainian-directed attack on a key natural gas pipeline in the Moscow region ALWAGHT- The Federal Security Service of Russia announced it had prevented a Ukrainian-directed attack on a key natural gas pipeline in the Moscow region. A R ...
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Moscow Car Bomb Claims Life of Russian General
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Moscow Car Bomb Claims Life of Russian General

Monday 22 December 2025 ،
Federal Security Service says it has thwarted numerous assassination and sabotage plots allegedly linked to Ukrainian intelligence. The FSB has reported foiling attempts to kill senior Russian defense officials, including an alleged plot in Crimea involving an explosive device placed in a personal v ...
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Trump Blasts Reporter for Reading Gunman’s Manifesto: ‘I’m Not a Pedophile’
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Trump Blasts Reporter for Reading Gunman’s Manifesto: ‘I’m Not a Pedophile’

Tuesday 28 April 2026 ،
Service agent. The suspect, 31-year-old California teacher Cole Thomas Allen, was captured at the scene. In a 1,052-word manifesto published by the New York Post, Allen named US officials as targets prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest while explicitly excluding FBI Director Kash Patel. Writi ...
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
Security forces have also tightened monitoring of explosive depots and drone workshops. Special protection for routes Beyond the shrine cities themselves, the Iraqi government has zeroed in on protecting the pilgrimage routes. Thousands of makeshift service stations, known as mawakib, line the pat ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
The government has to make the restriction of arms a broad project to include a vast part of society. Alwaght- The new Iraqi government under Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi has put restriction of weapons to the state at the top of its security and political agenda, an approach that on the surface may s ...

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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.