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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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Germany Has Inked 47,000 Defense Deals Since 2022
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Germany Has Inked 47,000 Defense Deals Since 2022

Tuesday 28 April 2026
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned of the danger of EU militarization, happening very fast and frenetically, with the US actively promoting these processes to shift security responsibility onto Europeans. Moscow has dismissed Western claims of Russian aggression, arguing that EU countries use the ...
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Foreign Minister Araghchi Meets ICRC President in Tehran for Discussions
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Foreign Minister Araghchi Meets ICRC President in Tehran for Discussions

Wednesday 29 April 2026 ،
Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi met with Mirjana Spoljaric Egger ALWAGHT- On Wednesday in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi met with Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), for discussions. During the meeting, both sides ...
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Gaza Months after Ceasefire Deal: The Reality of Dream Trump Sold to the Palestinians and World
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Gaza Months after Ceasefire Deal: The Reality of Dream Trump Sold to the Palestinians and World

Sunday 3 May 2026 ،
Catastrophic conditions have gone even worse in Gaza despite promises of better conditions under a US-brokered deal. Alwaght- While the US President Donald Trump with the ceasefire deal and the Board of Peace initiative tried to present a beautiful image of the future of Gaza, the realities on the g ...
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Russia and China provided assistance to Iran through various channels during the war. On the other side, the condemnation of US and Israeli aggression against Iran, issued jointly by the presidents of Russia and China, signals a alignment of Moscow and Be ...
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World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla
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World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares condemning the treatment of activists as “brutal, inhuman, and shameful.” Madrid has summoned the regime’s chargé d’affaires to file a formal protest. In France, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Israeli ambassador ...
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Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity
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Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
Aid and Counseling (WCLAC), perhaps only 1 percent of sexual violence cases are ever reported. What do the international laws say about rape and sexual violence in war? In international laws, rape and sexual violence in war are not regarded merely offenses or unethical behavior; they are war crime ...
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
For al-Sharaa, Russia is a balancing factor and its presence in Syria gives him a card in playing with the West. Alwaght- The Wall Street Journal reported that Russia has practically ensured its military presence in Syria by sending a ship carrying special equipment to its Khmeimim air base in Syria ...
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Impossible to Disarm and Dissolve Iraqi Resistance, US Pushing to Obliterate Resistance in the Region: Expert
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Impossible to Disarm and Dissolve Iraqi Resistance, US Pushing to Obliterate Resistance in the Region: Expert

Monday 15 June 2026 ،
Foreign interventions also play a major role in this push-and-pull dynamic. Whenever the Baghdad government achieves stability, a repulsion dynamic toward resistance groups emerges; whenever the security situation intensifies, an attraction dynamic toward resistance groups takes over. Regarding the ...
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Can Trump Rein in Netanyahu?
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Can Trump Rein in Netanyahu?

Thursday 18 June 2026 ،
Foreign Policy magazine argues in a recent analysis that although the military and security cooperation between Washington and Tel Aviv is at its height level, the shift in public opinion, diminished influence of the pro-Tel Aviv lobbies in the US, and the fallout of Gaza and Iran wars have left the ...
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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?
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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?

Tuesday 23 June 2026 ،
The war showed that Israel does not have the upper hand as it is claimed and its opponents have advanced militarily. Alwaght- Since the foundation of the Israeli regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli officials have always defined themselves as an invincible and self-sufficient ...

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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.