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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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Shadow of Horror over NATO: Oreshnik Missile Use Sends Message Beyond Ukraine Conflict
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Shadow of Horror over NATO: Oreshnik Missile Use Sends Message Beyond Ukraine Conflict

Thursday 28 May 2026
France and other European nations have also called the move escalatory. End of West's technological monopoly Given these unique capabilities, the launch of the Oreshnik against Ukraine’s military and energy infrastructure cannot be dismissed as just another tactical strike. It is a direc ...
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How’s Iran War Taking Its Toll on European Economies?
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How’s Iran War Taking Its Toll on European Economies?

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
France 24 reported that in the two weeks leading up to the war, firms had anticipated their selling prices and non-labor input costs would rise by an average of 3.0 and 3.9, respectively, but those figures have now climbed far higher. Véronique Riches-Flores of Pantheon Economics said France ...
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
France and India instead of relying fully on Russia and suspending active participation in the Russian-led Collective Security Organization are among these moves.  Even in a recent military parade in Yerevan, a major part of the displayed equipment and weapons were non-Russian, something seen ...
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Love of Imam Hussein Gathers Us: Ashura 2026 Marked Across the World
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Love of Imam Hussein Gathers Us: Ashura 2026 Marked Across the World

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
France, Sweden, and Australia. Observances largely featured processions, recitations of the martyrdom narrative, religious lectures, and blood drives inspired by the message of Ashura. Germany: In Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, and Frankfurt, Islamic centers hosted mourning ceremonies, blood donation ca ...
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
France, Cyprus and Israel are deepening their military cooperation and steadily tilting the regional balance of power. Greece has spent recent years bolstering its air force, acquiring French Rafale jets, pushing to secure its own F‑35s and expanding defense ties with Washington, all of which has on ...
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Passing of "Ahmad the Japanese": How Were the Japanese Attracted to the Palestinian Cause?
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Passing of "Ahmad the Japanese": How Were the Japanese Attracted to the Palestinian Cause?

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
France flight. After retrieving their luggage, they pulled out automatic rifles and grenades and opened fire on Zionists. The attack left 26 dead and dozens wounded. Two of the attackers were killed, but Okamoto was wounded and taken into custody. The assault became one of the most infamous armed op ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain. With a heavy deployment of warships in the Red Sea, Washington sought to halt Ansarullah strikes on vessels linked to Israel. Yet despite fielding the world’s largest navy, advanced missile-defense systems, and the backing of seve ...
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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 ،
France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and reached as far as Australia, Japan, and nations across South America, Asia, and Africa. What emerged was a transnational network of young activists, a vivid demonstration that alternative media can now route protest narratives and tactics across the globe at di ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
France and Britain. In many ways, the race to succeed Guterres is part of a larger struggle over the UN's future role in global conflicts. If the next secretary-general is someone with close ties to Washington and its Western allies, and less inclined to confront Israel politically, Tel Aviv c ...
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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 ،
France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Norway, and the Netherlands have all issued warnings over settlement expansion and West Bank violence, rejecting the proposed development of the so-called E-1 settlement corridor. That leaves Netanyahu caught in a brutal equation. On one side, he can not simply brea ...

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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.