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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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A Ticking Bomb in Beirut: What’s Behind Israeli-Lebanese Deal?
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A Ticking Bomb in Beirut: What’s Behind Israeli-Lebanese Deal?

Sunday 28 June 2026
Friday. The agreement was fast to cause outrage in Lebanon, with the people, especially the Shiite citizens, going furious at the government for its commitments under the deal. The Lebanese government, however, described the deal a big win for Beirut, arguing that it forces the Israeli regime to ex ...
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Failure Upon Start: Fate of June 26 Movement in Gaza
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Failure Upon Start: Fate of June 26 Movement in Gaza

Monday 29 June 2026 ،
Friday in Gaza City for funeral service of Walid Majdi Haniyeh, Ismail Haniyeh's nephew, who succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli army strike near the Italian residential complex in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City. Mourners chanted takbirs and hurled slogans against the occup ...
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Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic
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Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic

Monday 6 July 2026 ،
Friday prayers, police officers who would come to secure the area or check undocumented migrants would ask for ID, and the moment they realized we were Shia, they would tell each other, No need to check these ones, and their whole attitude toward us would shift. The Russian government itself works ...
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Trump’s Hormuz Gamble Fails: Why Do Markets No Longer Trust Washington’s Promises?
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Trump’s Hormuz Gamble Fails: Why Do Markets No Longer Trust Washington’s Promises?

Sunday 19 July 2026 ،
Friday about a high probability of market shortages in the months ahead. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol called the current situation the biggest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market and warned that the world should be concerned about energy security. That concern signals a ...
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What Regional Facilities Are on Iran’s Hit List if Infrastructure War Begins?
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What Regional Facilities Are on Iran’s Hit List if Infrastructure War Begins?

Sunday 19 July 2026 ،
Friday, Kuwaiti officials confirmed that a power plant and a desalination facility had been hit and damaged in Iranian missile strikes. Then on Saturday, Iran struck the northern terminal of Kuwait’s state-owned oil company (KNPC), which exports crude—a move that underscores the depth of ...
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What Does Destroying Jordan Airbase Mean in Iran-US War Equations?
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What Does Destroying Jordan Airbase Mean in Iran-US War Equations?

Monday 20 July 2026 ،
Friday's devastating strike on the Muwaffaq Salti airbase in eastern Jordan marked a turning point, proving that the battlefield is no longer confined to the Persian Gulf monarchies. According to the US military, the attack killed two American service members, left one unaccounted for, and woun ...
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Iran Warns It Will Retaliate Against Any Aggressive Acts
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Iran Warns It Will Retaliate Against Any Aggressive Acts

Friday 24 July 2026 ،
Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reaffirmed that Iran reserves the right to retaliate against any acts of aggression. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran has never initiated a war and reaffirmed that Tehran reserves the right to retaliate against any acts of aggression ...
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China Reaffirms Support for Peace and Stability in West Asia
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China Reaffirms Support for Peace and Stability in West Asia

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
Friday, Iran’s foreign minister said the insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz stems solely from American oath-breaking ALWAGHT- During talks on Friday, Iran's foreign minister said the insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz stems solely from American oath-breaking, according to remarks made to his Chi ...
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Iran Reaffirms Commitment to Defending National Security and Interests
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Iran Reaffirms Commitment to Defending National Security and Interests

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
Friday that Tehran is resolved to defend its national interests ALWAGHT- Iran's foreign minister said on Friday that Tehran is resolved to defend its national interests and prevent the United States from exploiting the Strait of Hormuz to undermine its security, during talks with his Russian cou ...
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Eastern View of SCO to Aggression against Iran
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Eastern View of SCO to Aggression against Iran

Tuesday 28 July 2026 ،
Friday in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, with US attacks on Iran emerging as one of the focuses of the talks. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the final communiqué from the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers, underscoring UN Charter principles, condemned the US military agg ...

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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.