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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?
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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?

Thursday 30 April 2026
of self-defense, existing AUMFs, or emergency actions. Alwaght- The US military amasses a major portion of its naval capability including aircraft carriers, destroyers, nuclear submarines, and strategic bombers along with tens of thousands of forces around Iranian land and sea borders while the Whit ...
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Discrimination against Arab Allies: Why Does UAE Matter More to US Security Umbrella?
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Discrimination against Arab Allies: Why Does UAE Matter More to US Security Umbrella?

Thursday 7 May 2026 ،
of the political and security equations of the past. One of noticeable changes is the UAE being dragged to the US-Iran conflict. That is the reason why except for the UAE no country of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council was hit by attacks after the two-week ceasefire took effect. Actually, it wa ...
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Iran Advances Bill to Establish Self-Ruling Entity for the Strait of Hormuz
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Iran Advances Bill to Establish Self-Ruling Entity for the Strait of Hormuz

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf”—which seeks to place the world's most critical oil and energy chokepoint under Tehran's full control. Under a new strategic bill reviewed by Iran's parliament, vessels from countries that participated in the recent war against Ir ...
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Iraqi Parties Locked in Intense Negotiations for Bigger Cabinet Share as New PM Starts Talks
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Iraqi Parties Locked in Intense Negotiations for Bigger Cabinet Share as New PM Starts Talks

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, president of the region, and Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), aiming to lay the groundwork for a deal on Kurdish participation in the next government. The Kurdistan Region has long been a decisive player in Iraq’s power equat ...
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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?
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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
of fast-moving regional developments more than any other time, and the scope of clashes between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israeli regime is broadening on a daily basis, the critics of the Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam argue that the government, instead of focusing all of its capacities on ...
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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 ،
of the Strait of Hormuz have yielded an economic quake rattling the European trade infrastructures. The stability of the market that makes the backbone of the major economic plannings and employment strategies has fallen apart under staggering pressure of costs of energy and transportation. The si ...
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As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks
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As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks

Saturday 30 May 2026 ،
of the war in the Persian Gulf, the Israeli war machine in Lebanon is moving to generate further crisis and chaos. Tel Aviv not only has not stopped its attacks on southern Lebanon, but also broaden its range. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that Tel Aviv has decided to es ...
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With His Move against Arms of Resistance Groups, Iraq’s Al-Sadr is Playing in Trump’s Game
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With His Move against Arms of Resistance Groups, Iraq’s Al-Sadr is Playing in Trump’s Game

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
of resistance forces apposed to its military occupation of Iraq and standing ready against possible re-rise of ISIS. Alwaght- As Iraq moved across the tough political crisis surrounding the government formation, the restriction of arms to the government has topped the Iraqi political debate. Interes ...
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
of reality of this country, as if it is two various countries. While Lebanon is grappling with foreign aggression and full-scale war, gaps are deepening between government of Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah and its allies over a set of important issues like defense and negotiations, Hezbollah’s wea ...
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences

Monday 15 June 2026 ،
of reasons, among them geopolitical ones. Alwaght- The Israeli regime that in recent years through expansion into Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza has tried to move its security belt beyond its borders now is looking to the eastern front and is starting new activities in the West Bank and near the Jordanian ...

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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.