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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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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
In 1960, Japan was a scene of anti-imperialism struggle and this gave Okamoto and others reason to fight Israel beside Palestinians. Alwaght- Kozo Okamoto who was known as Ahmad the Japanese in the Arab world is one of the most controversial figure of the leftist armed militias in the 1970s and 1980 ...
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
Popular resistance against Taliban is rising in Afghanistan, with Hezb-e-Islami spearheading the uprising. Alwaght- The developments in Afghan province of Badakhshan over the past two to three weeks, along with the clashes there, are no fleeting local skirmishes. They point to something far bigger, ...
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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 ،
Saudi Arabia is repeating a tested and failed experience of announcing a coalition against Yemen’s Ansarullah. It seems it has not learned enough. Alwaght- After two weeks of fruitless airstrikes against Yemen to press Ansarullah resistance movement to withdraw its recently announced sea blockade on ...
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements

Tuesday 4 August 2026 ،
Turkey and Iraq seem determined to form a partnership benefiting both, but they need to remove hurdles first. Alwaght- After years of ups and down in Iraqi-Turkish relations, the assumption of power by Ali al-Zaydi in Baghdad and his government's emphasis on developing the ties with neighboring ...
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?

Wednesday 5 August 2026 ،
Israel has a spirit of occupation and continued concessions by Lebanese government only sharpen its appetite for more. Alwaght- The seventh round of direct talks between Lebanon and Israel kicked off in Rome on Monday, but after months of dialogue, Israeli forces have not withdrawn from occupied par ...
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Iran’s Army on Full Alert Against Potential Ground Threats
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Iran’s Army on Full Alert Against Potential Ground Threats

Sunday 9 August 2026 ،
Ground Forces warned that any US military ground presence on Iranian soil would be met with a severe response ALWAGHT- The commander of Iran’s Army Ground Forces warned that any US military ground presence on Iranian soil would be met with a severe response, stressing that the force remains fu ...
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Hormuz crisis has proven that military strength is not always a game-changing factor. Alwaght- Over the past few days, a series of diplomatic and military developments have shown that Strait of Hormuz crisis is not a mere regional dispute, rather, it is a scene determining a balance of power among t ...
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Forces. So one of the fiercest battles ahead may not be over the principle of a strong state per se, but over the precise definition of where former armed groups fit within the official security architecture. On the other hand, Sunni and Kurdish parties would not just sit this out as spectators. Th ...
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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 ،
Forces (PMF). What over the past years came as election campaign rhetoric and a political principle now has entered the execution stage. Al-Zaydi made it clear that the government should hold the monopoly of use of arms. In a op-ed he published on The Washington Post in July, he highlighted his gov ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
The US president and his security team take seriously Iran’s threat of revenge for martyred leader. Alwaght- Unprecedented details have emerged about Donald Trump’s covert exit from Turkey following the NATO summit on July 8, now one of the most explosive security flaps of his presidency. The ...

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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.