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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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"Capture" of Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher Heights: War Gain or Netanyahu’s Election Propaganda Tool?
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"Capture" of Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher Heights: War Gain or Netanyahu’s Election Propaganda Tool?

Saturday 5 September 2026
Hamadeh, a Hezbollah lawmaker in Lebanon’s parliament, pushed back against the Israeli army’s allegations, saying: “Israel has released no footage showing its capture of the Ali al-Taher heights or any of the logistical weapons it claims to have found, especially given its talk of ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Storm , and Hezbollah, with the aim of supporting Gaza and reducing the Israeli regime's military pressure on the Palestinians, began its military operations against the north of the occupied territories. Unity of fronts and start of support war Pointing to the ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
Hamas disarming case in Gaza, and the developments related to the Israeli presence and influence in Syria and Lebanon. Israeli society is split. Part of it faults Netanyahu's policies and the fallout from wars and security crises, while another part still sees him as the figure capable of manag ...
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Hamas and security threats against the occupied territories. Yet the turmoil wrought by his newly cemented status as a war criminal forced him, even while denying the killing and the starvation imposed on the people of Gaza, to fall back once again on his worn-out, threadbare tactic of casting Jews ...
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Three Cases in a Secret Trip: Netanyahu’s Mystery in Abu Dhabi
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Three Cases in a Secret Trip: Netanyahu’s Mystery in Abu Dhabi

Thursday 1 October 2026 ،
Hamas's political bureau, was preparing a major operation. What is interesting is that this account is still under debate. Netanyahu's office described it a outright lie, adding that such phone conversation never happened. Emirates officials more than once have avoided directly confirming t ...
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From Sara to Yair: Will Netanyahu’s Family Become his Election Achilles Heel?
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From Sara to Yair: Will Netanyahu’s Family Become his Election Achilles Heel?

Thursday 15 October 2026 ،
Hamas and failed to take that security threat seriously. What these cases share is their capacity to shape a political narrative about the gulf between those in power and the public. Netanyahu's opponents can package these issues into a single message: that the government expects citizens to be ...
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Israel’s Latest Gaza Attacks Kill At least Four Palestinians Amid Genocide Allegations
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Israel’s Latest Gaza Attacks Kill At least Four Palestinians Amid Genocide Allegations

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
Hamas condemned the attacks as violations of the ceasefire agreement reached in October 2025, accusing Israel of continuing to target civilians and undermining efforts to end the conflict. The group called on mediators and guarantor states to pressure Israel to halt its attacks and honor the truce. ...
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Yemen Tragedy Again: Why’s Saudi Arabia Re-embraced Blind Bombing Formula?
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Yemen Tragedy Again: Why’s Saudi Arabia Re-embraced Blind Bombing Formula?

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
Hamadan town of Taiz province, killing a number of workers. Continuing their attacks, Saudis struck three homes in Al-Ar and Barza villages in Dhemar using internationally-banned cluster bombs. The horrible crime killed 4 children and 17 civilians, including 7 children and three women, one of them ...
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Arab Parties and the Decisive Game of Israeli Cabinet Formation
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Arab Parties and the Decisive Game of Israeli Cabinet Formation

Sunday 1 November 2026 ،
Hamas's October 7 operation, though he remains Balad's leader. Yousef Jabareen and him are among its leaders. The Joint List's core policies can be summed up as support for Palestinian-Arab identity, promotion of a state for all its citizens instead of Zionism, opposition to occupation ...
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert

Monday 2 November 2026 ،
Hamas's Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in October 7, 2023, and a series of security, military, economic, and international developments shaped its outcome. Israel's defeats and failures, particularly in war against Iran, regional and international isolation, mounting public hatred of Israel in glob ...

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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.