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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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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?
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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?

Tuesday 23 June 2026
Hezbollah in 2006. That conflict, billed as a quick wrap-up within days, morphed into one of the Israeli military's toughest challenges. By the end, despite Washington's backing, Tel Aviv had failed to achieve many of its stated objectives, and for the first time, the myth of an invincible a ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
Hezbollah's rocket and drone barrages from Lebanon, proved that current borders can not secure Israel. From this view, creating strategic depth beyond Israel's official borders is an unavoidable necessity to prevent such attacks from recurring. But Netanyahu's argument, which has become ...
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
Hezbollah in Lebanon, and condemned Iran's drone strikes on member states' infrastructure. But at this point, the region's biggest problem is not just distrust in the US's capabilities, it is distrust in Washington's political will. Take Qatar as a case in point. During the 12-d ...
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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 ،
Hezbollah is disarmed and until any threat from Lebanese territory against Israeli soil is eliminated. Where are the pilot zones located? A first look at the text of the deal tells us that not only the Israeli promise of army withdrawal from Lebanese territory is unlikely to happen, but also even ...
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Hezbollah Official Says US Pressure Won’t Change Iran’s Lebanon Policy
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Hezbollah Official Says US Pressure Won’t Change Iran’s Lebanon Policy

Friday 3 July 2026 ،
Hezbollah Political Council member criticized the framework agreement, calling it a "net gain" for Israel and a disaster for Lebanon ALWAGHT- A Hezbollah Political Council member criticized the framework agreement, calling it a net gain for Israel and a disaster for Lebanon. Hezbollah Political Cou ...
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Clash of Billboards in Lebanon Reveals Deepening Gap between Govt. and Shiite Community
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Clash of Billboards in Lebanon Reveals Deepening Gap between Govt. and Shiite Community

Saturday 4 July 2026 ،
Hezbollah signs, but remains indifferent to its duties towards southern regions. Alwaght- Lebanon's interior minister ordered the removal of billboards bearing images of Iran's martyred leader and his successor from Beirut's streets. The move may look like routine administrative move to ...
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Palestine’s Place in Martyred Leader’s Worldview
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Palestine’s Place in Martyred Leader’s Worldview

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
Hezbollah as separate from support for the Palestinian resistance, and he treated both as two fronts in a single unified battle. From the Hamas leadership's perspective, Hezbollah's backing of Gaza was thus the direct outcome of years of the martyred leader's intellectual and strategic e ...
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Martyred Leader’s Funeral the Biggest Display of Democracy, Iran Turned War into Opportunity: Lebanese Author
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Martyred Leader’s Funeral the Biggest Display of Democracy, Iran Turned War into Opportunity: Lebanese Author

Thursday 9 July 2026 ،
Hezbollah. Alwaght: What impact do you think the martyred leader left on the Islamic world? Awadha: The personality of Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei left deep and massive influence. He was nurtured in the school of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Ali; the same imam to whom the world meant not even a sho ...
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Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"
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Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"

Saturday 11 July 2026 ،
Hezbollah and the Iran-led Axis of Resistance, we should not read this visit simply through the lens of US-Turkey bilateral ties. Instead, we should frame it as part of Washington’s broader pivot: moving from a “direct confrontation” strategy to one of “regional balance engin ...
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A Visit with Dangerous Agenda: What Does Lebanon’s Aoun Seek in the US?
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A Visit with Dangerous Agenda: What Does Lebanon’s Aoun Seek in the US?

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
Hezbollah during his Washington visit. This marks the first time in nine years that a senior Lebanese official has been formally received at the White House by a US president, the last being former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who met with Trump in July 2017. Yet the significance of this trip goes ...

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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.