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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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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
rights inside Iraq. Erdogan cast it as a historic turning point in energy ties. Concerning the oil deal, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar confirmed a one-year bridging agreement to keep crude flowing through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, or ITP.  While efforts for a new long-term contract cont ...
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
Humanitarian Affairs said Friday that more than 1,330 settler attacks against Palestinians have been recorded across the West Bank since the start of the year through late July 2026, an average of more than six assaults per day. These incidents have upended hundreds of Palestinian families and left ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
Human Rights Watch. Over time, the movement's demands expanded beyond Gaza. Students began linking the war to broader economic and structural issues, calling on universities to divest from companies doing business with Israel or profiting from the war in Gaza, and to sever ties with defense con ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
rights chief. Rafael Grossi is another major contender. His years at the helm of the International Atomic Energy Agency have given him deep experience navigating the major powers, but he faces Russian opposition. So while the Israeli lobby can try to shape the political climate around the candidate ...
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache

Thursday 3 September 2026 ،
Human Rights Watch reports that settler violence has spiked sharply since the current cabinet took office in December 2022, with attacks reaching record levels in 2026. In effect, Netanyahu spent the past several years cozying up to this political fringe to keep his right-wing coalition afloat. But ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
Human Rights Watch, after investigating the strike, confirmed at least 12 men dead and at least 15 wounded. The bride herself was among the injured. Chain of crimes continues The US military's track record across West Asia and Afghanistan is stained by a sprawling toll of civilian casualties, ...
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Gaza Detainees Endure Near-daily Mistreatment at Ramleh Prison
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Gaza Detainees Endure Near-daily Mistreatment at Ramleh Prison

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
rights organizations to intervene. The allegations come amid broader concerns over the treatment and health of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. The Palestinian Authority’s detainee affairs commission has separately reported deteriorating health conditions among prisoners at Ofer Pris ...
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
rights loudly condemn the smallest violent act against civilians in Western countries and brand its perpetrators as terrorists, they maintain a deathly silence before the crimes Western powers commit against other nations. That double standard becomes even starker when the US and the Israeli regime ...
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Human Rights Council’s findings as credible and takes the responsibility to protect civilians very seriously. For specific questions about US military operations, the department referred reporters to the US Department of War. Washington’s official position, then, is to reject the credib ...
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
rights, saying countries silent on Israeli violations and indifferent to attacks on Iranians have no standing to lecture others. Speaking with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, he accused the bloc of appeasing US bullying rather than upholding the principles it claims to defend. Araghchi also me ...

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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.