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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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Johnson Reveals 30 Suicide Attempts Aboard USS Lincoln in Exclusive Report
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Johnson Reveals 30 Suicide Attempts Aboard USS Lincoln in Exclusive Report

Tuesday 18 August 2026
missiles like Tomahawks, JASSMs, and PAC-3 interceptors. He also noted a decline in the US Navy's fast combat support ships and claimed that Iranian strikes on warehouses in Bahrain and Oman used to resupply US forces had compounded logistical difficulties. On the economic front, Johnson describ ...
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
missiles that can strike more painful. Alwaght- In the shadow of the informal ceasefire between Iran and the US and continuation of no war, no peace condition, the weapons stockpiles have become one of the most important issues discussed by military analysts. While the Pentagon, under the influence ...
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
missiles, according to reports. The Pentagon is now being forced to pull back troops, draw down to its lowest troop levels since 2003, and shell out $5 billion in reconstruction costs. But more troubling for Washington is the collapse of the 45-year-old Carter Doctrine, a seismic warning shot. Trump ...
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Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports
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Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
missile and drone strikes reportedly caused unprecedented damage to US intelligence facilities and surveillance equipment across West Asia, with repairs expected to cost billions of dollars. The attacks have also forced US officials to consider funding repairs and redeploying personnel and intellige ...
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
missile-and-drone barrages, and in doing so, lifted the veil on what may be the most devastating intelligence-security debacle Washington has failure in eight decades. Now, a new exclusive report from NBC News, corroborated by multiple informed sources on Capitol Hill and inside the US intelligence ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
missiles. Many of Russia's recent attacks have been carried out with new jet-powered drones that can reach speeds of 250 miles per hour, making them notoriously hard to shoot down. Now, in part because the US is bogged down in its own war with Iran and the resulting Patriot missile crunch, Ukra ...
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Iran War Bill for the US:$33.4 Billion Just Until Ceasefire
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Iran War Bill for the US:$33.4 Billion Just Until Ceasefire

Friday 18 September 2026 ،
missiles and drones. According to The New Arab, the Iranian attacks also damaged hundreds of buildings and structures at US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan, with reconstruction costs not yet factored into the $33.4 billion figure. $22.3 billion for mun ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
missile systems could close part of that gap, but acquiring a handful of defense systems does not amount to building a full air-defense network. For real deterrence, the Erbil needs an integrated web of radar, surveillance, command and control, and interceptors, an undertaking that is both costly an ...
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
missiles and Patriot and THAAD interceptors. That gap between Trump’s assertions and the experts’ assessments carries particular weight: Trump is touting unlimited military superiority even as a protracted war with Iran has placed heavy strain on the weapons stockpiles of the US and som ...
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
missiles and drones.  C-Ram CIWS systems, which were developed to counter rockets, artillery, and similar threats to the bases, were also part of the American air defense network in Erbil.  New Arab in September reported that final exit included Patriots and C-RAMs in the autonomous Kurd ...

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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.