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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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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation

Monday 25 August 2025
Islamic Movement (ETIM) which, in the eyes of Beijing, poses a direct threat to the home security especially in the Muslim-majority province of Xingiang. China is worried that the Taliban would not be able or would not want to fully contain the group and Afghanistan would be a safe haven for the Uyg ...
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which held a meeting in Jeddah on Monday focused on the developments in Gaza, stated in its final communiqué its firm opposition to the Greater Israel plan. This shift in stance could become an obstacle to the realisation of the Israelis' dream and create a new ...
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Fatal Zeitoun Ambush: How Does Hamas Hold the Initiative in Gaza after Two Years of War?
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Fatal Zeitoun Ambush: How Does Hamas Hold the Initiative in Gaza after Two Years of War?

Monday 1 September 2025 ،
Islamic Jihad, has managed to rebuild its strength and even reassert some elements of its governing authority in certain areas. Jerome Drevon, a senior analyst on armed groups at the International Crisis Group, states that Hamas's strategy is to avoid large-scale direct confrontations with Isra ...
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Al-Quds Attack: 7 Settlers Killed, Multiple Critically Wounded
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Al-Quds Attack: 7 Settlers Killed, Multiple Critically Wounded

Monday 8 September 2025 ،
Islamic Jihad, and the Mujahideen Movement, called the operation a “natural response” to Israeli crimes. They emphasized that it was a message against Israeli actions in Gaza, al-Quds, and the West Bank, urging Palestinians to escalate confrontations and resist occupation efforts while h ...
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?

Monday 15 September 2025 ،
Islamic Summit to be held in Doha. In such circumstances, the only formal collective defense tool among these nations, the Peninsula Shield Force (PSF), has once again come into focus. The central question now is what the probable Arab reaction to the recent aggression by Israel will be, and whethe ...
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
Islamic countries have failed to take an effective measure to counter the Israeli aggression, the proposals made by some leaders for collective action have motivated a movement to boosting security partnership. This means that regional countries begin to prioritize bilateral and multilateral securit ...
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Tehran Slams Ecuador Over ‘Unlawful’ Move to Blacklist IRGC
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Tehran Slams Ecuador Over ‘Unlawful’ Move to Blacklist IRGC

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) a terrorist group. Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff strongly condemned Ecuador’s decision to label the IRGC, Hamas, and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations, calling it “irrational, desperate, and illegal.” The statement accused Ecuado ...
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
Islamic nation to liberate itself from Zionist-American domination—as a terrorist organization. It is as if America is blind to the daily, systematic Zionist terrorism that massacres thousands of innocent, defenseless civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and other countries, in addition to the s ...
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Velayati Addresses Snapback Mechanism and Israeli Aggression
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Velayati Addresses Snapback Mechanism and Israeli Aggression

Wednesday 24 September 2025 ،
Islamic and Arab nations to learn from these experiences. Addressing the situation in Gaza and the broader Resistance, Velayati denounced Israel’s actions as genocide and cultural erasure, stressing that international condemnation alone is insufficient. He called for urgent measures, includin ...
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European Recognition of Palestinian State a Political Show: Analyst
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European Recognition of Palestinian State a Political Show: Analyst

Wednesday 24 September 2025 ،
Islamic world and a supporter of the Palestinian cause and cannot completely ignore this role. To some extent, Saudi Arabia has been covertly encouraging Persian Gulf Arab states to normalize relations with the child-killing Israeli regime. Both before and even after the Gaza war, it has paid lip se ...

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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.