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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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Iran Asks IAEA to Denounce US Bombing of Nuclear Sites
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Iran Asks IAEA to Denounce US Bombing of Nuclear Sites

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Island. The spokesman also dismissed US allegations of Iranian military activities in Cuba, announced that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will attend the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, and said Iraq's prime minister is expected to visit Tehran for talks on trade and region ...
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IRGC Reports Disabling Multiple Radar Systems in Kuwait
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IRGC Reports Disabling Multiple Radar Systems in Kuwait

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
Island. The IRGC said the targeted radar systems were rendered inoperable and stressed that its campaign against what it called the aggressor would continue. The strikes were described as part of a broader effort to weaken regional surveillance capabilities used against Iran. Earlier the same day, ...
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YAF Claims Missile and Drone Attacks on Saudi Aramco Sites in Jizan and Yanbu
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YAF Claims Missile and Drone Attacks on Saudi Aramco Sites in Jizan and Yanbu

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
Island, and other areas, which he described as violations of Yemen's sovereignty. He also claimed Yemeni air defenses confronted Saudi warplanes and prevented further attacks. The YAF said it would continue resisting Saudi military actions, maintaining that the naval blockade on Saudi Arabia wi ...
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Hormuz crisis has proven that military strength is not always a game-changing factor. Alwaght- Over the past few days, a series of diplomatic and military developments have shown that Strait of Hormuz crisis is not a mere regional dispute, rather, it is a scene determining a balance of power among t ...
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Major Cleanup of Polluted Waters Along Qeshm Shores
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Major Cleanup of Polluted Waters Along Qeshm Shores

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
Island’s shores have been cleared of the recent oil slick ALWAGHT- A local official in southern Hormozgan Province has announced that large sections of the waters along Qeshm Island’s shores have been cleared of the recent oil slick. Operations to contain and clean up an oil spill along the s ...
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
Turkey knows that relations with Israeli regime cannot go smoothly, so it has taken various measures in preparation. Alwaght- Tensions between Turkey and Israeli regime in recent weeks have gone beyond political dispute over Gaza war and have elevated to a more direct confrontation over Syrian futur ...
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Iranian Forces Strike US Base in UAE Following Attack on Larak Island
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Iranian Forces Strike US Base in UAE Following Attack on Larak Island

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
Island. The Iranian Army said Monday that it targeted US military positions at Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE with suicide drones, calling the strike retaliation for a US attack on Larak Island in southern Iran. The reported targets included positions housing US personnel and helicopters. Iranian f ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
Island, Iran’s armed forces fired back with a missile attack on US targets in Jordan. At the same time, Tehran announced that ships and tankers in the Persian Gulf were now in its crosshairs. Tension and the specter of confrontation have once again encompassed the region, raising an urgent que ...
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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says
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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
Island constitutes a war crime ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the US attack on a wedding ceremony in the Kouhestak area of Sirik Island constitutes a war crime and reflects what he described as Washington’s “moral decline.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esma ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
Islands, and even Cyprus where Turkey and Greece are at loggerheads, is not merely a defensive measure. Rather, it is part of a strategic gambit to tighten the noose on Ankara and curtail its room to maneuver in the eastern Mediterranean. The main root of the escalating tensions lies in the shiftin ...

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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.