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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?
Analysis

Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?

Saturday 9 May 2026
Israelis, fearing Hezbollah attacks, pass hours of day in underground shelters, something disrupting their daily life. Displacement of settlers One of the most important consequences of this situation is considerable displacement of the Israelis internally. Over the past months, thousands of settl ...
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War in the War Room: Mossad and Army Clashing over Iran Campaign
Analysis

War in the War Room: Mossad and Army Clashing over Iran Campaign

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
Israelis even at the highest levels of power and amid war against Iran. 
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
Analysis

From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
Israelis naively thought that 12-day war and then martyrdom of the Iran's Supreme Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei in the February 28 war will knock down the Islamic Republic in a few days. But not only this did not happen, but also Tehran, showing off its missile and drone power and public mobilizati ...
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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?
Analysis

Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?

Thursday 21 May 2026 ،
Israelis’ historical memory of Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on October 7, 2023, and the months-long captivity of a large number of settlers, serves as a bitter reminder of a devastating defeat. Should Hezbollah replicate that scenario on the northern front, it would feel like the retu ...
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As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks
Analysis

As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks

Saturday 30 May 2026 ،
Israelis plan no concessions in diplomacy and essentially as Hezbollah had warned the Lebanese government about the risks of negotiations for Lebanese home security, diplomacy is serving as another side of the blade of the Israeli military operations. From the outset, the Hezbollah’s calculus ...
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Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity
Report

Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
Israelis. In recent days, the latest update of the UN blacklist of the sexual criminals in wars named Israeli security institutions as the most serious violators of the war laws that aimed at countering sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war, arousing the ire of the Israeli regime&# ...
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Israel Caught in a War and Defeat Cycle in Lebanon
Report

Israel Caught in a War and Defeat Cycle in Lebanon

Tuesday 2 June 2026 ،
Israelis are yet to find a solution to counter Hezbollah's drones. If operations expand in Lebanon, Israeli military casualties from Hezbollah drone strikes could multiply. In current conditions, the Israeli army is trapped in a quagmire in which the longer it stays, the harder and costlier the ...
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From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?
Interview

From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?

Friday 5 June 2026 ،
Israelis in association with the Americans have ignited. Concerning the outcomes and the scenarios ahead, Alwaght arranged an interview with Ahmad Zarean, a West Asia affairs expert, asking him for comments about the future of this war. Alwaght: What is the nature of these scattered clashes in the ...
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A Kiss of Guillotine of Time on Netanyahu’s Neck
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A Kiss of Guillotine of Time on Netanyahu’s Neck

Saturday 6 June 2026 ،
Israelis a mere sip of security. This strategy, shaped by events over the past 31 months, has seen ups and downs, and is now in a downward phase, as the central question looms larger than ever: Netanyahu has failed in his claim. The second question concerns the situation that relentless, successive ...
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences
Analysis

Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences

Monday 15 June 2026 ،
Israelis argue that they are doing so for countering the military threats. After October 7 operation and collapse of a number of Israeli security theories, Tel Aviv’s view to safe border has underwent fundamental changes. A new notion has run through the military circles that says mere border ...

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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.