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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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Assassinating Afghan Figures in Iran: What’s the Goal?
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Assassinating Afghan Figures in Iran: What’s the Goal?

Monday 29 December 2025
July 2021, Taliban stepped up arrests and attacks on opponent security and military officials. This has become an intermittent process after purge of opponents and establishment of Taliban government. According to reports, over the past three months, three anti-Taliban figures have been assassinated ...
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Media Crackdown and Censorship, Netanyahu’s Remedy for Security Crisis
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Media Crackdown and Censorship, Netanyahu’s Remedy for Security Crisis

Thursday 1 January 2026 ،
June, censorship has been more seriously pursued by the cabinet. Netanyahu and his backers claim they have won wars on all fronts over the past two years, but when the army forces face the realties on the ground, they grow frustrated. Rising suicide rates within the military bears witness to this cr ...
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Assassination of Sadrist Comdr., a Prelude to Grand Plot against Iraqi Resistance
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Assassination of Sadrist Comdr., a Prelude to Grand Plot against Iraqi Resistance

Wednesday 7 January 2026 ،
The Iraqi Shiites need to unite as their clashes serve Israeli and American interests who want to resink Iraq in crises. Alwaght- The mysterious assassination of Hussein al-Allaq, a senior commander of Iraq's Al-Salam Brigades (Saraya Al-Salam) as the military wing of the Sadrist Movement in the ...
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Rioters Damage Properties Including Public Infrastructure in Iran
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Rioters Damage Properties Including Public Infrastructure in Iran

Friday 9 January 2026 ،
June 2025 that claimed the lives of over 1,000 Iranians, including military leaders, scientists, and ordinary citizens. Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized Iran’s resolve to confront vandals and reject any mercenary attitudes toward outsiders. He stressed that the Islamic nation would never tolerat ...
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Iranian Intelligence Forces Arrest Alleged Israeli Agent
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Iranian Intelligence Forces Arrest Alleged Israeli Agent

Sunday 11 January 2026 ،
Iranian intelligence forces have arrested a foreign national accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad agency in Tehran ALWAGHT- Iranian intelligence forces have arrested a foreign national accused of spying for Israel's Mossad agency in Tehran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intellig ...
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What’s Next for Southern Yemen after STC Dissolution?
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What’s Next for Southern Yemen after STC Dissolution?

Monday 12 January 2026 ،
Jalal al-Subaihi, the STC secretary-general, said that the move signifies the bloc’s preparation to participate the intra-Yemeni dialogue conference set to be held soon in Saudi Arabia. Members of the council have called on influential figures and leaders to join the talks. Suggesting that t ...
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How Have West and Israel Supported Riots in Iran?
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How Have West and Israel Supported Riots in Iran?

Tuesday 13 January 2026 ،
Street in downtown Tehran and the population was so large that traffic was stopped kilometers away from the street. The images and chants on Monday afternoon in Enghlab Street and other Iranian streets focused on condemnation of the Western interference in the Iranian affairs and the American threa ...
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?

Tuesday 13 January 2026 ،
June the troika of leadership, people, and powerful armed forces slapped the Israeli enemy hard in the face and shattered its plot to bring Iran to its knees using military force, in recent days a scenario designed by foreign intelligence agencies to destabilize Iran and make it another Syria met it ...
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As Gazans Suffer in Extreme Cold, Trump Eyes Second Phase of Ceasefire
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As Gazans Suffer in Extreme Cold, Trump Eyes Second Phase of Ceasefire

Wednesday 14 January 2026 ،
Journal, which cites American officials. Nikolai Miladinov, a former Bulgarian diplomat and defense minister, will be appointed as the High Representative of the Gaza Peace Council, serving as a liaison between technical committees and the Council in Gaza. This follows earlier reports indicating Tr ...
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026 ،
Jolani, who is the current interim president of Syria. These concerns are not merely about the security consequences of these two groups near the Iraqi borders. These consequences become more serious when we know that recent reports talked about 1,500 ISIS fighters escaping Al-Shaddadi prison in Syr ...

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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.