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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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NBC News Uncovers High Price of War with Iran: Hefty Losses for the Aggressors
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NBC News Uncovers High Price of War with Iran: Hefty Losses for the Aggressors

Monday 27 April 2026
Kuwait—bypassing air defenses in what officials called the first enemy fixed-wing aircraft strike on a US base in years. Additionally, a significant number of Iranian missiles penetrated US and allied defense systems. The NBC report, based on findings from the American Enterprise Institute an ...
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Retaliatory Strikes by Iran, Allies Leave Majority of US West Asia Bases Damaged
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Retaliatory Strikes by Iran, Allies Leave Majority of US West Asia Bases Damaged

Saturday 2 May 2026 ،
Kuwait, and Jordan, while also striking Israeli assets throughout the occupied territories. Regional resistance movements from Lebanon and Yemen cooperated with Iranian forces in delivering some of the blows.
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Strait of Hormuz Instability and Its Cascading Impact on Airline Operations
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Strait of Hormuz Instability and Its Cascading Impact on Airline Operations

Sunday 3 May 2026 ،
Kuwait Airways—faced soaring fuel costs and disrupted flight paths, leading to reductions in low-profit flights, rethinking of long-haul routes, higher ticket prices, delayed fleet expansions, and hiring freezes. The aviation industry is now caught in a multi-layered pressure cycle: war along ...
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Profitable Business: How’s US Capitalizing on Wars and Crises?
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Profitable Business: How’s US Capitalizing on Wars and Crises?

Monday 4 May 2026 ،
Kuwait, abd the UAE worth $8.6 billion. The announcement adds that the US will provide guided munitions named AKPWS along with related systems worth nearly $1 billion. Washington has also approved the sale of a combat management system and related equipment to Kuwait, worth nearly $2.5 billion. Mea ...
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Riyadh Declares It Will Not Permit Use of Its Airspace for Strikes on Iran
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Riyadh Declares It Will Not Permit Use of Its Airspace for Strikes on Iran

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
Kuwaiti airspace would be opened to US aircraft, calling those reports incorrect—a denial also emphasized by other Saudi officials. Al-Arabiya channel further quoted a Saudi official confirming that the Kingdom has granted no authorization for the use of its airspace to support US-led offensiv ...
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain—alongside arms deals exceeding $14 billion since the ceasefire. He concluded that after reaching a dead end in direct confrontation with Iran, Washington is now seeking to use these countries as tools, adopting the option of limited war and managing the battle throug ...
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
Kuwait, a satellite dish at the Naval Support Activity Bahrain, which is home to the US Fifth Fleet’s command, a power plant at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, and five fuel storage sites (bullders) across three different bases. The imagery also documented damage or destruction earlier inflicted on ...
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
Kuwait and even Saudi Arabia. That campaign was designed to demonstrate the depth of their operational reach and raise their deterrent credibility. Now, if tensions escalate, that same operational pattern could be reactivated, pushing the conflict beyond Iraq's security framework. Alongside mil ...
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Persian Gulf Conflict Raises Risk of Environmental Catastrophe
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Persian Gulf Conflict Raises Risk of Environmental Catastrophe

Thursday 21 May 2026 ،
Kuwait. Mousavian proposes a four-point framework to resolve the crisis. First, Iran could lawfully establish specialized maritime service regimes tied to concrete operational services like pilotage, environmental protection, and navigational safety. Second, under Article 43 of UNCLOS, Iran could a ...
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
Kuwait and Bahrain as containing baseless claims, arguing that the real issue is those states' participation in military operations against Iranian territory. He cited public statements by senior US officials, including the president and CENTCOM commanders, openly acknowledging that several Pers ...

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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.