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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’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power

Sunday 23 August 2026
Pentagon, under the influence of this atmosphere, has put forward an array of plans to increase its weapons production, the Iranian side has done the same and it is fast refilling its arsenal and developing new models that the Iranian officials say if Washington resumes its aggression, they will cha ...
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
Pentagon is now being forced to pull back troops, draw down to its lowest troop levels since 2003, and shell out $5 billion in reconstruction costs. But more troubling for Washington is the collapse of the 45-year-old Carter Doctrine, a seismic warning shot. Trump, who never wanted to be Carter, now ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
Iran has diverse partners and a secret network of trade and business which is hard to target. Alwaght- The Department of Treasury on Monday rolled out under what it called D-Day sanctions a new round of sanctions under a new economic campaign against Iran. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the ...
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Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports
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Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
Pentagon has declined to provide a detailed public assessment of the damage. The Pentagon has separately sought $67 billion in emergency funding, including $18.2 billion to replenish advanced missile interceptor stocks such as Patriot, Tomahawk, and THAAD systems. The funding request comes amid con ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The 2024 election also saw the Million Muslim Votes campaign mobilize more than 1.08 million registered Muslim voters. So, the most consequential shift this cycle is the gradual movement of Muslims from influential voting bloc to candidates and decision-makers in their ...
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf states since the American-Israeli war began on February 28 on Iran.  Of that total, 4,350 have died in Lebanon, 3,527 in Iran, and 28 in the Gulf countries. Another 60 Israelis and 18 US service members have been killed in Iranian retaliatory strikes against the a ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
Leverage the capital and commercial networks of Pakistani expatriates in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait to market and move Iranian exports. Beyond that, the low-hanging fruit is abundant: immediately activate border marketplaces, operationalize the Istanbul–Tehran–Islamabad rail corr ...
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
Pentagon and the US intelligence community to counter large-scale, precision-barrage warfare. American military experts, including Seth Jones of the American Enterprise Institute, argue that US defense systems were ill-prepared for this volume and pattern of attacks, and that the US absorbed a stag ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
Pentagon has notified the Kurdish leaders that it will not extend its agreement with Peshmerga Ministry that will expire September 30. The report adds thar, the decision will also see American financial aids, which are around $61 million in the Pentagon's budget this year, to the Kurdish milita ...
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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 ،
Legal Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said that these aggressive acts will receive a fitting response. We view them as military aggression against our country. Naturally, as our courageous armed forces have already demonstrated, any action against our territorial integrity, at any level, will be met with ...

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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.