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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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US Releases 53mn Barrels from Oil Reserve Amid Iran War Fallout
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US Releases 53mn Barrels from Oil Reserve Amid Iran War Fallout

Tuesday 12 May 2026
March. The strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and gas shipments pass, remains shut after Iran warned it would target vessels belonging to aggressors or their allies in retaliation for the US-Israeli war that began on February 28. The shutdown has caused severe global ene ...
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Strait of Hormuz Becomes 500-Kilometer Strategic Crescent
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Strait of Hormuz Becomes 500-Kilometer Strategic Crescent

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
March, days after the US and Israel launched their war of aggression against the country. Tehran began enforcing much stricter controls after the US announced a blockade on Iranian vessels and ports—a move Iran has condemned as illegal and an act of maritime piracy—with the armed forces ...
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Hezbollah Chief: Resistance Comes at a Lower Cost Than Surrender
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Hezbollah Chief: Resistance Comes at a Lower Cost Than Surrender

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
March 2 conditions and vowed continued responses to enemy aggression. Qassem described the Iran-US agreement halting aggression against Lebanon as the strongest card for ending the war, thanking Iran and all parties contributing to stopping the aggression. He affirmed that negotiating Lebanon's ...
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Large Yemeni Rallies Back Al-Aqsa and Lebanon
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Large Yemeni Rallies Back Al-Aqsa and Lebanon

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
Yemenis across all sectors of society rallied in support of Islamic holy sites—the Quran and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds—alongside the people of Lebanon ALWAGHT- Yemenis across all sectors of society rallied in support of Islamic holy sites—the Quran and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds—alongside ...
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
March and April, dropping by 246 million barrels. To calm markets, the 32-member IEA coordinated the largest-ever release of stocks from strategic reserves in March, agreeing to withdraw 400 million barrels, with around 164 million barrels released by May 8. The agency slashed its previous forecast, ...
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Moscow: UN Shows Double Standards on Iran; US, Israel Behind UAE Plant Attack
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Moscow: UN Shows Double Standards on Iran; US, Israel Behind UAE Plant Attack

Wednesday 20 May 2026 ،
March 17, 24, 27, and April 4 — with the April 4 attack killing an Iranian security officer. The Russian envoy took aim at UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who expressed alarm over the Barakah incident but never deemed it necessary to somehow react to the numerous attacks targeting the ...
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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?
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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?

Thursday 21 May 2026 ،
March now stand at 20. 3. Psychological pressure through stirring permanent insecurity One of the main objectives of this strategy by Hezbollah is to destroy the calm of the Israeli army and impose a heavy psychological pressure on it. Distributed operations cause persistent terror in the camps a ...
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
March 3 to ban food exports under wartime conditions only deepened the chaos. Tajikistan, which over the past five years has seen its trade with Iran multiply several times over, hitting a record $484 million in 2025, quickly faced shortages of certain goods and spiking prices. Dairy products, sugar ...
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World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla
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World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
March. International organizations, including the World Food Programme, describe the situation as catastrophic. Most of the population remains crammed into overcrowded tents or rubble-strewn buildings, while critical infrastructure like water, sanitation, and waste management, has effectively collap ...
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Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?
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Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?

Tuesday 26 May 2026 ،
March 2021, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a South Korean tanker in the Persian Gulf, a punitive move that played a significant role in pushing the Koreans to cooperate in transferring the money to Qatari banks. South Korea had been the sole buyer of Iranian gas condensates. After US sanc ...

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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.