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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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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026
of political and security challenges after defeat in Azerbaijan war and losing disputed Karabakh region is to hold its first parliamentary elections since all these developments. As West Asia is undergoing substantial security developments, Ukraine war is impacting the Russian-Western relationship, ...
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
of reality of this country, as if it is two various countries. While Lebanon is grappling with foreign aggression and full-scale war, gaps are deepening between government of Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah and its allies over a set of important issues like defense and negotiations, Hezbollah’s wea ...
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Iraq Crackdown on Corruption: Ex-officials Detained, Billions in Cash and Gold Recovered
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Iraq Crackdown on Corruption: Ex-officials Detained, Billions in Cash and Gold Recovered

Monday 29 June 2026 ،
officials will strongly continue until rights of public are restored. Alwaght- Sunday morning, the Iraqi capital Baghdad woke up with the biggest security operation of recent years. The operation opened inside and around the Green Zone and a number of provinces with detention of a number of current ...
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
of Hamas that insists on resistance to occupation. Alwaght- After a several month temporary administration of Hamas political bureau, the Palestinian movement announced on Monday its new leader, naming a figure familiar to the Israeli political calculations and concerns about the future of the resis ...
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
of al-Zaydi remains far from full-force work as parties are yet to reach a consensus on filling key ministries. Alwaght- Nearly four months after formation of the new Iraqi cabinet by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi, some of the most important ministries and the government's future plans for them re ...
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
of the Israeli regime's political scene. What is happening in Netanyahu’s camp is not the casual, pre-election anxiety, but a real fear of losing the power and more dramatically, the real possibility that Religious Party Zionism, led by current Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, one of Net ...
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
of Gaza war and is haunted by its political, security, economic, and international fallout, it has recently ignited a new crisis, this time in the West Bank. This crisis is drawing less attention of the world media, but for the Palestinians of this region, it is no less than Gaza war in terms of its ...
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
Member of Azm Coalition Fawaz Mohammad al-Dalimi in comments said that the PMF draft law will soon enter stage of implementation, adding that there is a consensus in the parliament to remove the obstacles ahead of approving the bill. The ruling Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) over the past days ...
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US Has no Choice but to Accept Iranian Conditions: Iran’s MP
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US Has no Choice but to Accept Iranian Conditions: Iran’s MP

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
of parliament Abbas Moghtadaee for comments on the years of the US hostile policy against Iran and the current war conditions. He said that the Americans for decades have vastly used an array of instruments to stop the Iranian advances in various areas; from using the UN and political pressures to s ...
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Iran Signals Readiness for Talks While Rejecting Pressure and Intimidation
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Iran Signals Readiness for Talks While Rejecting Pressure and Intimidation

Sunday 27 September 2026 ،
of resolving disputes ALWAGHT- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran remains committed to negotiations as a means of resolving disputes, while rejecting any attempt to dictate terms through threats, pressure, or military force. He stressed that Iran would not submit to external coercion. ...

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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.