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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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Washington Presses Beirut on Plan to Disarm Hezbollah
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Washington Presses Beirut on Plan to Disarm Hezbollah

Tuesday 26 August 2025
Middle East to take tangible measures to disarm Hezbollah ALWAGHT- Lebanese authorities were urged by the US Deputy Special Envoy to the Middle East to take tangible measures to disarm Hezbollah. US officials expressed strong support for Lebanon’s recent decision to pursue a plan aimed at dis ...
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans
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Greater Israel: From Torahic Concept to New Plans

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
Middle East plan of the US As the time passes by, we can see clearly that the US and Israeli have actually coordinated their West Asian policies and actually the Greater Israel is the same as realization of the US's Greater Middle East plan. This plan establishes Israel as the undisputed region ...
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Fatal Zeitoun Ambush: How Does Hamas Hold the Initiative in Gaza after Two Years of War?
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Fatal Zeitoun Ambush: How Does Hamas Hold the Initiative in Gaza after Two Years of War?

Monday 1 September 2025 ،
Middle East Online report indicates that the Washington dropped about 15 tons of explosives per square kilometer in Vietnam, while Israel has dropped 275 tons of bombs per square kilometer in Gaza since October 7, 2023. This means that 18 times more bombs have been dropped in Gaza than in the 19-yea ...
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Tehran Rejects Persian Gulf Council’s Remarks on Trio Islands
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Tehran Rejects Persian Gulf Council’s Remarks on Trio Islands

Tuesday 2 September 2025 ،
Middle East. Finally, Tehran welcomed the PGCC’s condemnation of Israel’s actions in Gaza, describing them as genocide against the Palestinian people. It called for urgent and effective steps, including severing ties with Israel, to pressure the regime into halting its crimes in the occ ...
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What’s Behind Israel’s Pilligrimage Road Project?
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What’s Behind Israel’s Pilligrimage Road Project?

Saturday 6 September 2025 ،
Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt. The 700-meter-long structure is located in the occupied settlement of David and runs beneath the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, connecting to the Western Wall plaza. It is part of a wider Israeli plan to link the settlement of Dav ...
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?

Saturday 13 September 2025 ،
Middle East Post-October 7: Israel's Push for Regional Hegemony, Tel Aviv's pressure to expand normalization is characterized as a tool to reshape the regional balance of power. The report argues this push aims to usher in a new post-colonial era, one marked by uncontested Israeli dominance. ...
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Joined by Damascus, Washington and Tel Aviv Building Pressure on Hezbollah for Disarming
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Joined by Damascus, Washington and Tel Aviv Building Pressure on Hezbollah for Disarming

Saturday 13 September 2025 ،
Middle East. Barrack presented to the Lebanese government three documents that underpin the US's Lebanon strategy. These documents insists on Hezbollah disarming according to a certain and binding timetable, dismantling Qard Al-Hassan Credit Institute as the financial body of Hezbollah, and imme ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
Middle East' project: Turkish analysts believe the Israeli regime is pursuing a major strategy to weaken neighboring countries and create a security belt of weak or subservient states around itself. As part of this strategy, there should be no strong, large states bordering the occupied territor ...
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Tehran Accuses US, Israel of Fueling Unending Regional Conflicts
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Tehran Accuses US, Israel of Fueling Unending Regional Conflicts

Wednesday 17 September 2025 ،
Middle East in endless wars for their own benefit. He urged regional states to take independent action to strengthen security and resist Israeli aggression, while also criticizing normalization with Israel as “normalizing crime and terrorism.” Baghaei added that global opposition to Isr ...
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Larijani Says Tehran, Riyadh Move to Expand Economic and Military Cooperation
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Larijani Says Tehran, Riyadh Move to Expand Economic and Military Cooperation

Wednesday 17 September 2025 ،
Middle East. On defense matters, Larijani said both sides explored ways to expand collaboration, with plans to pursue these initiatives through dedicated working groups to ensure a more organized approach in the future. Commenting on shifts in regional dynamics following recent events in Qatar, Lar ...

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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.