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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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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026
cooperation with Iraqi security forces. Those efforts also went some way toward offsetting the consequences of five years of civil war in Iraq and produced a fragile framework of a dysfunctional democracy, one that could, of course, push Iraq once again toward a system built on the rule of a single ...
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert
Interview

Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
cooperation with Iraq? Zaree: By agreeing to withdraw its military forces from Iraqi territory on September 30, the US is trying to reduce the heavy costs and pressures it faces, but at the same time it will keep its influence in Iraq.  However, US influence in Iraq is not limited solely to m ...
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
cooperation with coalition partners. In simpler terms, the US has transferred the anti-ISIS mission from Iraqi soil to a regional base. The Washington Post had also reported before the completion of the withdrawal that the remaining American forces in northern Iraq would mainly head to Jordan. Wha ...
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Yemen War Highlights Growing Saudi-Israeli Military Coordination
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Yemen War Highlights Growing Saudi-Israeli Military Coordination

Sunday 4 October 2026 ،
cooperation against Yemen, including intelligence sharing and private military contacts. It links the coordination to efforts to counter Yemen’s Armed Forces and protect Saudi and Israeli interests in the Red Sea. According to the analysis, Israeli intelligence has reportedly helped Saudi Ara ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
cooperation, and the power to act from outside the host country like Iraq come into priority.  Pentagon, for its part, called the withdrawal a transition from war-time coalition mission to Iraqi-led security effort, adding that targeted training and intelligence support to Baghdad will continu ...
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
cooperation, also said Washington has announced that security cooperation with the Iraqi government will continue under new agreements, a red flag for Iraq’s sovereignty and independence. ISIS threat not over yet Referring to the possibility of insecurity continuing in Iraq, Kazemi Qomi said ...
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Pezeshkian: US Talks Serve No Purpose
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Pezeshkian: US Talks Serve No Purpose

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
cooperation with Tehran despite sanctions. The remarks come amid renewed tensions following US and Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent Iranian retaliation. Tehran has accused Washington of violating a ceasefire and a later US-Iran memorandum, while continued attacks have prompted further Iranian ...
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert
Interview

True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
cooperation, training Iraqi forces, arms sales and support, defense partnerships, and political engagement. Previous Baghdad-Washington agreements had, in essence, already anticipated the transition from a coalition mission to a bilateral security relationship. I therefore do not see the US withdra ...
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026 ،
cooperation between regional states with Kabul on political, economic, cultural, and other areas.  In the talks before the collapse of the US-backed government of President Ashraf Ghani, various political factions from the Taliban to the Jamiat-i Islami Afghanistan and Islamic Unity Party, as ...
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
cooperation, displacing the trans-Atlantic disputes over Russia and Ukraine.  Lust for power has replaced justice: Joseph Loconte, an American historian, author and scholar of Western civilization, argued in an essay for the conservative National Review that Rubio's speech was riddled 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.