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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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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026
deals to the 2019 regional accord with the UAE known as the Riyadh Agreement, and even the 2025 security pact with Pakistan. So, it seems that picking Mecca as the venue for the deal is not accidental or ceremonial. Riyadh tries to sell this initiative not just as a security deal but a sign of conv ...
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
Military and security ties between Egypt and Saudi Arabia have remained tight for decades. The two countries have held common views on most regional issues, cooperating on matters like Persian Gulf security, countering regional threats, and backing Arab governments. Yet the strategic closeness betwe ...
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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 ،
deals with prominent figures outside the direct contest. Third, the number of reserved slots, or shiryonim: Guaranteed positions on the party list that the leader can award to specific individuals without a primary vote. The burning question: How many such seats is Netanyahu entitled to offer? In ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
deals with political factions and absorbing their fighters into state structures could go a long way. But if the true objective, as the government has declared, is to achieve a restriction of arms to the state in the hands of the state, then Baghdad will have to contend with a far broader cast of ...
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
deals. During President Emomali Rahmon’s 2022 visit to Tehran, the two sides inked a long-term economic and trade cooperation program through 2030, alongside an oil-and-gas cooperation MOU.  In 2023, they signed an implementation plan for that accord, plus MOUs on transit transport via t ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
deals will be structured and monitored. When all is said and done, the likeliest winners here are private companies and Trump's business allies. For the American consumer, the takeaway appears to be the same as ever: hunker down, absorb the economic pain, and wait, perhaps for years, until glob ...
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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 ،
deals for major projects. In exchange for buying Iranian gas or oil, Pakistan could transfer equity stakes in its own ports or airports, granting Tehran operating rights over part of Gwadar Port, for instance. Such arrangements would lock in long-term mutual benefits and tie the two economies togeth ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
deals with parties outside the main blocs. The contest, however, does not turn on Knesset seat counts alone: voters' preferences for prime minister have become a central battleground. Some polls show Eisenkot leading Netanyahu 48 percent to 39 percent. Naftali Bennett, too, edges ahead of Netan ...
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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 ،
deals with Baghdad. Even official reports by the CENTCOM show that equipment and munitions were handed over to Iraqi security forces from Ain Al-Assad logistic centers.  Therefore, part of the equipment over the past years were transferred to the Iraqi forces. 
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
deals with non-Americans, and expand Iraq's ties with China, Russia and India so that Iraq can break free of American domination. Iraq, Iran's strategic depth Concluding the interview, Mr Afghahi held that Iraq has major capacities to expand its regional ties, adding that today's Iraq ...

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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.