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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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How’s UAE Become Israel’s Biggest Military Industry Partner in the Region?
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How’s UAE Become Israel’s Biggest Military Industry Partner in the Region?

Saturday 20 December 2025
attacks on civilians. The UAE's agreement to allow Israeli arms companies to participate in the NAVDEX 2025 maritime defense and security exhibition and the IDEX international defense exhibition signifies direct support for Israel’s military industry and war machine. Meanwhile, reports s ...
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Top Commander Says Israel Using Threats and Media Spin to Mask Losses in Iran War
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Top Commander Says Israel Using Threats and Media Spin to Mask Losses in Iran War

Sunday 21 December 2025 ،
attacks on civilian infrastructure. The United States joined Israel on June 22 by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites, but Iran later forced a halt to the offensive through retaliatory strikes. Iranian officials say damage to Iran’s missile capabilities was minimal, with senior IRGC figures s ...
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Russia Rejects Efforts to Extend Iran Talks Beyond Nuclear Program
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Russia Rejects Efforts to Extend Iran Talks Beyond Nuclear Program

Tuesday 23 December 2025 ،
attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and Washington’s stance have undermined prospects for serious talks.
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
attacks by the US and the Israeli regime on Iranian nuclear facilities have eliminated Tehran’s threats, the fact remains that key West Asian issues, sea lanes, terrorism, energy flow management, and the security of the Israeli regime, are intrinsically linked to Iran and the Axis of Resistanc ...
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How Yemen Turned the Red Sea into a Global Maritime Wildcard
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How Yemen Turned the Red Sea into a Global Maritime Wildcard

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
attacks on commercial and military vessels shattered long-held assumptions about maritime dominance and demonstrated that chokepoint disruption no longer requires conventional naval supremacy. At the center was the Bab al-Mandab Strait, through which a significant share of global oil and container ...
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Iran Condemns Trump’s “Grave and Explicit” Military Threats, Urges UN Action
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Iran Condemns Trump’s “Grave and Explicit” Military Threats, Urges UN Action

Wednesday 31 December 2025 ،
attacks inside Iran and the US later bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran said it halted the assault through retaliatory operations and warned that Trump’s statements signal an intent to continue unlawful aggression. Iran also criticized US support for Israel, accused Washington of double ...
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Iran’s Defense Chief: Missile Power Immune to Bombs, Talks, and Assassinations
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Iran’s Defense Chief: Missile Power Immune to Bombs, Talks, and Assassinations

Saturday 3 January 2026 ،
attacks on its nuclear facilities would undermine international law and the NPT.
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US Invasion of Venezuela: Test of Latin America’s Bolivarin Resistance and Geopolitical Realignment
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US Invasion of Venezuela: Test of Latin America’s Bolivarin Resistance and Geopolitical Realignment

Saturday 3 January 2026 ،
attacks targeting an airport and an airbase. Explosions and smoke have been reported across the capital, with power outages affecting parts of the city. The Financial Times reports that at least five large Chinook helicopters took part in the operation. There have been no confirmed reports of surfa ...
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?

Tuesday 13 January 2026 ،
attacks on US military bases in the region: Scenario of death of thousands of troops One of the top scenarios of Iranian reaction is a resolute response to any American actions, targeting the US interests in West Asia, especially its military bases. The US operates tens of military bases around I ...
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
attacks by the ISIS terrorist group. It served as the center of the command of the US operations in the region. In 2018, Trump visited the key military infrastructure. The strategic and iconic significance of Ain Al-Assad brought it under an unprecedented Iranian missile attack in 2020 launched by ...

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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.