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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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Why US Seeking Jordanian Alternative to Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base?
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Why US Seeking Jordanian Alternative to Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base?

Sunday 3 December 2017
Salti military base in Jordan. Earlier, the US Atomic Energy Commission, an American government agency, has issued a report saying that the air base, also known al-Azraq air base, is located in a strategic place and is in urgent need of enhancement of facilities and military potentials in a bid to p ...
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Is Golan Opening New Anti-Israeli Front?
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Is Golan Opening New Anti-Israeli Front?

Sunday 25 June 2023 ،
Muwafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze in the occupied Palestine. The outcome was a ceasefire agreement continuing to beyond the Eid Al Adha, on the condition that the project is halted in return for stopping the protests.  The new Israeli provocation in the occupied Golan comes as t ...
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Will Military Buildup Give the US What it Wants from Iran?
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Will Military Buildup Give the US What it Wants from Iran?

Tuesday 10 February 2026 ،
Salti Air Base. It has also been reported that a fourth Lockheed C-5 Galaxy military transport aircraft has arrived in Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base, having flown from Robert Gray Army Airfield. Reports of such military movements are typically issued by observers familiar with militar ...
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Latest Information on US Military Formation amid Threats of War with Iran
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Latest Information on US Military Formation amid Threats of War with Iran

Tuesday 24 February 2026 ،
Salti Air Base. This aerial buildup positions Jordan as a critical hub supporting air operations in the eastern Mediterranean and Iraq.  850 miles southeast of this base, there is the Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia that has witnessed tangible movement of the American military assets. Hi ...
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Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Growing Role in Regional Conflict: Why and How?
Report

Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Growing Role in Regional Conflict: Why and How?

Tuesday 7 April 2026 ،
Salti in Jordan, and a base in Syria's Hassakeh. With the latest wave of attacks over the past two days, the number of attacks by the Islamic resistance in Iraq against the US and the Israeli regime has surged to 713 since the onset of the conflict. These attacks are predicted to continue for ...
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
Salti Air Base in Jordan and two sites in the UAE, a second satellite communications facility at Al Udeid, and an E-3 Sentry command-and-control aircraft along with a tanker at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Over half of the damage reviewed by the Washington Post occurred at the Fifth Flee ...

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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.