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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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Army Chief Says Iran Has Adopted New Measures to Address Security Threats
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Army Chief Says Iran Has Adopted New Measures to Address Security Threats

Tuesday 14 October 2025
National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on Monday to discuss the current political, security, and military landscape in the region. During the session, he reflected on the 12-day war imposed by the United States and the Zionist regime in June, describing it as a pivotal conflict that offered ...
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Iraq’s Upcoming Elections and New Composition of Political Factions
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Iraq’s Upcoming Elections and New Composition of Political Factions

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
National Forces Alliance. The Badr Organization led by Hadi al-Amiri, like Al-Sadiqoon and State of Law, is competing without forming alliances with other prominent Shia groups. Sunni coalitions include the Progress Alliance led by Mohammed al-Halbousi, the Sovereignty Alliance led by businessman K ...
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Figures on Palestinians Hamas Freed during Two-year War: Epic Stories of Four Prisoners
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Figures on Palestinians Hamas Freed during Two-year War: Epic Stories of Four Prisoners

Wednesday 15 October 2025 ،
Under various deals during war, Hamas freed large number of Palestinian prisoners. Alwaght- After years behind the bars in the Israeli occupation prisons, tens of Palestinians who were serving life sentences were freed under a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas. The swap comes as the Israelis af ...
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Hamas Blames Israel for Blocking Search for Captive Bodies as Gaza Suffers Under Siege
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Hamas Blames Israel for Blocking Search for Captive Bodies as Gaza Suffers Under Siege

Wednesday 15 October 2025 ،
According to a senior Hamas official, Israel is impeding attempts to find and repatriate captive bodies in Gaza ALWAGHT- According to a senior Hamas official, Israel is impeding attempts to find and repatriate captive bodies in Gaza, attributing the obstruction to widespread devastation and Israel&r ...
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Italian Police Confront Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Ahead of Israel Football Match
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Italian Police Confront Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Ahead of Israel Football Match

Wednesday 15 October 2025 ،
Police clashed with pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the northern Italian city of Udine ahead of Italy’s 2026 World Cup qualifier against Israel ALWAGHT- Police clashed with pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the northern Italian city of Udine ahead of Italy’s 2026 World Cup qualifier against Is ...
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?

Thursday 16 October 2025 ،
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Syrian and regional lobbying groups had pushed for this faster-track strategy, aiming to attach the repeal to the must-pass defense budget rather than pursuing a standalone bill. The Senate subsequently proposed an amendment to the NDAA, but the House speak ...
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Gaza Reconstruction Promises: From Sharm El-Sheikh Summit to Field Challenges
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Gaza Reconstruction Promises: From Sharm El-Sheikh Summit to Field Challenges

Friday 17 October 2025 ،
Though the Arab countries and West promised aid to rebuild Gaza, field realities show the scale of destruction is colossal and takes a serious will. Alwaght- In recent days, mainstream and social media have been flooded with images of Gaza residents rejoicing about stop of war and arrival of the hum ...
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Prisoners’ Bodies: Netanyahu’s New Excuse for War
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Prisoners’ Bodies: Netanyahu’s New Excuse for War

Saturday 18 October 2025 ،
Netanyahu is obviously seeking a new pretext to resume war on Gaza while Hamas says it delivered all bodies of prisoners it held. Alwaght- A week after announcement of ceasefire in Gaza Strip and Trump’s propagandaistic show in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh about bringing the so-called peace to ...
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Iranian Naval Chief Says Adversaries Seeking to Exclude Iran from Regional Waterways
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Iranian Naval Chief Says Adversaries Seeking to Exclude Iran from Regional Waterways

Saturday 18 October 2025 ،
Adversarial states are implementing strategies designed to constrain global maritime corridors and marginalize Iran’s participation in them ALWAGHT- Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, commander of the Iranian Navy, cautioned that adversarial states are implementing strategies designed to constrain global m ...
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Chilling Accounts from Israeli Prisons: From Torture to Human Organ Theft
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Chilling Accounts from Israeli Prisons: From Torture to Human Organ Theft

Saturday 18 October 2025 ،
National Campaign for the Recovery of Martyrs' Bodies estimates that the number of bodies buried in numbered, mass-grave sites has reached 735, with 99 of them being Gazans. In contrast, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has claimed that Israel is holding the bodies of approximately 1,500 Hamas figh ...

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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.