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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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Seven Naval Advantages Iran Holds Over The US
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Seven Naval Advantages Iran Holds Over The US

Tuesday 5 May 2026
based not on power symmetry but on changing the rules of the game through asymmetric naval warfare. Iran's goal is not to directly compete with America's technological superiority but to neutralize it by imposing costs, complicating the environment, and drawing the battle onto its own prefer ...
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
baseless and an outright lie. Any maritime movements violating Guard naval principles will face serious consequences, and violator vessels will be stopped by force.” Tehran officials have repeatedly and emphatically made clear that until the US and the Israeli regime permanently end their war ...
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
bases, hosting radar, missile, and surveillance equipment that give Iran constant, precise oversight of all naval movements. These islands also function as logistics and staging posts for fast-attack craft and other naval units, dramatically boosting operational flexibility. On top of that, Iran&rs ...
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Pezeshkian: Colonialism Has No Role in the Future World Order
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Pezeshkian: Colonialism Has No Role in the Future World Order

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
based on mutual respect and common interests. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on X on Friday that Iran's definite policy is to expand friendly relations based on mutual respect and common interests, declaring that colonialism and exploitation will have no place in the future world. He ...
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
bases among 288 targeted installations. Shamsan warned of dangerous signals ahead, noting over 250 military cargo flights to regional countries—including the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain—alongside arms deals exceeding $14 billion since the ceasefire. He concluded that after reaching ...
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
bases and interests of its enemies in the region with advanced missiles and drones. In other words, its massive attacks on the American military assets in the Persian Gulf were a message of resolution to other Western Western powers that any confrontation will have a heavy price to pay. Just unlike ...
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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 ،
Naval Support Activity Bahrain, which is home to the US Fifth Fleet’s command, a power plant at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, and five fuel storage sites (bullders) across three different bases. The imagery also documented damage or destruction earlier inflicted on dome-shaped radar covers (radome ...
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
bases in the region or monitoring Washington’s naval movements would be severely limited. It was in this context that China’s role in the war came to the fore. Although Beijing continues to avoid open military confrontation, US intelligence reports indicate that China’s cooperatio ...
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US Forces in Region Pose Threat, Not Security, Says Iran
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US Forces in Region Pose Threat, Not Security, Says Iran

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
bases in Persian Gulf countries used to launch attacks on Iran, saying Tehran has shown maximum restraint and does not wish to expand the war. However, he warned that the level of abuse regarding those facilities has reached an extreme point, forcing Iran to react. He cautioned that next time— ...
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
base in Syria recently. According to the report, the ship sailed from St. Petersburg in March and docked in Tartus port in May. The deployed fleet included the vessel Sparta, owned by its parent companies, SC South and Oboronlogistics, alongside the Russian frigate Admiral Kasatonov and another war ...

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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.