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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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Tough Sana’a-Tel Aviv Encounter: Who’s the Winner?
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Tough Sana’a-Tel Aviv Encounter: Who’s the Winner?

Tuesday 26 August 2025
power station. Tel Aviv announced that its warplanes also attacked the presidential palace in a military complex. Al-Masirah TV reported that at least 6 people were killed and 86 were injured.  The Israeli army has claimed that the recent attacks on the capital were carried out in response to ...
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Iran’s Missile Drills in the Indian Ocean: Strategic Goals and Messages
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Iran’s Missile Drills in the Indian Ocean: Strategic Goals and Messages

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
power in dealing with any possible threats. The country unveiled in action the latest arms developments during these exercises.  The drills were joined by destroyers and included firing Qader, Nasir, Qadir, coast-based anti-ship stealth cruise missiles, as well as firing drones and electric wa ...
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Click, Boom: US Tech Giants’ Hands Stained with Palestinian Blood
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Click, Boom: US Tech Giants’ Hands Stained with Palestinian Blood

Tuesday 9 September 2025 ،
power a targeted propaganda effort to justify its offensive. The disclosures underscore a deepening partnership between Microsoft and the Israeli military following the October 7, 2023 attacks. They confirm that the American company provided crucial computing and data storage services to the Israel ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
power The Turkish worry rests on several main pillars:  Systematic violation of sovereignty of countries: Ankara is observing with alarm as Israel continues to attack the airspace and territory of various countries, including Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and recently Qatar, with a seeming sen ...
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Three Years of Fighting: Why’s Sudan not Settling?
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Three Years of Fighting: Why’s Sudan not Settling?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
power between the civilian factions and military leaders made a slim chance for democratization of the North African country.  However, the October 2021 coup orchestrated by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the army, derailed these efforts and ramped up military tensions. Simultaneo ...
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What’s the Message of Turkish-Egyptian Military Drills?
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What’s the Message of Turkish-Egyptian Military Drills?

Tuesday 23 September 2025 ،
powers. This is the first official military cooperation between Cairo and Ankara after a decade of adverserial relationship and deep distrust, starting from ouster of Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 through 2023. Now the joint naval and aerial drills are not only a sig ...
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Iran’s IRGC Commander Warns of Firm Reaction to Any Threat in The Persian Gulf
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Iran’s IRGC Commander Warns of Firm Reaction to Any Threat in The Persian Gulf

Monday 6 October 2025 ،
power and bravery, highlighting that Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israeli military and intelligence targets followed a June 13 assault carried out with US approval. That attack sparked a 12-day war that claimed more than 1,000 Iranian lives before Iran’s counteroperations brought the ...
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IRGC Navy Chief: Iran Has Safeguarded, Not Sought to Close, The Strait of Hormuz
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IRGC Navy Chief: Iran Has Safeguarded, Not Sought to Close, The Strait of Hormuz

Saturday 11 October 2025 ،
powers and nuclear-powered vessels in the area. He stressed that Iran has always ensured the security of this vital waterway and never sought its closure, questioning the fairness of the world benefiting from it while Iran faces export restrictions. Tangsiri explained that any decision to open or c ...
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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 ،
power in December last year, aims to lay a new foundation for Moscow-Damascus relations. Arab media outlets are framing the trip as a critical opportunity to negotiate the status of Russian air and naval bases in Syria and to discuss the fate of the ousted President Bashar al-Assad. The visit comes ...
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What Are the Challenges a Possible Trump War on Venezuela Would Face?
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What Are the Challenges a Possible Trump War on Venezuela Would Face?

Sunday 26 October 2025 ،
powered submarine, and a specialized expeditionary sea base in the region. The US military has also flown three B-52 strategic bombers through the Caribbean. Concurrent with this volume of military assets being positioned in the Caribbean, President Trump has ordered his special envoy, Richard Gren ...

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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.