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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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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami
Analysis

Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami

Saturday 1 August 2026
party leader’s son, backed by certain analysts’ assessments, signal this political-military faction’s formal, strategic entry into the new developments of the political order of the Taliban in Afghanistan.  Habib-ur-Rahman has explicitly framed armed resistance as a legitimat ...
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
party can display the fragility of the Israeli regime's political scene. What is happening in Netanyahu’s camp is not the casual, pre-election anxiety, but a real fear of losing the power and more dramatically, the real possibility that Religious Party Zionism, led by current Finance Minis ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
Analysis

Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
party-affiliated command structures still weigh heavily on how these forces are organized. Estimates published in 2026 put the number of Peshmerga fighters at over 150,000. According to a report by the KurdFile research team, some 3 million weapons are in the hands of Kurds in the region. Such fig ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
New Jersey, amplifies their electoral clout, particularly in races decided by margins of just a few thousand votes. According to Tlaib, some 200 Muslims have been elected to various offices nationwide since 2019, spanning local councils, Congress, school boards, and state positions. A report from t ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's Protection Units (YPJ), as well as other Kurdish, Arab, and Asyrian groups. Supported by the US, the group joined fighting for liberation of vast regions of the north and east from ISIS terrorist group, including Raqqa. After defeating the terrori ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
People of this country ask why their enormous oil wealth should be controlled by the US with its main interests going to the foreign companies and groups close to power structure. If the Venezuelan government fails to give a persuasive explanation about the real benefits of this deal, its claims abo ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
Analysis

Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
Iran has been swift to respond to the American forces which, reports say, are largely exhausted after six months of war. Alwaght- Following US strike on positions in Iran’s Larak Island, Iran’s armed forces fired back with a missile attack on US targets in Jordan. At the same time, Tehra ...
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Unity of Front Must Become a Law in Iran, Tehran Standing by Hezbollah: Political Expert
Interview

Unity of Front Must Become a Law in Iran, Tehran Standing by Hezbollah: Political Expert

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
party. This movement has repeatedly gone to war in defense of Lebanon's Christians and Sunnis and has sought to present itself as a patriotic Lebanese movement. Time playing into Hezbollah’s hands Wrapping up, the political analyst said that time is going in favor of Hezbollah, and the e ...
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
Analysis

Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
party. This clash of narratives shows that a major part of the battle is now being fought in the realm of perception and legitimacy. In recent years, Ansarullah has sought to cast itself as a defender of Palestine and an opponent of the war on Gaza — a stance that has resonated with broad sw ...
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US
Analysis

UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
party in this conflict that has committed war crimes is the Iranian regime,” Kelly claimed. The US State Department has also said the Trump administration does not regard the UN Human Rights Council’s findings as credible and takes the responsibility to protect civilians very seriously. ...

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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.