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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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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026
New York Times, in a sharply worded piece headlined Trump's Shameful Flight, assessed the political toll on the White House. Critics, the magazine noted, saw the Ankara getaway as the mirror image of Trump's tough-guy persona, not strength, but disarray, and a symbol of Washington's mudd ...
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
New York Times focused on the sobering reality that the 60-day deadline has come and gone without a comprehensive peace deal, turning Trump's promise of a quick resolution into a protracted crisis. The AP summed it up starkly, saying that the deadline for ending the war and securing a nuclear a ...
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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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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
New York Times, which verified footage and analyzed weapons remnants with a former US Army explosives expert, found that the bomb was a US-made glide bomb, a weapon used by the Pentagon and not by the Iranian military. The attack on the wedding occurred roughly 150 yards from a communications tower ...
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12 American Bases and Facilities Iranian Missiles Damaged
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12 American Bases and Facilities Iranian Missiles Damaged

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
New York Times on March 3 scrutinized confirmed footages and satellite images,, reporting that one drone struck one of the radomes of the base and destroying at least one another. The newspaper also reported destruction of two satellites communication terminals. The Associated Press, citing satelli ...
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
New York. Protesters carried placards reading Stop the genocide, and the scene turned violent as police moved in. The episode makes plain that in today's politics, the content of a speech is not all that matters, the image an event projects in the media can count just as much. Netanyahu meant t ...
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Three Cases in a Secret Trip: Netanyahu’s Mystery in Abu Dhabi
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Three Cases in a Secret Trip: Netanyahu’s Mystery in Abu Dhabi

Thursday 1 October 2026 ،
New York Times on September 25 and echoed by the Times of Israel, based on minutes from an October 1, 2023, security meeting, claims that after receiving the Emirati warning, Netanyahu stressed the need to maintain calm in Gaza during a meeting with the regime's security officials. The reason ci ...
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026 ،
New York Times, he said the Taliban opposes the occupation of Afghanistan but welcomes American presence and investment in Afghan economic projects. The Russians are deeply worried that Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions could escalate and eventually drag Central Asian states in. With border regions lik ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
New York Times, NPR and Politico, out of its press briefings and replaced them with Trump-friendly outlets such as Breitbart, One America News Network and the New York Post. In May, it imposed restrictions on journalists’ free movement through most of the Pentagon building. In October, many n ...
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US

Wednesday 14 October 2026 ،
New York Times, in a recently published report, also noted the economic damage and the strain on ordinary Iranians, but wrote that Tehran has adapted to sanctions by building informal trade networks, selling oil to China, using a shadow fleet, reducing its dependence on imports, and conducting indir ...

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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.