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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’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025
Obama eras, which framed American interests as intertwined with stabilizing the global liberal order, the Trump doctrine rests on the assumption that US’s active engagement in managing the international system has become less an asset and more an imposed burden. From this vantage point, while ...
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?

Thursday 29 January 2026 ،
Obama's second term and minor policy adjustments under the Joe Biden administration, the US continues to treat Cuba as a threat. The American policy toward Cuba, initially formulated in the early days of the Cold War, persists largely unchanged to this day. Is Cuba truly a threat to the US? Th ...
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Trump’s High-stakes Gamble on Iran Means  Winning or Losing Everything
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Trump’s High-stakes Gamble on Iran Means Winning or Losing Everything

Sunday 1 February 2026 ،
Obama administrations, whom he accuses of insufficiently supporting regime-change efforts in Iran. In response, Tehran, adhering to its principled policies in defense of national interests and territorial security, has drawn clear red lines regarding the terms of any agreement. Tehran has shown no ...
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Why’s the US Air Defense Chain Weak against Iran’s Missiles?
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Why’s the US Air Defense Chain Weak against Iran’s Missiles?

Wednesday 4 February 2026 ،
Obama, said: “The air defense question is key—the extent to which we have sufficient materiel to ensure that our troops and assets in the region are going to be secure against a kind of Iranian retaliation.” Maloney and some of other American officials believe that if Washington l ...
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China, the Big Winner of Trump’s War on Iran
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China, the Big Winner of Trump’s War on Iran

Wednesday 8 April 2026 ،
Obama, who also sought to refocus on China. Unlike them, who aimed to manage multiple files or, in some cases, pull back and walk away, as Biden did in Afghanistan, Trump preferred to close files outright rather than leave them suspended. And he wanted to close them loudly, in Hollywood movies' ...
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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?
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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?

Thursday 30 April 2026 ،
Obama administration in a report to the Congress argued that the US participation in the NATO operations due to the limited role, use of long-range capabilities, and low risk to the American forces is not categorized as hostilities the way law describes. 2. Shift of nature of military action: The U ...
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American Legislators Call on Trump Officials to Expose Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program
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American Legislators Call on Trump Officials to Expose Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
Obama official Jeremy Shapiro noted that many Democrats want fundamental changes in the US-Israel relationship, including holding Israel to the same standards as other nations on nuclear issues. Castro emphasized that Israel's nuclear program should not be kept secret from the world, adding that ...
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
Obama, by 2012, the US lost 2,200 of its troops and over 4,000 were injured, finally setting a plan to hand over security to the local forces to schedule a final exit. This loss in Afghanistan marked the first crack in the American hegemony and unipolar world order, showing that the great powers can ...
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Trump Presented with Fresh Chance to End Iran War, Ex-Obama Adviser Says
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Trump Presented with Fresh Chance to End Iran War, Ex-Obama Adviser Says

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
Obama advisor says President Trump has another chance to exit the war with Iran via negotiations ALWAGHT- Following Iran's latest proposal, a former Obama advisor says President Trump has another chance to exit the war with Iran via negotiations. Vali Nasr, a former Obama administration advisor ...
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Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?
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Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?

Tuesday 26 May 2026 ،
Obama in the past for the latter’s concessions made to Iran, including access to part of its blocked assets. In this connection, on Saturday, Axios reported, citing a Trump administration official, that the US will likely unfreeze Iranian assets abroad in return for a fair deal. But Trump in ...

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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.