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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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Unwelcome Guest of White House: How Have Washington-Tel Aviv Ties Taken a Turn for Worse?
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Unwelcome Guest of White House: How Have Washington-Tel Aviv Ties Taken a Turn for Worse?

Wednesday 29 July 2026
Palestinian legitimate rights, including an independent state, are recognized. Trump skips support to Netanyahu Netanyahu’s trip to Washington is no routine visit, but carries special political weight for the man himself. He is barreling toward a make-or-break election, and he knows full wel ...
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
Palestinian cause. Cairo, by virtue of its shared border with Gaza, its control over the Rafah crossing, and its decades-long role as a mediator between Israeli regime and Palestinian factions, has no choice but to maintain direct, uninterrupted channels with Palestinian players, including Hamas. In ...
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story

Wednesday 12 August 2026 ،
Palestinian state. Now, formation of an independent defense pact by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey shows that Riyadh is diversifying its security options. In other words, instead of tying its security to alliance with Washington and Tel Aviv, the Arab kingdom is concocting a multifaceted securi ...
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
Palestinians of this region, it is no less than Gaza war in terms of its threat, insecurity, and impact on their future. If in the Gaza Strip the Israeli war machine was directly responsible for destruction and massacre, in the West Bank the key actors are the radical settlers who have practically ...
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
Palestinian resistance movement should be seen as one of the signs of a shifting approach of the US government to the Palestinian resistance. The meeting shows that just contrary to the stated policy for elimination of Hamas from the Gaza political future, Washington now finds no way but to directly ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
Palestinian enclave, signs of failure of the plot they hatched against Hamas in Gaza are emerging day by day. The latest sign of this reality can be seen in the welcome of the Palestinian groups to designing the roadmap to Palestinian future in a meeting with Hamas leader in Cairo. Khalid al-Hayya, ...
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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 ،
Palestinian rights, has never gained a place as strong as now in the past elections. But the push to quell student protests and administrative pressures against the activists, instead of weakening this current, led to its strengthening. In this evolving landscape, Zahran Mammadani has emerged as a ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
Palestinians. Given that backdrop, it is hardly surprising that Tel Aviv is keen on a successor who would strike a different tone, someone, from Israel's perspective, less inclined to criticize its actions. After the Security Council's first informal straw poll, Israel's UN ambassador ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
Analysis

Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
Palestinian cause. On the other side, major obstacles block this cultural bridge. Saudi Arabia's deep cultural influence, bankrolled by extensive investments in mosques and schools, has significantly bolstered its soft power inside Pakistan. Sectarian violence and attacks by Salafi-jihadi group ...
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache

Thursday 3 September 2026 ،
Palestinians in the West Bank has surged, reaching a scale that has even drawn sharp rebukes from US and European officials who usually back criminal actions of this regime without question. Meanwhile, 45 Democratic US senators sent a letter to Netanyahu demanding action against settler violence and ...

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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.