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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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Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports
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Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports

Thursday 27 August 2026
Patriot, Tomahawk, and THAAD systems. The funding request comes amid concerns that the conflict has significantly depleted US weapons and interceptor supplies.
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
Report

Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
Patriot missile interceptors and more than 38 percent of THAAD systems were expended over the course of the war, a logistical nightmare now confronting the Pentagon. Worse, in the opening days of the fighting, advanced American radar systems, including the AN/TPY-2 in Jordan and the AN/FPS-12 in Qa ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
Patriot missile systems from Erbil suburbs is making a gap between some media sources and Iraqi Kurdistan region's officials. Kurdistan's Rudaw news network reported that the BBC, citing some American officials, reported on Saturday that Pentagon has notified the Kurdish leaders that it wil ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
Patriot interceptor missiles. Many of Russia's recent attacks have been carried out with new jet-powered drones that can reach speeds of 250 miles per hour, making them notoriously hard to shoot down. Now, in part because the US is bogged down in its own war with Iran and the resulting Patriot ...
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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 ،
Iran remains a staunch backer to Hezbollah and Lebanon and this forces changes to Israeli-American calculations. Alwaght- Andisheh Sazan-e-Nour Institute for Strategic Studies in Tehran hosted a meeting discussing Lebanon's political and military developments in Lebanon. Allah Karam Moshtaghi, a ...
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
Analysis

Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Patriot, will serve as the real-world test of this pivot. Is Europe prepared for defense independence from the US? Meanwhile, the main issue is time. The International Institute for Strategic Studies in its recent assessment has warned that the European ground forces are not yet ready to provide t ...
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12 American Bases and Facilities Iranian Missiles Damaged
Report

12 American Bases and Facilities Iranian Missiles Damaged

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
Patriot equipment and other materiel at the base. In a later development, Anadolu Agency, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported that another strike on Ali Al Salem had targeted MQ-9 drone hangars, a communications center, satellite reception equipment and a missile defense r ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). That very fact has made unification far more complicated than merely transferring a few units from one organization to another. At present, the KDP-affiliated structure, known as Unit 80, has moved faster along the merger track, with a substantial share of its pe ...
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
Patriot and THAAD interceptors. That gap between Trump’s assertions and the experts’ assessments carries particular weight: Trump is touting unlimited military superiority even as a protracted war with Iran has placed heavy strain on the weapons stockpiles of the US and some of its alli ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Patriot defense system was being relocated out of the Kurdistan Region, Kurdish officials were initially stunned, saying in their remarks that Washington had not informed them of the move. If Israel also carries out independent strikes, the US will again need to keep its assets in a safer location t ...

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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.