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Argentine Nobel Laureate Calls for Netanyahu’s Arrest Over Gaza Massacres Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine Nobel Peace Prize winner, filed a petition urging the arrest of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza-related war crimes
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Continued Israeli Assault on Gaza Claims 30 Lives The casualties included seven Palestinians waiting for aid distribution
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Saturday 24 May 2025
Pentagon and the US defense establishment, but the technology is still in the research and development phase.
Costs: Even on the scale of Israel, the cost of each interception with Iron Dome is significant. It is estimated that creating a global Golden Dome, with technologies beyond what exists tod ...
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Netanyahu Striving to Drag US into War
Saturday 21 June 2025
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- Tel Nof as one of important Israeli air bases
- Nevatim, Israel's most important air base near Dimona town
-Evda air base as the command center of electronic warfare of fixed and mobile air defense and radar bases
- Galilee military base as the army's h ...
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Is Trump lying about Fordow Nuclear Site Attack?
Monday 30 June 2025
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Pentagon contradicts Trump's claims about results of the June 22 air operation targeting Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan nuclear enrichment facilities. Trump insists that the three nuclear facilities were completely destroyed with a combination of bunker-busting and conventional bombs, but official ...
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With Fresh Israeli War on Iran Looking Highly Likely, Can Tel Aviv Withstand a New Heavy Blow?
Wednesday 2 July 2025
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Pentagon also announced on Monday that the US State Department has cleared sale of $510 million in weapons, including heavy and bunker-busting bombs, to the Israeli regime.
At the same time, numerous American and European military flights have been observed in the skies over Iraq, Syria, and Jordan ...
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Pentagon Mimics Iranian Kamikaze Drone Technology
Saturday 19 July 2025
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According to Defense Blog, the Defense Secretary reviewed LUCAS and other exhibits during his visit. Developed by Arizona-based defense contractor SpektreWorks, LUCAS is designed as a flexible, expendable platform to support distributed operations across the Indo-Pacific region. SpektreWo ...
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Lessons Learned from Israeli-Iranian War
Tuesday 5 August 2025
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Pentagon confirmed on July 2 that the US attacks on Iran’s reactors of Isfahan, Fordow, and Natanz had delayed the nuclear program by probably about two years. This shows that the US and Israel did not achieve their full goals in the 12-day war.
4. Israel cannot withstand wars of attrition wi ...
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General Dismissed After Minimizing Iran Attack Impact
Saturday 23 August 2025
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has removed a general after his agency’s assessment ALWAGHT- According to reports, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has removed a general after his agency’s assessment that June strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities caused only limited damage angered President Donal ...
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From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?
Monday 8 September 2025
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Pentagon agencies and replacing all their stationery, insignia, and signage—both domestically and on bases abroad—run as high as billions. However, both Pentagon officials and Trump himself have sought to downplay these financial concerns.
The congressional opposition is significant bec ...
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10 Strategic Reasons Why Trump Eyeing Bagram Base Regain
Sunday 21 September 2025
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Pentagon’s presence in Afghanistan.
Bagram's political weight and its meaning to Afghanistan’s future
The exit of the US forces from Bagram in August 2021 abruptly in the dark of night sparked substantial criticism. Afghan forces retained control only briefly before the Talib ...
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
Sunday 28 September 2025
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Pentagon increases its current orders beyond the meager 12 interceptors in the 2025 budget, it would still take three years from the contract date for the interceptors to be delivered.
Geopolitical consequences and future of the region
Institutes like the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Carneg ...
